Indiana-Indiapolis law prof to assist state in developing long term care strategy
A team of experts from Indiana University will help the state devisea long-term strategy to confront the
growing cost of health care andpossible changes to the way it is delivered in the state. The group will hold a series of public hearings in late spring orsummer aimed at developing a single plan that tackles three problems:the rising cost of health care, uneven quality of care and the growingnumber of Indiana residents with little or no insurance. “We want to build consensus around some policy options,” EricWright, director of IU’s Center for Health Policy, said in announcingthe initiative Wednesday with Family and Social Services AdministrationSecretary Mitch Roob. Wright will lead the IU team with Eleanor Kinney, co-director ofHall Center for Law and Health at the IU law school in Indianapolis. Experts in health administration, economics and medicine also will participate. Wright noted that Massachusetts and California in recent months haveput forward their own plans to provide universal health care, but nosolution is going to fit every state, so Indiana must develop a planparticular to its needs.The plan would look into the future as far as 25 years, but if itcomes together in time, the plan could go before the General Assemblynext year.