4-0290 REDEFINING INSURANCE, REDEFINING GOVERNANCE: US HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

Friday, November 18, 2011: 08:00-11:45

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

This session would be of particular interest to:
Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Sarah B Horton (University of Colorado, Denver) and Fayana Richards (Michigan State University)

Chairs: Fayana Richards (Michigan State University)

Discussants: Barbara Rylko-Bauer (Michigan State University), Simon Craddock Lee (UT Southwestern Medical Center), Elisa J Sobo (San Diego State University) and Craig R Janes (Simon Fraser University)

08:00

Chronic Disease, Expectations of Care, and Rationing within the Affordable Care Act

Julie S Armin (University of Arizona)

08:15

The Rhetoric and Realities of Mental Health Reform In New Mexico

Cathleen E Willging (Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation), Louise Lamphere (University of New Mexico) and Barbara Rylko-Bauer (Michigan State University)

08:30

A Seat At the Table: The Indian Health Care Improvement Act, Urban Indians, and the Unintended Consequences of the Word "Confer"

Kerry Hawk Lessard (University of Maryland)

08:45

Complementary and Alternative Medicine In the Debate Over US Health Insurance Reform: An Anthropological Assessment Is Warranted

Mark Nichter (University of Arizona) and Jennifer J Thompson (University of Arizona and University of Georgia)

09:00

Discussant

Barbara Rylko-Bauer (Michigan State University)

09:15

Discussant

Simon Craddock Lee (UT Southwestern Medical Center)

09:30

Break

09:45

Accounting for Value: Anthropological Approaches to Finance, Insurance, and Market-Based Health Reform

Jessica M Mulligan (Providence College)

10:00

Medical Tourism and the Free Market As Reform: Insights from an Industry Conference and the Philippines"

Gareth A Edel (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

10:15

Medical Entrepreneurs: Discourses of "Patient Choice" and "Enterprising Individualism" Among Middle Class Medical Travelers In Mexico

Sarah B Horton (University of Colorado, Denver)

10:30

Conditional Cash Transfers, Responsibility and Health In Latin America

Catherine A Timura (George Washington University)

10:45

Global Health Insurance Schemes and the Biopolitics of the Possible

Amy M Dao (Columbia University ) and Mark Nichter (University of Arizona)

11:00

Discussant

Elisa J Sobo (San Diego State University)

11:15

Discussant

Craig R Janes (Simon Fraser University)

11:30

Discussion

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