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Overview

On Feb. 23, The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) hosted a discussion on Capitol Hill of legislative efforts to advance end-of-life and palliative care.

Remarks from

Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA)
Representative Phil Roe (R-TN)

Moderated by

Allan Coukell
Senior director, health programs
The Pew Charitable Trusts

Tom Koutsoumpas
The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care

Featuring

Jeannine English
President, AARP

Marian Grant, D.N.P.
Director of policy and professional engagement, C-TAC
Nurse practitioner, University of Maryland Medical Center’s Palliative Care Service

Jay P. LaBine, M.D.
Chief medical officer, Priority Health Managed Benefits Inc.

Joe Rotella, M.D.
Chief medical officer, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

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