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Spring 2008 Boston 101 Speakers' Series
Towards Universal Health Insurance: Lessons from the Massachusetts Experiment
Wednesday, March 19 at 5:30 p.m.
Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor of the Taubman Building, 15 Eliot Street
Jon Kingsdale, Executive Director, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector
Commentary by David Cutler, Professor and Dean of Social Sciences, Harvard University
2008 will be a critical year for Massachusetts' ambitious efforts to greatly reduce the ranks of the uninsured because it is the first year that individuals will be penalized if they don't have health insurance. This threat, combined with efforts to provide more affordable insurance options for those who previously could not afford insurance, has already led to dramatic increases in the number of people with health insurance. Sustaining and expanding on these successes will be difficult in light of rising health-care costs and projected gaps between funding and costs for new subsidized insurance policies.
Cosponsored by the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, the Kennedy School Health Policy Professional Interest Council and Harvard's Program for Health Systems Improvement.
Building An Effective Regulatory Response to the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis in Massachusetts
Wednesday, April 2 at 12:00 pm
Fainsod Room (Room 324), Littauer Building, 79 John F. Kennedy Street
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley
New state regulations that went into effect in January aim to prevent fraudulent and unfair practices that many believe contributed to the recent meltdown in the sub-prime market and the resulting foreclosure crisis. Many lenders, however, contend that the regulations, which were issued by the Attorney General after passage a new law last fall, go too far. Supporters, however, argue that the new regulations, which were modified and clarified to address critics' concerns, are narrowly crafted to address specific unfair and deceptive practices and that changes and clarifications made in response to critics' concerns.
Cosponsored by Joint Center for Housing Studies and the Taubman Center for State and Local Government.
Eds, Meds, and Municipalities: Developing Shared Goals and Strategies for Mutually Beneficial Results
Monday, April 7 at 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Hogan Campus Center, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
There is a $25 registration fee for this event. Register for this course.
Panels and speakers include:
Tina Brooks, Undersecretary, Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
Steve Cecil, Principal, The Cecil Group, Boston, MA
Michael F. Collins, MD, Interim Chancellor, UMass Medical School and Senior Vice President for the Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts
Evan Dobelle, President, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA
Issues Panel:
What are the issues that each partner faces in city-university/hospital-community partnerships?
Monica Anderson, Neighborhood Liaison, Community Relations, Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI
Mark Bilotta, CEO, Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Worcester, MA
Mayor Clare Higgins, Northampton, MA
Omega Johnson, President, Old Hill Neighborhood, Springfield, MA
Tools Panel:
What are the tools for effective relationships among institutions and municipalities?
Jack Foley, Vice President for Government, Community Affairs, and Campus Services, Clark University, Worcester, MA
Matt Morrissey, Economic Development Director, New Bedford, MA
Omar Blaik, CEO, U3 Ventures, Philadelphia, PA
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and The Cecil Group invite you to take part in this day-long conference to achieve a better understanding of the dynamics involved in the relationships between institutions, neighborhoods, and municipalities, and to provide a toolkit to increase long-term, mutually beneficial strategies for leaders and practitioners from institutions and municipalities. The strategies focus on programmatic, physical, and investment opportunities to spur community and economic development that results in positive returns for all parties—a major theme in the Lincoln Institute's Department of Economic and Community Development and its City, Land, and the University program.
The schedule includes two morning sessions, a keynote speaker during lunch, and one afternoon session. The presentations include case studies, model practices, and strategies for increasing partnerships in the future. While this event is geared mainly toward administrators of higher education, medical institutions, and municipal officials, anyone interested in these issues should attend.
Eds, Meds, and Municipalities is also co-sponsored by the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Colleges of Worcester Consortium.
Other Events of Interest
At Work in the Middle Cities: 8th Annual Center for Economic Opportunity Conference
Friday, April 25 at 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street, Worcester, MA
RSVP to James Fenton at jfe...@pioneerinstitute.org or 617-723-2277 by April 21 (when registering, please remember to provide attendee's name and any relevant contact information.)
Join us for a policy forum on the urban economy and the work of Pioneer's Middle Cities Initiative. The Initiative helps state and municipal government implement a comprehensive agenda for improving the quality of urban life, improving governance, and restoring the cities' economic health. An important goal of the Initiative is to promote the benchmarking of performance data. By measuring how well city government performs essential tasks, policy leaders can approach governance in a more strategic way. Leaders from state and city government will discuss how common-sense improvements to permitting, taxation, and regulatory programs have led to real progress in many Middle Cities. There is no charge for this event.
Welcome
Jim Stergios, Executive Director, Pioneer Institute
Keynote Address
Greg Bialecki, Undersecretary for Business Development, Department of Business and Technology
Panel 1: Innovative Economic Development
Mayor Lisa Wong, City of Fitchburg
David Panagore, Chief Development Officer, Springfield/Finance Control Board
Matthew Morrissey, Executive Director, New Bedford Economic Development Council
Adam Baacke, Director of Planning and Development, City of Lowell
Panel 2: Data as a Policy Tool
Mayor Joseph Curtatone, City of Somerville
Mayor Thatcher Kezer, City of Amesbury
Stephen Lisauskas, Executive Director, Springfield Finance Control Board
Stephanie Hirsch, Director, SomerStat
Roberta Schaefer, Executive Director, Worcester Regional Research Bureau
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