Health Care
WPC's Center for Health Care develops patient-centered solutions to reduce costs and improve the availability and quality of health care for businesses and individuals, providing the only detailed, independent critique of health care issues available in the Northwest.
Events
10th Annual Health Care Conference
For information on the July 9th Spokane health care lunch event, please click here.
Register today for Washington Policy Center's 10th Annual Health Care Policy Conference July 10th in Seattle. The half-day conference will provide the first in-depth analysis of the Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act decision, and will feature keynote speaker Bill McCollum. Learn what to expect in patient and provider care from policymakers, businesses, providers and the health care industry following the Court's landmark ruling. CE and CLE credits are pending for this event. Panel discussions will include:
- A review of the recent legislative session with legislative leaders and the governor's office
- An update on what the ruling means for the state health insurance exchange with exchange board members
- A look at the effect the Supreme Court ruling will have on insurance, businesses, hospitals and doctors.
Eastern Washington Health Care Lunch
Washington Policy Center's 10th Annual Health Care Policy Conference events begin this July 9 in Spokane and continue July 10 in Seattle. The Eastern Washington lunch event will provide the first in-depth analysis of the Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act decision, and will feature keynote speaker Bill McCollum. Learn what to expect in patient and provider care from policymakers, businesses, providers and the health care industry following the Court's landmark ruling.
Eastern Washington Health Care Luncheon
9th Annual Health Care Conference: State Implementation of Federal Health Care Reform
Watch video of the conference panels and lunch, and check out the panelists' Power Point presentations!
8th Annual Health Care Conference
WPC hosted it's 8th Annual Health Care Conference, Featuring Keynote Speakers Harvard Business School Professor Regina Herzlinger and Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna.
Keynote Breakfast
Rob McKenna is serving his second term as Washington's 17th Attorney General. As the state's chief legal officer, he directs 500 attorneys and nearly 700 professional staff providing legal services to state agencies, boards and commissions.
7th Annual Health Care Conference
Dr. Steven Eastaugh, from the Department of Health Services Management and Leadership at George Washington University and a Health Care Advisor to President Obama, discussed Federal Health Care Policy Reform and Health Care Economics.
Private Legislative Session Update Reception with WPC Research Center Directors
Washington Policy Center held a private reception with WPC board members and other key supporters on Thursday, March 26th in Bellevue. WPC’s research center directors discussed the issues being debated in Olympia as we entered the homestretch of our state’s Legislative Session. Topics included the state budget shortfall, transportation, small business issues, education and the environment.
Watch the videos:
Introduction by WPC President Dann Mead Smith
WPC Annual Legislative Briefing Luncheon
During this lunch event each center's research director gave an overview of our latest research and analysis on the key issues facing legislators this Session.
Special Evening Reception for Our Whatcom County Area Supporters
This special reception and wrap-up of the 2008 Legislative Session was for our supporters and those interested in learning more about our work. The recently completed Session was discussed, with a focus on how it will affect you and your business. WPC’s president and research center directors gave reviews of their work during Session, including publications on the state budget, taxes, health care, transportation, the environment and ways to improve the business climate. They also presented the top issues to look for during the remainder of this busy election year and previ
6th Annual Health Care Conference
Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute was this years keynote speaker. She is a member of the National Advisory Council of Healthcare Research and Quality and recently served as a member of the President’s Medicaid Commission, charged with making recommendations to modernize and improve Medicaid. Grace-Marie discussed the presidential candidates’ health care plans.
