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Agenda
The Wharton
School of the University
of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
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DAY 1, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2005
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7:45 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Registration
Colloquium Level of Jon M. Huntsman Hall
8:45 a.m.
OPENING REMARKS
Mark Pauly, Bendheim Professor (Wharton)
David Schmittlein, Deputy Dean (Wharton)
Guy Ellena, Director - CHEDR (International Finance Corporation)
9:00 a.m.
SESSION I
THE ECONOMICS OF VOLUNTARY HEALTH INSURANCE AT LOW INCOME LEVELS
Chair: Patricia Danzon (Wharton)
OVERVIEW
Health Financing Gaps and Development Traps
Alexander Preker (WB)
Voluntary Health Insurance in Development
Mark Bassett (WB)
Discussants:
Fiscal Sustainability
Pablo Gottret (WB)
Role of Mandatory Pillars and Subsidies
Cristian Baeza (WB)
French Mutual Aid Movement
Alain Letourmy (CERMES, France)
User Fees Revisited
Ricardo Bitran (Bitran & Asociados)
10:30 a.m.
COFFEE
10:45 a.m.
Chair: Richard Scheffler (U.C. Berkeley)
PRESENTATIONS
Demand for Voluntary Health Insurance
Mark Pauly (Wharton)
Supply of Voluntary Health Insurance
Peter Zweifel (U. Zurich)
Market Equilibrium and Insurance Failure
Mark Pauly & Peter Zweifel
Discussion
12:15 p.m.-1:25 p.m.
LUNCH
12:15 p.m.-1:25 p.m.
LUNCH MEETING OF ECONOMIC ADVISORY GROUP (Closed Session)
1:30 p.m.
SESSION II
FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
Chair: Olivia Mitchell (Wharton)
Presentations:
Developing Markets
Neelam Sekhri (WHO, Switzerland)
Scope, Limitations, and Policy Reponses
Johannes Jütting (OECD, France)
Regulatory Dimensions
Nicole Tapay (Novartis International, Switzerland)
Discussant:
Jere Behrman (University
of Pennsylvania)
3:30 p.m.
COFFEE
3:45 p.m.
Presentation
Implications for Health Financing in Africa and South Asia
Paul Danao, International Director - Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Discussants:
Ladi Awosika, CEO - Total Health Trust Ltd., Nigeria
Macdonald Chaora, Chief Executive - CIMAS, Zimbabwe
Kabelo Ebineng, MD - Botswana Public Officers
Medical Aid Scheme
Banafa Nkosi, CEO - Bonitas Medical Fund, South Africa
Penny Tlhabi, CEO - Board of Healthcare Funders, Southern Africa
5:30 p.m.
END OF SESSIONS
7:00 p.m.
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Chinese Rotunda, University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology
8:00 p.m.
DINNER Keynote Address:
Government and Private Financing of Health Care in Nigeria
His Excellency, Honorable E. Lambo, Minister of Health, Nigeria
Chair: Tom Sackville, CEO
- International Federation of Health Plans (iFHP)
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DAY 2, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2005
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9:00 a.m.
OPENING REMARKS
Mark Pauly (Wharton)
9:10 a.m.
SESSION III
ROLE OF HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY AND WORLD BANK GROUP
Chair: Robert Crane,
Senior Vice President - Kaiser,
California
Presentation:
Industry Best Practice
Roger Bowie, Former CEO - Southern Cross, Former President – iFHP
9:40 a.m.
Discussants:
Greg Arms, Senior Vice President - UnitedHealth Group, USA
Nicholas Beazley, Group Strategy Director - BUPA, UK
James A. Rice, President – International Health Summit
Diana Dennett,
Executive Vice President – America’s
Health Insurance Plans, Washington,
D.C.
10:10 a.m.
Open Questions
10:30 a.m.
COFFEE
10:45 a.m.
Chair: Guy Ellena (IFC)
Implications for the IFC, World Bank and Other Development Partners
Panel:
World Bank –Armin
Fidler, Vijay Kalavakonda, Akiko Maeda, Egbe Osifo-Dawodu; InterAmerican
Development Bank (IADB) - André Medici; WHO/PAHO – Pedro Crocco
12:20 p.m.
CLOSING REMARKS
Mark Pauly (Wharton) and Alexander Preker (WB)
12:30 p.m.
END OF SESSION
LUNCH MEETING OF INDUSTRY ADVISORY GROUP (Closed
Session)
RESEARCH FORUM AND WORKSHOP
(For Authors and Peer Reviewers involved in
Research Project)
Opening Remarks:
Alexander Preker (WB),
Richard Scheffler (U.C. Berkeley),
Mark Bassett (WB)
WBI Facilitators:
Stephane Legros (WIB WB), Eric De Roodenbeke (WBI WB)
Economic Analysis – Chair:
Maureen Lewis (Center for Global
Development)
Kate Bundorf (Stanford), Philip Musgrove (NIH US),
Mark Pauly (Wharton), Peter
Smith (York University)
Impact Evaluation Studies
– Chair: Oscar Picazo (AFTHD WB)
Ricardo Bitran (Chile), Bernard Couttelenc (Brazil), Ajay
Mahal (Turkey), Siripen Supakankunti (Thailand), Michael Thiede
(South Africa)
Feasibility Studies
– Chair: Emmett Moriarty (IFC WB)
Rajeev Ahuja (India), Alan Fairbank (Romania), Teh-Wei Hu (China),
Jack Langenbrunner (Russia), Heba Nassar (Egypt), Jeni Nacheva (Bulgaria)
Closing Remarks
Alexander Preker (WB)
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