Affordable Care Act Southern States Experience to be Profiled in National Press Club Event
ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Reports on the progress of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in seven southern states (Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia) will be formally released and discussed in a forum hosted by The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government of the State University of New York, the Brookings Institution, and the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania on Monday, August 25th, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. at the National Press Club's Holeman Lounge, 529 14th Street NW in Washington, DC.
The reports are part of the 35-state, 61-researcher ACA implementation project of the Rockefeller Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the Fels Institute of Government. This event is also sponsored by West Virginia University and the Governing Institute.
The program will consist of an overview of ACA implementation in the southern states by Christopher Plein, Eberly Family Professor for Outstanding Public Service at West Virginia University.
This overview presentation will be followed by a discussion of individual state reports featuring field researchers from each of the participating states. (Please note that South Carolina will not be represented at the event, but additional discussion on South Carolina will be featured in the overview.)
A subsequent panel will consider the issues raised by the reports and discuss how reactions to the ACA in the southern states affect overall progress in implementing national health care reform. The second panel will feature:
- Richard P. Nathan, Rockefeller Institute;
- Alice Rivlin, Brookings Institution;
- Stuart Butler, Heritage Foundation; and
- Sarah Kliff, Vox.
Members of the media wishing advance embargoed copies of the southern states overview or copies of the individual states reports may receive them by e-mailing
[email protected] or by calling (518) 443-5837. The report embargo is set for Monday, August 25th at 2 p.m. Reporters wishing to reserve seating may do so by contacting Michele Charbonneau at the Rockefeller Institute at (518) 443-5258 or by e-mail at [email protected].
For Immediate Release
For more information,
contact Rockefeller Institute
Deputy Director Robert Bullock at
[email protected] or
by calling (518) 443-5837,
or on cell at (518) 248-2155
SOURCE The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
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