AUCD - Plenary B: Update on Health Reform and The New Administration's Community Living Initiatives
<< Back to ProgramTuesday, November 10, 2009 9:00am - 10:00am
Session Description
Connie Garner, senior staff of the late Senator Ted Kennedy and current advisor to the Senate Health Committee, will update the AUCD network on how federal health care reform proposals will impact people with disabilities and their families.
Obama Administration officials will discuss the Community Living initiative and other policy goals that will impact people with disabilities.
Featured Presenter(s)
Connie Garner; Policy Director for Disability and Special Populations for Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Henry Claypool; Director of the Office on Disability, Department of Health and Human Services
Fred Karnas; Senior Adviser to the Secretary, US Department of Housing and Urban Development