Conference Call Series: 2004

From June through December 2004, Families USA is holding a series of conference calls on a range of health care topics for state and local advocates. Interested, but can't make it? Don't worry. You can catch up on what you missed by listening to the audio playback. To listen to these conference calls, you will need RealPlayer or Windows Media Player. Not sure how to get Internet audio on your computer? Click here for instructions.

Here's the schedule of calls (for calls that have already taken place, we include links to the audio playback as well as to materials mentioned on the call):

Friday, November 12, 2004
How Will the Elections Affect Health Policy in 2005 and 2006?

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Friday, October 15, 2004
The Medicare Drug Law, Part 2: State Programs and Reaching Beneficiaries

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Tuesday, September 14, 2004
2006 and Beyond: The Impact of the Medicare Prescription Benefit on Medicaid Programs and Consumers

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• Gearing Up: States Face the New Medicare Law Is Your State Ready for 2006? An Introduction to What the New Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit Means for Medicaid (September 2004)
• The New Medicare Prescription Drug Law: Issues for Dual Eligibles with Disabilities and Serious Conditions from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (June 2004) 

Friday, July 23, 2004
Pay or Play: Is It Here to Stay?

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• Not Our Job; Employers Abandon Health Care Coverage, Leaving Washington Families and the State with the Bill from Washington Citizen Action and the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (February 2004)
• Memo from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP to U.S. Chamber of Commerce Analyzing Possible Challenges to California's Health Insurance Act of 2003—SB 2 (October 21, 2003)

Friday, June 25, 2004
Block Grants and Waivers: What's Next for Medicaid?

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• Letter from Senators Baucus and Grassley inviting Dr. McClellan (Director of CMS) to brief them about the Administration's involvement on Section 1115 Medicaid waiver negotiations in California, Colorado, Florida, and New Hampshire (June 16, 2004)
• New Hampshire's contract with Maximus to develop, submit, and assist with negotiations for a Section 1115 "Medicaid modernization and restructuring" waiver (June 8, 2004)  

Click here to see an archive of all of our conference calls.

How do I get Internet audio on my computer?

If you have a multimedia computer (one that comes with speakers and sound), you can play the audio with either RealPlayer or Windows Media Player.

RealPlayer: If you don't have a current RealPlayer on your computer, click on the "RealPlayer Free" button below. Doing so will take you to the Web site of www.real.com. When you are there, click the orange "Download RealPlayer" button. On the next screen you will see two choices. On the left-hand side of the screen, you will be offered the paid version of the RealPlayer. Toward the bottom of the right-hand column, you will see a smaller "Download the Free RealPlayer" link. The choice is yours, but the Webcast can be heard with the free RealPlayer.

The rest is simple. Let's assume you want to download the free RealPlayer. Click on the link below and follow the download instructions.

Windows Media Player:  If you don't have a current Windows Media Player on your computer, click the link below to download a free player. Simply choose the player appropriate to your computer's operating system (e.g., Windows XP) and press the download button. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/

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