Paying for the Baby Boomer's Healthcare:
Show Me the Money!
4th Annual Health Policy Forum
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Hilton St. Louis Frontenac

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More than 125 employers, providers, insurers and politicians attended The Health Policy Forum on Thursday, October 19, 2006, at the St. Louis Frontenac Hilton. Two nationally recognized presenters, John Rother and Henry J. Aaron presented information pertinent to the conference theme -- Paying for the Baby Boomer's Healthcare. The Health Policy Forum is an example of how the Signature Health Care Foundation is contributing to quality, efficiency and affordability in the St. Louis community.
8:30 AM Opening Address
Spending for Health Care: Key Drivers Influencing Future Growth
Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later
John Rother
Policy and Strategy Director, AARP
Presentation Material
10:10 AM Panel & Community Input Discussion:
Key Issues in Healthcare Crisis
Timothy McBride Professor of Health Management and Policy, St. Louis University
Betty Sims Project Specialist, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
(Former State Senator)
Eric Feinstein Vice President, Compensation & Benefits, Ascension Health
Katherine Burns Signature Health Services, Inc., Moderator
11:30 AM Lunch Keynote Speech:
Paying For Health Care: Three Paradoxes
Henry J. Aaron
Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Presentation Material
Forum Planning Committee:
Tim McBride, Professor of Health
Management & Policy
St. Louis University
Dr. Michael Burns
Signature Health Services, Inc.
Herman Noah, Executive Director
St. Louis Youth and Family Center
Louise Probst, Executive Director
St. Louis Area Business Health
Coalition
Dave Totaro, Vice President, Communications
RehabCare Group
Hilton St. Louis Frontenac
1335 South Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131
Tel: 1-314-993-1100
Fax: 1-314-993-8546
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