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FYI: Video from Friday's briefing available online at:
http://www.allhealth.org/briefing_detail.asp?bi=3D266=20

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From: Alliance For Health Reform [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 1:56 PM
Subject: Briefing Video Available -- Medicaid Expansion: What's at Stake
for the States?

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Announcement

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Briefing Video Available -- Medicaid Expansion: What's at Stake for the
States?

________________________________

December 3, 2012=20

Video from Friday's briefing, Medicaid Expansion: What's at Stake for
the States?, is now available here
<http://www.allhealth.org/briefing_detail.asp?bi=3D266> .=20

Following the Supreme Court's decision this summer on the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act, the nation's governors and state
leaders face the choice to participate or opt out of the Medicaid
expansion.=20

John Holahan
<mms://kaiserfam.wmod.llnwd.net/a2355/o23/2012/113012_alliance_states_ho
lahan.wmv> , director of the Health Policy Center at the Urban
Institute, discussed his updated report on the Medicaid expansion and
costs to states, including coverage considerations.=20

Deborah Bachrach
<mms://kaiserfam.wmod.llnwd.net/a2355/o23/2012/113012_alliance_states_ba
chrach.wmv> , special counsel at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, discussed
how various states are assessing the fiscal implications of the Medicaid
expansion and also described New York's approach to its expansion
options.=20

The event was sponsored by the nonpartisan Alliance for Health Reform
and the Kaiser Family Foundation.=20

To watch the video, click here
<mms://kaiserfam.wmod.llnwd.net/a2355/o23/2012/113012alliance.wmv> .=20

Contact: Marilyn Werber Serafini 202/789-2300 [log in to unmask]

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chairman; Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) is honorary co-chairman; and Robert
Graham, MD, of George Washington University, is our board chairman.

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2012 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Video from =
Friday&#8217;s briefing, <strong><span =
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What&#8217;s at Stake for the States?</span></strong>, is now available =
<strong><span style=3D'font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a =
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face the choice to participate or opt out of the Medicaid expansion. =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span =
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report on the Medicaid expansion and costs to states</span></strong>, =
including coverage considerations. =
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options</span></strong>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span =
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