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NBER Conference on State and Local Health Plans for Active
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Robert Clark
and Joseph Newhouse, Organizers |
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Jackson Lake
Lodge |
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Wrangler/Prospector/Homesteader
Meeting Room |
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Grand Teton
National Park |
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Moran, Wyoming |
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August 16-17,
2013 |
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PROGRAM |
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6:00 pm |
Reception and Dinner,
Jackson Lake Lodge Trappers Room |
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Friday, August 16: |
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8:00 am |
Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
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Michael
Chernew, Harvard University and NBER |
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Discussant: David Card, University of California at
Berkeley and NBER |
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10:00
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How Does Retiree Health
Insurance Influence Public Sector Employee Saving? |
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Robert Clark, North
Carolina State University and NBER |
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Olivia Mitchell, University
of Pennsylvania and NBER |
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Discussant: Michael Hurd,
RAND and NBER |
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11:00 am |
Break |
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11:15 am |
The Role
of Retiree Health Insurance in the Early Retirement of Public Sector
Employees |
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John Shoven, Stanford
University and NBER |
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Sita Slavov, American
Enterprise Institute |
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Discussant:
Richard Zeckhauser, Harvard University and
NBER |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch - Trappers Room |
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1:15
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Robert Clark, North Carolina State University and
NBER |
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Melinda Morrill, North Carolina State University |
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David Vanderweide, North
Carolina General Assembly |
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Discussant:
Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER |
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2:15 pm |
Retiree Health
Insurance for Public School Employees:
Does it Affect Retirement and Mobility? |
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Maria Fitzpatrick, Cornell University and
NBER |
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Discussant:
Joseph Quinn, Boston College |
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3:15 pm |
Break |
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3:30 pm |
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Robert Novy-Marx,
University of Rochester and NBER |
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Joshua Rauh,
Stanford University and NBER |
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Discussant: Jeffrey Brown, University of Illinois and
NBER |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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5:30 pm |
Bus to Clark Home |
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6:00 pm |
Dinner at Clark Home |
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8:30 pm |
Bus returns to Jackson Lake Lodge |
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Saturday, August 17: |
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8:00 am |
Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
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Jeffrey Clemens, University of California at San Diego and NBER |
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David Cutler, Harvard
University and NBER |
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Discussant: Alan Auerbach,
University of California at Berkeley and NBER |
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10:00 am |
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Byron Lutz, Federal Reserve
Board |
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Louise Sheiner,
Federal Reserve Board |
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Discussant: John Cookson, Milliman |
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11:00 am |
Break |
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11:15 am |
Panel Discussion: How Will National Health Reform
Affect Public Sector Health Plans for Active and Retired Employees? |
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Moderator: Joseph Newhouse, Harvard
University and NBER |
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Panelists: |
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Janet Cowell,
North Carolina State Treasurer |
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Steven Kelmar,
Aetna |
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Robert Reischauer,
President Emeritus, Urban Institute |
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Trish Riley, University of Southern Maine |
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1:00 pm |
Lunch - Trappers Room |
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Conference Adjourns |
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6:00 pm |
Dinner, Snake River Grill,
Jackson, WY |