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Healthcare Reform: Impact and Opportunities

Healthcare Reform: Impact and Opportunities

  Ron Pollack, Founding Executive Director of Families USA, discusses how the new Healthcare Reform legislation will affect Maine’s growing baby boomer and senior population and the businesses and institutions that serve them.

Families USA is the national organization for healthcare consumers. Ron Pollak is a frequent guest on a variety of television and radio programs, such as ? The PBS NewsHour, CNN, and is often quoted in such leading newspapers as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.

The Hill, a publication serving Congress, named Mr. Pollack one of the nine top nonprofit lobbyists. Modern Healthcare named him one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare. National Journal named him one of the top 25 players in Congress, the Administration, and the lobbying community on Medicare prescription drug benefits.

Mr. Pollack's talk was delivered at the Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging's 3rd Annual Conference.

This talk was recorded October 22, 2010 at Point Lookout in Northport.

Visit the The Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging website