This conference sessions and speakers examined some of the most pressing issues in social policy through the conceptual lens of federalism and the practical insight of those who have worked at the state or federal levels of government.

Conference Co-Chairs:

Lawrence D. Brown
Columbia University School of Public Health

Forest P. Chisman
Southport Institute of Policy Analysis

A book of published proceedings, National Health Reform: What Should the State Role Be?, edited by Forest P. Chisman, Lawrence D. Brown, and Pamela J. Larson, is available.