Where Health Care Reform Meets Drug Policy Reform

Where Health Care Reform Meets Drug Policy Reform
San Gabriel B, Lobby Level
Various advocacy groups are analyzing whether and how the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will lead to coordinated and comprehensive treatment services for people struggling with drug addiction. Does the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act hold promise for those at risk for or in need of treatment?  What, if any, provisions in the legislation align with harm reduction and other drug policy reform goals?  

Facilitator:  Emily Kaltenbach, State Director, New Mexico, Drug Policy Alliance

• David C. Lewis, Founding Director, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI           
• Ron Manderscheid, Executive Director, National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors, Washington DC           
• Bruce Trigg, Addiction Treatment and Single-Payer Advocate, Albuquerque, NM
• Justina Trott, Senior Fellow, RWJF Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM     
• Mohini Venkatesh, Senior Director of Public Policy at the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, Washington DC