Symposium 2024

Affordability and Equitability: Mapping a Way Forward 

February 23, 2024

In February 2024, participants ranging from representatives of insurance carriers to hospitals attended IHPP's annual HL&P Symposium, ‘Equitable and Affordable Healthcare:  Mapping a Way Forward

The first half of the gathering examined trends in national and state healthcare cost data, affordability as a component of inequity in healthcare, and factors that could be driving costs.  Click here to review slide deck 

The second half of the gathering featured interactive break-out groups, in which participants were assigned a category of healthcare cost policy:   transparency, cost, and affordability.  Each group reviewed, discussed, and selected one policy option from a menu of curated, state policy options within particular parameters.   Click Here to see the menu of policy options and their descriptions 

The break-out groups fully utilized an hour to do their work and presented their selections to the entire audience at the end.   Click here to read the summary of their selections.

Hosts

Laura Davie, Interim Director, Institute for Health Policy and Practice 

Deborah Fournier, JD, Director, Health Law and Policy, Institute for Health Policy and Practice

Jo Porter,  Chief Strategy Officer, NH Center for Justice and Equity

Rebecca Purdom, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Law

Graphic Recording 

Provided by Kate Crary, Project Director, Institute for Health Policy and Practice