Stan Dorn
Professional Experience
Urban Institute. Washington, D.C. July 2006 to present
Senior Fellow and Senior Research Associate
Conduct research into health coverage issues. Received President’s award for outstanding research in 2013
and honorable mention for outstanding research publication in 2009.
• Through policy analysis, research papers, and communication with Congressional staff, Executive
branch officials, and key stakeholders, helped shape provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act of 2010 (ACA) that streamlined eligibility determination for subsidized health coverage; that
extended the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through 2015; that created the Maternal,
Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program; and that instituted an early ban on insurers’
discrimination against children with preexisting conditions.
• Through policy analysis, research papers, and communication with Congressional staff, Executive
branch officials, and key stakeholders, helped shape provisions in the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) that provided federal fiscal relief to states experiencing severe
economic downturns and scaled relief levels to state economic conditions; that subsidized laid-off
workers’ purchase of health coverage offered by former employers; and that increased and restructured
Health Coverage Tax Credits (HCTC) provided to workers laid-off because of trade liberalization.
• Through policy analysis, research papers, and communication with Congressional staff, Executive
branch officials, and key stakeholders, helped shaped Express Lane Eligibility (ELE) provisions in the
Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) that let states base children’s
eligibility for health coverage on data from tax records and the findings of other public programs.
• As Senior Advisor to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on temporary assignment
under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970, helped develop a methodology for paying states that
implement the ACA’s Basic Health Program (BHP) option.
• Serve as Principal Investigator on grant from the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation for the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (ASPE) to analyze state implementation of option under
Social Security Act Section 1915(i) to prove home- and community-based services, including to adults
with mental health and substance use disorders, leading a multi-agency team that includes Health
Management Associates and the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
Research Institute, Inc.
• Serve as co-Principal Investigator on grant from National Council on Disability to analyze the ACA’s
impact on people with disabilities, including an identification of key future policy choices and applicable
trade-offs, leading a multi-agency team that includes researchers from the Oregon Health and Science
University.
• Serve as co-Principal Investigator on grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance at the U.S. Department
of Justice to provide technical assistance to states and localities seeking to link the justice-involved
population to comprehensive, coordinated systems of health coverage and care.
• Serve as Principal Investigator on a subcontract to the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative on a grant
from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Community Catalyst to work with Maryland
officials implementing a Medicare waiver shifting hospital reimbursement to global payments, helping
devise policy options for improving consumers’ access to high-quality care and for broadening the
waiver to include non-hospital services.
• Serve as Principal Investigator on grant from the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) to analyze
options for using tax preparation services to facilitate enrollment under the ACA.
• Served as Principal Investigator on grant from ASPE to develop approaches for integrating eligibility
determination, enrollment, and retention for health programs and human services programs, taking
advantage of opportunities created by the ACA.
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Conducted site visits and other qualitative research and prepare cross-cutting reports as part of the Urban
Institute’s multi-year monitoring of ACA implementation in 14 states, funded by RWJF and the Centter
for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO).
Served as Principal Investigator on grant from Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) to conduct case studies
analyzing the fiscal effects of states’ decisions to expand Medicaid eligibility.
Served as Principal Investigator on grant from the CHCF to develop data-based verification strategies for
Medicaid programs and Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTC) under the ACA.
Led the national outreach/enrollment component, led state teams, and prepared reports as part of multiyear monitoring of ACA implementation in 22 states, conducted by the Urban Institute, Georgetown
University’s Institute for Health Policy, the Institute for Health Policy Solutions, and Econometrica, Inc.,
funded by CCIIO.
As part of a multi-agency team with staff from Mathematica, the Urban Institute, and Health
Management Associates (HMA), played a leading role in selected state case studies and led the policy
recommendations component of the congressionally mandated evaluation of ELE implementation.
At the request of RWJF, provided a comprehensive analysis of options for Foundation to support state
implementation of the ACA.
On grant from State Coverage Initiatives Program of AcademyHealth, an RWJF national program office
(SCI), served as Principal Investigator to develop a comprehensive “roadmap” for state implementation
of the ACA, including strategies to slow cost growth, improve qualify, and expand coverage, conducting
multiple briefings for state health officials across the country.
Served as Principal Investigator on subcontract from the MITRE Corporation to provide CMS’s Center
for CCIIO with action-oriented work products to help state-based Marketplaces make evidence-based
decisions about key policy challenges, leading a multi-agency team that includes HealthTech Solutions
and researchers from the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University’s Health Policy
Institute. Priority issues included (1) consumer access to providers in limited-network plans offered on
Marketplaces and (2) mitigating potential coverage gaps and disrupted continuity of care when consumer
eligibility shifts between Medicaid and Marketplace.
Served as Principal Investigator on a KFF grant to analyze potential effects on consumers and states of
implementing the ACA’s BHP option.
Served as Principal Investigator on grant from the National Governors Association to evaluate potential
state roles in national health reform legislation.
Served as Principal Investigator on grant from RWJF to investigate automatic eligibility-determination
and enrollment strategies, including Louisiana’s implementation of ELE to qualify children for health
coverage based on records from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); and automatic
enrollment into Massachusetts’ Commonwealth Care Program based on records from other state
programs.
Served as Principal Investigator on multi-year grants from the Universal Health Care Foundation of
Connecticut, the Connecticut Health Care Foundation, and SCI to work with state legislators, interest
groups, and executive-branch officials to craft comprehensive, state-based health reform policies for
Connecticut.
Served as Principal Investigator on grant from the Coalition for Access and Opportunity to develop
reports analyzing data-driven enrollment and retention strategies for multiple public assistance programs,
including opportunities under the ACA to strengthen connections between health and human services
programs and improve enrollment.
Served as Principal Investigator on grant on grant from SCI to provide technical assistance to states
implementing ELE initiatives using data from public benefit programs and state income tax records to
qualify uninsured children for health coverage.
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Served as Principal Investigator on grant from Children Now, The Children’s Partnership, and the
Children’s Defense Fund to analyze state policy options for low-income children under the ACA.
• Served as Principal Investigator on grant from CHCF and the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Foundation to investigate policy options for addressing risks of tax reconciliation for APTC claimants.
• Served as Principal Investigator on grant from SCI to provide technical assistance to states considering
implementing ACA’s BHP option
• Served as senior advisor on grant from the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture to investigate the impact of ACA implementation on SNAP.
• Served as Principal Investigator on grant from RWJF to develop state-based strategies to automate the
enrollment of eligible children in Medicaid and CHIP, working with state officials from across the
country and leading a multi-agency team, including the National Academy for State Health Policy’s
(NASHP), HMA, and George Washington University.
• Served as Principal Investigator on grant from SCI to analyze the possible application of auto-enrollment
strategies to state health coverage expansions.
• Served as Principal Investigator on grant from the Association of Community-Affiliated Health Plans to
investigate the implications of implementing the ACA’s BHP option.
• Played a leading technical assistance and general advisory role during start-up phases of the “The Work
Support Strategies Initiative,” a $17 million project funded by the Ford Foundation and other major
philanthropies to help multiple states streamline and integrate enrollment and retention for Medicaid,
SNAP, subsidized child care, and other human services programs.
• Under RWJF’s “Max-Enroll” grant, administrated by NASHP, served as leading provider of technical
assistance to states implementing ELE to use data from public benefit programs and state income tax
records to qualify uninsured children for health coverage. Also served on national advisory board for
“Max-Enroll.”
• Served as Principal Investigator on grant from AARP to investigate policies options for using Medicaid
to cover uninsured childless adults and “empty nesters” under national health reform legislation.
• Served as Senior Advisor on project, funded by RWJF, to evaluate Maryland’s use of state income tax
records to facilitate children’s enrollment into health coverage.
• Served as Principal Investigator on grant from First Focus to investigate the use of tax data to identify
uninsured children and qualify them for health coverage.
• Served as Principal Investigator on grant from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of
America to research national health care reform issues related to enrollment and covered benefits,
including use of tax records to streamline and expedite enrollment.
• Regularly serve as reviewer for articles submitted to Health Affairs and Millbank Quarterly.
• Regularly quoted in major media outlets (New York Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio,
USA Today, Huffington Post, Fox News, CNBC, Politico, Businessweek, CNN, etc.) and more
specialized publications (Modern HealthCare, Governing, Congressional Quarterly, etc.).
Economic and Social Research Institute. Washington, D.C. January 2002 to June 2006
Senior Policy Analyst
Conducted research and published analysis of strategies to cover uninsured Americans.
• Through briefings and background papers for Congressional staff, Executive branch officials, and key
stakeholders, helped establish HCTC as part of the Trade Act of 2002.
• As part of a team that included researchers from The Lewin Group and The Heritage Foundation, helped
provide technical support to an RWJF-funded “strange bedfellows” coalition, including representation
from employers, unions, consumers, insurers, hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers,
developing consensus proposals for national health reform
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Principal Investigator on grant from The Commonwealth Fund for research into automatically enrolling
uninsured children into Medicaid and SCHIP based on the findings of other public benefit programs.
Principal Investigator on grant from the KFF developing case studies of eight states providing health
coverage to childless adults.
Principal Investigator on three grants from the Nathan Cummings Foundation and The Commonwealth
Fund to conduct research evaluating implementation of the HCTC program.
Principal Investigator on contract with AcademyHealth to write report analyzing state options for
implementing the HCTC Program.
Principal Investigator on contract from the Alliance for Health Reform to draft a report analyzing federal
policy options for improving and expanding the HCTC program.
Principal Investigator on project to analyze economic impact of proposed reforms in Massachusetts.
Principal Investigator on grant from Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut to provide
technical assistance to state policymakers regarding innovative methods to cover uninsured children.
National Health Law Program. San Francisco, CA and Washington, D.C. June 1998 to December 2001
Project Director, Health Consumer Alliance
As founding Project Director, led partnership of eight local legal services programs improving low-income
Californians’ access to health care. Developed and implemented strategies integrating individual assistance,
public education, policy analysis, database development, and advocacy.
• Secured $6.8 million, three-year renewal grant from The California Endowment.
• Organization won CMS’s Year 2001 Beneficiary Services Award of Merit.
Children’s Defense Fund. Washington, D.C. November 1995 to May 1998
Health Division Director
Principal responsibility for organization’s work on child health policy.
• Led health policy team as part of major national campaign that helped enact the State Children’s
Health Insurance Program in 1997.
• Assembled and activated diverse national coalition, including provider, consumer and education
groups, that preserved Medicaid’s coverage of necessary health care for children.
• During legislative debates resulting in welfare reform legislation, secured media coverage that
helped preserve health coverage for families losing cash aid; and drafted legislative history that
allowed immigrants to retain discretionary federal benefits, despite adverse legislative language.
• Provided policy analysis and played leadership role in provider/consumer coalition that helped defeat
Medicaid block grant proposals, continuing work begun at the National Health Law Program.
National Health Law Program. Washington, D.C. March 1993 to November 1995
Managing Attorney and Staff Attorney
Directed national health policy analysis on behalf of legal services attorneys for low-income consumers.
• Provided policy analysis and played leadership role in provider/consumer coalition that helped defeat
Medicaid block grant proposals.
• In debate over Health Security Act, provided policy analysis and played leadership role in broad national
coalition that successfully limited co-payments for indigent families in all committee bills. Coordinated
activity of hundreds of advocates across the country.
• Provided policy analysis for provider/consumer coalition that opened Medicaid waivers to public
participation, via the first HHS policy addressing the subject of waiver transparency.
• Principal Investigator on grant from Public Welfare Foundation to support general policy analysis.
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Alliance for Young Families. Boston, MA. September 1990 to April 1993
State Policy Director
Led state policy analysis and advocacy on behalf of teen pregnancy and adolescent health programs.
• Obtained 75% funding increase for teen pregnancy prevention, the largest human services expansion in
the 1992 state budget.
• Developed reports and obtained media coverage that helped double funding for teen parent day care.
National Health Law Program. Los Angeles, CA. July 1985 to August 1990
Staff Attorney
Supported local legal services advocates working on low-income health issues throughout California,
through writing, training, and answering requests for assistance. Led statewide policy analysis and litigation
that (a) restored $20 million cut from family planning and other reproductive health care; (b) increased
obstetricians’ participation in Medicaid by raising fees more than 50 percent; (c) required counties to provide
dental care to indigent residents; and (d) prevented cuts in immigrants’ access to Medicaid.
Education
J.D., 1982
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley. Est. class rank: top 20%.
A.B. in Philosophy, 1978
Harvard College, Cambridge, MA. Cum Laude; Dean's List each semester; Harvard National Scholar.
Selected Publications
S. Dorn. Implementing the Affordable Care Act: A Roadmap for People with Disabilities. Prepared by
the Urban Institute for the National Council on Disability (publication pending).
S. Dorn. Monitoring and Enforcing the Affordable Care Act: A Roadmap for People with Disabilities.
Prepared by the Urban Institute for the National Council on Disability (publication pending).
L. Clemans-Cope, and S. Dorn. Faith-Based Community-Health System Partnerships: Adapting the
Memphis Model to Maryland. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Maryland Citizens' Health
Initiative Education Fund, Inc, Community Catalyst, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(publication pending).
S. Dorn, R. Peters, M. Cheeks, P. Casanova, G. Eckart, and T. Lutterman. The Use of 1915(i) Medicaid
Plan Option for Individuals with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. Prepared by the Urban
Institute, Health Management Associates, and the National Association of State Mental Health Program
Directors Research Institute for ASPE/HHS (publication pending).
L. Clemans-Cope, J. Marks, and S. Dorn. Proven Health Interventions in which People without Medical
Training Can Play a Key Role: Options for Faith- and Community-Based Organizations. Prepared by the
Urban Institute for the Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund, Inc, Community Catalyst,
and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (December 2015).
M. Buettgens, S. Dorn, and H. Recht. How Many Uninsured Could be Reached through Special
Enrollment Periods? Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(November 2015).
S. Dorn, M. Buettgens, J. Dev. Tax Preparation Services and ACA Enrollment: Potential Contributions
and Challenges. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the California HealthCare Foundation (October
2015)
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S. Dorn, N. Francis, R. Rudowitz and L Snyder. The Effects of the Medicaid Expansion on State
Budgets: An Early Look in Select States. Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the
Uninsured (March 2015)
S. Dorn and I. Gil. Early Efforts to Predict and Monitor Coverage Transitions in States with State-Based
Marketplaces. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the MITRE Corporation (MITRE) and CCIIO, March
23, 2015.
Jane Wishner, Stan Dorn and Divvy Upadhyay. Narrow Networks and Qualified Health Plans: A
Synthesis of Prior Reports. Prepared by the Urban Institute for MITRE and CCIIO, March 17, 2015.
I. Gil, S. Dorn and D. Upadhyay. Continuity of Care and Coverage Transitions under the ACA: A
Synthesis of Existing Literature. Prepared by the MITRE and the Urban Institute for CCIIO, March 2015.
S. Dorn. Integrating Health and Human Services Programs and Reaching Eligible Individuals under the
Affordable Care Act: Final Report. Prepared by the Urban Institute for ASPE/HHS (February 28, 2015).
S. Dorn. Enrollment Periods in 2015 and Beyond. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the California
HealthCare Foundation (February 11, 2015).
S. Dorn and J. Tolbert. The ACA’s Basic Health Program Option: Federal Requirements and State
Trade-Offs. Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (December 2014).
S. Dorn and J. Tolbert. Estimating Federal Payments for Basic Health Programs. Urban Institute and
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (December 2014).
S. Dorn. Marketplace Enrollment Procedures: Early Barriers to Participation and Options for
Surmounting Them. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(December 2014).
S. Dorn. Public Education, Outreach and Application Assistance. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (December 2014).
S. Dorn. Affordability of Marketplace Coverage: Challenges to Enrollment and State Options to Lower
Consumer Costs. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (December
2014).
T. Courtney, M. Buettgens, J. Lerche, S. Dorn, P. Holland, J. Dev, K. Rustagi, and H. Recht. Oregon
Basic Health Program Study. Prepared by Wakely Consulting Group and the Urban Institute for the
Oregon Health Authority (October 29, 2014).
S. Dorn, L. Wheaton, M. Buettgens, and P. Johnson. The Potential Impact of the Affordable Care Act on
Demand for Human Services. Prepared by the Urban Institute for ASPE/HHS (October 2014)
S. Dorn. Delinking Medicaid Eligibility from Human Services Programs: A Washington State Case
Study. Prepared by the Urban Institute for ASPE/HHS (October 2014).
S. Dorn, M. Buettgens, and J. Dev. In States That Don’t Expand Medicaid, Who Gets New Coverage
Assistance Under the ACA and Who Doesn’t? Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation (October 2014).
S. Dorn, M. McGrath, and J. Holahan. What Is the Result of States Not Expanding Medicaid? Prepared
by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (August 2014).
S. Dorn, S. Minton, E. Huber. Examples of Promising Practices for Integrating and Coordinating
Eligibility, Enrollment and Retention: Human Services and Health Programs Under the Affordable Care
Act. Prepared by the Urban Institute for ASPE/HHS (July 21, 2014).
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F. Blavin, S. Dorn, and J. Dev. Using Behavioral Economics to Inform the Integration of Human
Services and Health Programs Under the Affordable Care Act. Prepared by the Urban Institute for
ASPE/HHS (July 21, 2014).
S. Dorn and R. Peters. Opportunities under the Affordable Care Act for Human Services Programs to
Modernize Eligibility Systems and Expedite Eligibility Determination. Prepared by the Urban Institute
for ASPE/HHS (July 21, 2014).
S. Dorn. Possible Strategies for Sharing Data to Strengthen Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and
Retention in Health Insurance Programs and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Prepared by the Urban Institute for ASPE/HHS (July 2014).
S. Dorn, M. Buettgens, and J. Dev. Tax Preparers Could Help Most Uninsured Get Covered. Prepared
by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (February 2014).
S. Dorn. Express Lane Eligibility: Possible Policy Options. Prepared by the Urban Institute for
ASPE/HHS (February 14, 2014)
S. Dorn, B. Garrett, and J. Holahan. Redistribution Under the ACA is Modest in Scope. Prepared by the
Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (February 2014).
S. Dorn, M. Wilkinson, and S. Benatar. CHIPRA Express Lane Eligibility Evaluation: Case Study of
Louisiana’s Express Lane Eligibility. Prepared by the Urban Institute for ASPE/HHS (January 12, 2014).
S. Dorn, J. Isaacs, S. Minton, E. Huber, P. Johnson, M. Buettgens, and L. Wheaton. Overlapping
Eligibility and Enrollment: Human Services and Health Programs Under the Affordable Care Act.
Prepared by the Urban Institute for ASPE/HHS (December 2013).
S. Dorn, M. Wilkinson, and S. Benatar. “Case Study of Louisiana’s Express Lane Eligibility.”
Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of Express Lane Eligibility. Prepared by the Urban Institute for
ASPE/HHS (January 2014).
S. Dorn, M. Buettgens, H. Moody, and C. Hildebrand. Using Past Income Data to Verify Current
Medicaid Eligibility. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the California HealthCare Foundation (October
2013).
S. Dorn and M. Buettgens. Administrative Renewal, Accuracy of Redetermination Outcomes, and
Administrative Costs. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the California HealthCare Foundation (October
2013).
M. Buettgens and S. Dorn, “States Can Guide the Poor to Health Insurance.” Real Clear Policy.
September 17, 2013.
S. Dorn and M. Buettgens. “Verifying Eligibility For Affordable Care Act Subsidies: Access To
Employer-Sponsored Insurance.” Health Affairs Blog. September 16, 2013.
B. Courtot, A. Palmer, and S. Dorn. Enrollment Metrics: Perspectives and Lessons from States. Prepared
by the Urban Institute for ASPE/HHS (September 6, 2013).
M. Buettgens and S. Dorn. No Wrong Door: Improving Health Equity and the Health Coverage
Consumer Experience in Connecticut. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Connecticut Health
Foundation (August 2013).
J. Holahan, M. Buettgens and S. Dorn. The Cost of Not Expanding Medicaid. Prepared by the Urban
Institute for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (July 17, 2013).
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S. Dorn, J. Holahan, C. Carroll, and M. McGrath. Medicaid Expansion Under the ACA: How States
Analyze the Fiscal and Economic Trade-Offs. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation (June 2013).
S. Dorn, L. Wheaton, P. Johnson, and L. Dubay. Using SNAP Receipt to Establish, Verify, and Renew
Medicaid. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the California HealthCare Foundation (May 2013).
S. Dorn and J. Holahan. “The Benefits Of Medicaid Expansion: A Reply To Heritage's Misleading Use
Of Our Work.” Health Affairs Blog. May 3, 2013.
S. Dorn, M. Buettgens, J. Holahan, and C. Carroll. The Financial Benefit to Hospitals from State
Expansion of Medicaid. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(March 2013).
M. Buettgens, S. Dorn, and H. Moody. Access to Employer-Sponsored Insurance and Establishing
Eligibility for Subsidies in Health Benefits Exchanges: Two Data-Based Approaches. Prepared by the
Urban Institute for the California HealthCare Foundation (December 2012).
J. Holahan, M. Buettgens, C. Carroll, and S. Dorn. The Cost and Coverage Implications of the ACA
Medicaid Expansion: National and State-by-State Analysis. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (November 2012).
M. Buettgens, S. Dorn, J. Roth, and C. Carroll. The Basic Health Program in Utah (November 2012).
R. R. Bovbjerg and S. Dorn. Federal Health Reform Is Largely Market-Based, Despite Contrary
Assertions (October 2012). Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
S. Dorn. Considerations in Assessing State-Specific Fiscal Effects of the ACA's Medicaid Expansion
(September 2012). Prepared by the Urban Institute.
S. Dorn, I. Hill, and F. Adams. Louisiana Breaks New Ground: The Nation’s First Use of Automatic
Enrollment Through Express Lane Eligibility (August 2012). Prepared by the Urban Institute for the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s SHARE project.
B. Courtot, S. Dorn, and V. Chen. ACA Implementation—Monitoring and Tracking: Minnesota Site Visit
Report (July 2012). Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (July
2012).
M. Buettgens, A. Nichols, and S. Dorn. Churning under the ACA and State Policy Options for
Mitigation. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (June 2012).
S. Dorn and E. Lower-Basch. Moving to 21st-Century Public Benefits: Emerging Options, Great
Promise, and Key Challenges. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Coalition for Access and
Opportunity (May 2012).
S. Dorn, I. Hill, and F. Adams. Louisiana Breaks New Ground: The Nation’s First Use of Automatic
Enrollment Through Express Lane Eligibility. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation (Revised April 2012).
S. Dorn. The Future of Healthy Families: Transitioning to 2014 and Beyond. Prepared by the Urban
Institute for Children Now, The Children’s Partnership, and The Children’s Defense Fund (Feb. 2012).
S. Dorn and B. Shang, “Spurring Enrollment In Medicare Savings Programs Through A Substitute For
The Asset Test Focused On Investment Income.” Health Affairs (February 2012) 31(2): 367-375.
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S. Dorn, How Human Services Programs and Their Clients Can Benefit from National Health Reform
Legislation. Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Coalition for Access and Opportunity (October
2011).
M. Buettgens, S. Dorn, and C. Caitlin, Consider Savings as well as Costs: State Governments Would
Spend at Least $90 Billion Less With the ACA than Without It from 2014 to 2019, prepared by the Urban
Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (July 2011).
S. Dorn, I. Hill, G. Kenney, and F. Adams, How Can California Policymakers Help Low-Income
Children Benefit from National Health Reform? Prepared by the Urban Institute for The California
Endowment (June 2011).
S. Dorn, Implementing National Health Reform: A Five-Part Strategy for Reaching the Eligible
Uninsured, prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (May 2011).
S. Dorn, M. Buettgens, and C. Carroll. Using the Basic Health Program to Make Coverage More
Affordable to Low-Income Households: A Promising Approach for Many States. Prepared by the Urban
Institute for the Association of Community-Affiliated Health Plans. (Sept. 2011).
S. Dorn and M. Buettgens, Net Effects of the Affordable Care Act on State Budgets, prepared by the
Urban Institute for First Focus (December 2010).
S. Dorn, State Implementation of National Health Reform: Harnessing Federal Resources to Meet State
Policy Goals, prepared by the Urban Institute for Academy Health and the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation (revised September 2010).
J. Holahan and S. Dorn, What Is the Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
on the States? Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (June 2010).
S. Dorn, Reconciling House and Senate Health Reform Proposals: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention
Policies that Will Maximize Health Coverage among the Low-Income Uninsured, prepared by the Urban
Institute for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (January 2010).
S. Dorn, Applying 21st-Century Eligibility and Enrollment Methods to National Health Reform, prepared
by the Urban Institute for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (December 2009).
S. Dorn, I. Hill and S Hogan, Secrets of Massachusetts’ Success: Why 97 Percent of State Residents
Have Health Coverage, prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(November 2009).
J. Edwards, J. Bitterman, C. Davis, R. Kellenberg, and S. Dorn, Reducing Paperwork to Improve
Enrollment and Retention in Medicaid and CHIP, prepared by Health Management Associates,
Kellenberg Consulting and the Urban Institute for the Medicaid Institute at the United Hospital Fund
(October 2009).
D. Idala, T. Roddy, C. Milligan, A. Sommers, C. Boddie Willis, A. Clark, and S. Dorn, Using
Information from Income Tax Forms to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach: Preliminary Results of the
Maryland Kids First Act, prepared by the Hilltop Institute and the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation (September 2009).
G. Kenney and S. Dorn, Health Care Reform for Children with Public Coverage: How Can
Policymakers Maximize Gains and Prevent Harm? Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation (June 2009).
S. Dorn, Capping the Tax Exclusion of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Is Equity Feasible?
Prepared by the Urban Institute for the WellPoint Foundation (June 2009).
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S. Dorn, Express Lane Eligibility and Beyond: How Automated Enrollment Can Help Eligible Children
Receive Medicaid and CHIP, Prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(April 2009).
S. Dorn, “How States Can Build on New Federal Legislation that Subsidizes COBRA Coverage for
Laid-off Workers,” Stateside, (newsletter of AcademyHealth State Coverage Initiatives Program, funded
by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) (February 2009).
S. Dorn, B. Garrett, C. Perry, L. Clemans-Cope, and A. Lucas, Nine in Ten: Using the Tax System to
Enroll Eligible, Uninsured Children into Medicaid and SCHIP, prepared by the Urban Institute for First
Focus (February 1, 2009).
S. Dorn, How Much State Fiscal Relief is Enough? Urban Institute (January 15, 2009).
S. Dorn, Using 21st-Century Information Technology to Help Eligible People Receive Health Coverage:
State and Local Case Studies, prepared by the Urban Institute for the State Coverage Initiatives Program
of AcademyHealth (October 2008).
S. Dorn, Millions of Low-Income Americans Can’t Get Medicaid: What Can Be Done? prepared by the
Urban Institute for AARP (September 2008).
S. Dorn, “How Policymakers Can Use Automation to Help Families and Children,” in Big Ideas for
Children: Investing in Our Nation’s Future, First Focus, America’s Promise Alliance (September 2008).
S. Dorn, B. Garrett, J. Holahan, and A. Williams, Medicaid, SCHIP, and Economic Downturn: Policy
Challenges and Policy Responses, prepared by the Urban Institute for the Kaiser Commission on
Medicaid and the Uninsured (April 28, 2008).
S. Dorn, Health Coverage Tax Credits: A Small Program Offering Large Policy Lessons, prepared by the
Urban Institute for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Feb. 5, 2008).
S. Dorn, Uninsured and Dying Because of It: Updating the Institute of Medicine Analysis on the Impact
of Uninsurance on Mortality, prepared by the Urban Institute for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(January 2008).
S. Dorn, Uninsured Children Eligible for Coverage But Not Enrolled: How SCHIP Reauthorization Can
Help, prepared by the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (September 2007).
S. Dorn, A Brief Analysis of the Bush Administration’s Tax Proposals in the Context of SCHIP
Reauthorization, prepared for First Focus (August 2007).
S. Dorn, Automatic Enrollment Strategies: Helping State Coverage Expansion Achieve Its Goals,
prepared by the Urban Institute for the State Coverage Initiatives Program of AcademyHealth, supported
by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (August 2007).
S. Dorn and A. Sommers, “SCHIP: How Can SCHIP And Medicaid Reach More Eligible Children?”
Health Affairs Blog (August 22nd, 2007).
S. Dorn, Take-Up of Health Coverage Tax Credits: Examples of Success in a Program With Low
Enrollment, prepared by the Urban Institute for The Commonwealth Fund (CMWF) (December 11,
2006).
S. Dorn, J.A. Meyer, E.K. Wicks, Health Insurance Coverage in Connecticut: Three Routes to Reform,
prepared by ESRI and the Urban Institute for the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut
(November 2006).
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S. Dorn, J. Kenney, Automatically Enrolling Eligible Children and Families Into Medicaid and SCHIP:
Opportunities, Obstacles, and Options for Federal Policymakers, prepared by ESRI and the Urban
Institute for CMWF (June 2006).
S. Dorn, Proposed Health Reform in Massachusetts: Net Gain for the Business Community, prepared by
ESRI for Families USA (January 2006).
S. Dorn, J. Varon, F. Pervez, Limited Take-Up of Health Coverage Tax Credits and the Design of Future
Tax Credits for the Uninsured, prepared by ESRI and Northwest Health Law Advocates for CMWF
(October 2005) (Issue Brief and Research Report).
S. Dorn, T. Alteras, J.A. Meyer, Early Implementation of the Health Coverage Tax Credit in Maryland,
Michigan, and North Carolina: A Case Study Summary, prepared by ESRI for CMWF (April 2005).
S. Dorn, Health Coverage Tax Credits in North Carolina: Heroic Efforts, Modest Results, prepared by
ESRI for CMWF (April 2005).
S. Dorn, Distinctive Features of California Health Coverage: A California Perspective on National
Reforms—A Chart Book, prepared by ESRI for the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) (February
2005).
J.A. Meyer, S. Dorn, Strategies For Covering the Uninsured: How California Policymakers Could Build
on Lessons Learned at the Federal Level, prepared by ESRI for CHCF (February 2005).
S. Dorn, Towards Incremental Progress: Key Facts About Groups of Uninsured, prepared by ESRI for
CHCF (September 2004).
E.K. Wicks, S. Dorn, J.A. Meyer, Tax Options to Promote the Purchase of Health Insurance, prepared
by ESRI for the State of Maryland (August 2004).
S. Dorn, S. Silow-Carroll, T. Alteras, H. Sacks, J.A. Meyer, Medicaid and Other Public Programs for
Low-Income Childless Adults: An Overview of Coverage in Eight States, prepared by ESRI for the Kaiser
Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU) (August 2004).
H. Sacks, S. Dorn, Minnesota: A Case Study in Childless Adult Coverage, prepared by ESRI for KCMU
(August 2004).
S. Dorn, J. Meyer, Pennsylvania: A Case Study in Childless Adult Coverage, prepared by ESRI for
KCMU (August 2004).
S. Dorn, T. Alteras, Washington State: Pioneer and Innovator in Covering Low-Income Workers,
prepared by ESRI for KCMU (August 2004).
S. Dorn, How Can National Policymakers Improve Health Coverage Tax Credits Provided under the
Trade Act of 2002? Prepared by ESRI for CHCF (May 2004).
E.K. Wicks, S. Dorn, J.A. Meyer, Lessons from Cost and Coverage Analysis of Ten Proposals to Expand
Health Insurance Coverage, prepared by ESRI for RWJF (October 2003).
S. Dorn, Focus: The Trade Act of 2002: Coverage Options for States, prepared by ESRI for SCI (March
2003).
S. Dorn, Annual Report 2000-2001, prepared by the Health Consumer Alliance (HCA) for The
California Endowment (TCE) (November 16, 2001).
S. Dorn, HMO Marketing to Children: Important Questions, Risky Answers, prepared by HCA for TCE
(June 8, 2000).
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S. Dorn, In the Cellar and Dropping Fast: California’s Health Insurance Crisis, prepared by HCA for
TCE (October 12, 1999).
S. Dorn, A.K. Patterson, Red Tape Epidemic: Health Coverage for Working Families at Risk, prepared
by HCA for TCE (April 26, 1999).
S. Dorn, G. Haifley, J. O’Connor, CHIP Check-UP: A Healthy Start for Children, Children’s Defense
Fund (May 12, 1998).
S. Dorn, M. Teitelbaum, C. Cortez, An Advocate's Tool Kit for the State Children's Health Insurance
Program, Children’s Defense Fund (1997).
D. Weinstein, N. Ebb, H. Blank, M.L. Allen, S. Dorn, Summary of Welfare Conference Bill, Children’s
Defense Fund (1996).
J. Finberg, S. Dorn, Unraveling the Mystery of Medicaid Block Grants: Proposed Cuts Threaten
Consumers of All Income Levels, Consumers Union and National Health Law Program (July 1995).
S. Dorn, “Anti-Discrimination Provisions and Health Care Access: New Slants on Old Approaches,”
Vol. 20 Clearinghouse Review, Summer 1986 (Special Issue).
Selected Presentations
Stan Dorn, Modernizing TANF under the ACA, 2015 State TANF Summit (national conference
sponsored by the Administration for Administration and Families), September 3, 2015, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Opportunities for Integrating Health and Human Services under the ACA, briefing of senior
staff at ASPE/HHS and the Administration of Children and Families, July 15, 2015, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Tax Preparers and ACA Enrollment, White House briefing of senior policy staff at the U.S.
Department of Treasury, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, and National
Economic Council, July 1, 2015, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, How the ACA Affects People with Disabilities: An Implementation Roadmap, National
Council on Disability Quarterly Meeting, May 5, 2015, Pittsburg, PA.
Stan Dorn, How Much Could Tax Preparation Services Help with ACA Enrollment? Brookings
Institution/Urban Institute Tax Policy Center briefing, February 24, 2015, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Enrollment and Medicaid issues, Government Accountability Office National
Meeting/Webinar, February 4, 2015, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Options for QHP enrollment timing, Blue Cross Blue Shield of America National Webinar,
January 28, 2015, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn. Perspectives on the Affordable Care Act, Bnai Brith National Youth Meeting, Plenary
session, December 7, 2014, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, ASPE Study Briefing: Integrating Health and Human Services Programs and Reaching
Eligible Individuals under the Affordable Care Act, November 20, 2014, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Smooth Sailing: Coordinating Eligibility and Enrollment in FFM States, National Meeting of
the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices for states with Federally Facilitated
Marketplaces, July 28, 2014, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Urban Institute Project to Analyze the Impact of the ACA on People with Disabilities,
National Council on Disabilities Quarterly Meeting, July 24, 2014, Washington, DC.
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Stan Dorn, Early Implementation of the ACA: Cross-State Analysis of Stakeholder Views and
Recommendation on Eligibility and Enrollment, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance
Oversight (CCIIO) National Meeting of State-Based Marketplaces, June 25, 2014, Bethesda, MD.
Stan Dorn, Tax Preparation and Reaching the Eligible Uninsured, Enroll America National Conference,
June 17, 2014, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Integrating Health and Human Services Programs: New Findings About Overlapping
Eligibility Under the Affordable Care Act, Welfare Research and Evaluation National Conference,
Sponsored by the HHS Administration of Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research &
Evaluation (OPRE/ACF/HHS), May 29, 2014, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Tax Preparers and Reaching the Eligible Uninsured. Council for Electronic Revenue
Communication Advancement National Meeting, Plenary Session, May 21, 2014. Arlington, VA.
Stan Dorn, The Economic Effects of Medicaid Expansion. IIR’s 6th Annual Government Programs
Summit, Plenary Session, March 27, 2014. Arlington, VA.
Stan Dorn. Perspectives on the Affordable Care Act, Bnai Brith National Youth Meeting, Plenary
session, March 23, 2014, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Needs for publicly funded behavioral health services under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (ACA): What gaps will remain? National Association of State Mental Health
Program Directors National Webinar, February 4, 2014, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Coverage expansion and enrollment under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(ACA): What’s likely? What’s possible? National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
Cross-State Knowledge Exchange Event, January 23, 2014, Baltimore, MD.
Stan Dorn, Maximizing Enrollment Under the ACA: Lessons from the States, Urban Institute/Maximizing
Enrollment Program Briefing, December 17, 2013, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Medicaid Expansion in 2014, POLITICO Pro Health Briefing, December 12, 2014,
Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Health Reform in America, Bnai Brith Youth Organization National Meeting, November 18,
2013, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, The Economic Effects of Medicaid Expansion, Southeast Council of Foundations Annual
Meeting, November 13, 2013, Hot Springs, WV.
Stan Dorn, Options for Reducing Tax Reconciliation Risks for Tax Credit Beneficiaries Under the ACA,
national webinar for officials from the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight and
state Health Insurance Marketplace, August 28, 2013, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Affordable Care Act (ACA) Enrollment: Opportunities for LIHEAP and its Clients, national
webinar for LIHEAP grantees, Office of Community Services, Administration of Children and Families,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, August 14, 2013, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Medicaid Expansion: State Fiscal and Macroeconomic Analysis, 2013 AcademyHealth
Annual Research Meeting, June 25, 2013, Baltimore, MD.
Stan Dorn, Tomorrow’s Medicaid News, Kaiser Health News Health Reporter “Bootcamp,” June 19,
2013, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Human Services Programs and the Affordable Care Act, 16th Annual Welfare Research and
Evaluation Conference, Sponsored by OPRE/ACF/HHS, May 29, 2013, Washington, DC.
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Stan Dorn, Briefing for Food and Nutrition Service: ASPE-funded research into multi-program
integration and coordination under the Affordable Care Act: initial tax-related findings, May 28, 2013,
Arlington, VA.
Stan Dorn, Medicaid, the Oregon Study, and Health Outcomes, National Health Law Program Medicaid
Advocates Call, May 21, 2013, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Briefing for Treasury and IRS: ASPE-Funded Research Into Multi-Program Integration and
Coordination under the Affordable Care Act, May 9, 2013, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, CMS Briefing: Initial findings from ASPE- Funded Research Into Multi-Program Integration
and Coordination under the Affordable Care Act, April 9, 2013, Washington DC.
Stan Dorn, Churning, America’s Health Insurance Plans National Exchange Conference, March 14,
2013, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, ACF and the Affordable Care Act, seminar for staff at the Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, March 9, 2013, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Children, Medicaid, and CHIP: A General Overview, Congressional Children’s Caucus,
February 22, 2013, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Federal Health Reform, Hospitals, and Medicaid Expansion, The Advisory Board, national
webinar, February 19, 2013, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Using Data Matches to Streamline Enrollment and Retention, State Policymaker Briefing,
California HealthCare Foundation, January 30, 2013, Sacramento, CA.
Stan Dorn, Streamlining Children’s Enrollment, Moving Towards the Future, plenary session, final inperson meeting of Maximizing Enrollment, National Academy for State Health Policy and the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation, January 11, 2013, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, State Budget Implications of ACA Medicaid Expansion, National Health Law Program
national webinar, December 14, 2012, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Churning Under the ACA: Taking on the Challenge, National Academy for State Health
Policy, “States in the Vanguard” national meeting, December 12, 2012, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, State Budget Gains We Didn’t Estimate, National Health Law Program Annual Advocates
Conference, December 2, 2012, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Churning under the ACA: Setting the Stage, National Academy for State Health Policy
National Meeting, October 16, 2012, Baltimore, MD.
Stan Dorn, Moving Towards 21st-Century Eligibility Determination: Human Services Programs and
National Health Reform Legislation, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices: A Policy
Institute for Governors’ Human Services Policy Advisors, September 20, 2012, New Orleans, LA
Stan Dorn, Moving Towards 21st-Century Eligibility Determination: CalFresh and National Health
Reform Legislation, Opening Plenary, California State SNAP Conference, September 5, 2012,
Sacramento, CA.
Stan Dorn, The ACA’s Medicaid expansion: Fiscal bane or boon to states? National Health Law
Program National Advocates Call, August 6, 2012, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Medicaid matters for kids: reducing red tape, The Congressional Children’s Health Care
Caucus, July 16, 2012, Washington, DC.
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Shelby Gonzales, Judy Solomon, and Stan Dorn, The Supreme Court’s ACA Decision: What it Means for
Medicaid and Work Support, July 13, 2012, Work Support Strategies Project national webinar.
Stan Dorn and Judy Solomon, ACA and the Supreme Court – Quick reactions and State Concerns, June
28, 2012, Work Support Strategies Project national meeting, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Default Enrollment: lessons from low-income programs, AcademyHealth Research Insights
Meeting, June 24, 2012, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn and Anthony Vellucci, Moving to 21st-Century Benefits, Coalition for Access and
Opportunity, June 12, 2012, webinar.
Stan Dorn and Jennifer Burnszynski, ACA Roundtable, 2012 Welfare Research and Evaluation
Conference, Sponsored by OPRE/ACF/HHS, May 31, 2012, Washington DC.
Stan Dorn, Churning, eligibility determination, and exchanges under the ACA, 19th Annual Princeton
Conference, May 24, 2012, Princeton, NJ.
January Angeles, Judy Solomon, Shelby Gonzales, Stan Dorn, ACA Update¸ May 21, 2012, Work
Support Strategies Project national webinar.
Stan Dorn, What if the individual mandate goes away? Healthcare Leadership Council, Executive
Committee. May 15, 2012, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, The future of CHIP: Transitioning to 2014 and beyond, National Academy for State Health
Policy, May 14, 2012, webinar.
Stan Dorn, The future of CHIP: Transitioning to 2014 and beyond, North Carolina Health Care Round
Table Advocates, April 4, 2012, webinar.
Stan Dorn, The future of CHIP: Transitioning to 2014 and beyond, National Association of CHIP
Directors, March 12, 2012, webinar.
Stan Dorn, How Non-Health Programs and Their Clients Can Benefit from National Health Reform,
National Association for State Community Services Programs, March 2, 2012, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn: Basic Health Program: Does it Make Sense for Ohio? Health Policy Institute of Ohio,
January 26, 2012, Columbus, OH.
Stan Dorn, The Basic Health Program Option in National Health Reform, AMA Council on Medical
Service, January 23, 2012, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, The Basic Health Program Option in National Health Reform, National Association of
Health Underwriters, January 23, 2012, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, State and Federal Policy Choices: How Human Services Programs and Their Clients Can
Benefit from National Health Reform, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, January
9, 2012, webinar.
Stan Dorn, Implementation of National Health Reform: Selected Topics, Government Accountability
Office, December 6, 2011, Washington, DC, and webinar.
Stan Dorn, State and Federal Policy Choices: How Human Services Programs and Their Clients Can
Benefit from National Health Reform¸ Coalition for Access and Opportunity, November 14, 2011,
webinar.
Stan Dorn, Basic Health Program: A Webinar for New Mexico, New Mexico State Legislative Forum,
November 2, 2011, webinar.
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Stan Dorn, The ACA and State Budgets, Pennsylvania Health Funders Collaborative Annual Conference,
October 26, 2011, Philadelphia, PA.
Stan Dorn, State Policy Choices to Help Health Reform Achieve its Promise for Low-Income Children
and Families, October 4, 2011.
Stan Dorn, Basic Health Program: Options and Issues, National Academy for State Health Policy
National Meeting, October 3, 2011.
Stan Dorn, State and Federal Policy Choices: How Human Services Programs and Their Clients Can
Benefit from National Health Reform¸ Coalition for Access and Opportunity, September 20, 2011,
Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Basic Health Program: A Presentation for CHIP Directors, National Association of CHIP
Directors, August 25, 2011, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Children’s Enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, Urban Institute’s “First Tuesday”
Public Presentation, June 7, 2011, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Enrollment Under the Affordable Care Act: examples and best practices, Ascension Health
Advocacy National Leaders Webinar, April 14, 2011, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Enrollment Under the Affordable Care Act: examples and best practices, Health Care
Leadership Council Policy Committee, April 6, 2011, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Enrollment Under the Affordable Care Act: Examples and Best practices, Enroll America
National Meeting, March 18, 2011, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Enrollment Under the Affordable Care Act: Examples and Best Practices, Enroll America
National Meeting, November 11, 2010, Washington DC.
Stan Dorn, The Affordable Care Act: Opening the Door to 21st-Century Public Benefits? The Coalition
to Promote Access & Opportunity, November 10, 2010 Webinar, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Maximizing Enrollment of Eligible Individuals into Work Support and Public Benefit
Programs, Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families National Conference, October 11, 2010,
Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, National Health Reform in a Nutshell, Medical Support and Health Reform National
Colloquium, September 14, 2010, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Maximizing and Simplifying Enrollment: Options for Maryland, Maryland State Health Care
Reform Coordinating Council, Entry Into Coverage Workgroup, August 31, 2010, Baltimore, MD.
Stan Dorn, Federal Reform and SustiNet: Key Policy Options for Connecticut, Connecticut Health
Foundation, August 25, 2010, New Britain, CT.
Stan Dorn, Health Reform Implementation: Challenges and Tools for States, State Coverage Initiatives
Program National Meeting, August 4, 2010, Minneapolis, MN.
Stan Dorn, Maximizing Coverage and Access to Care Under PPACA, State Coverage Initiatives Program
National Meeting, August 4, 2010, Minneapolis, MN.
Stan Dorn, Health Reform Implementation: Dates, Duties and Opportunities, Medicaid Medical
Directors Learning Network, July 21, 2010, Washington DC.
Stan Dorn, PPACA in Connecticut: Initial Cost and Coverage Estimates, Meeting of SustiNet
Partnership Board, July 14, 2010, Hartford, CT.
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Stan Dorn, Health Reform Passed—Now What? Some Overlooked Stories, National Health Journalism
Fellowships, July 12, 2010, Los Angeles, CA.
Stan Dorn, Innovations in Access to Benefits: Health Care, Grantmakers Income Security Taskforce,
Benefit Access Funders National Briefing, June 15, 2010, New York, NY.
Stan Dorn, Implementing National Health Reform at the State Level: Great Opportunities, Daunting
Obstacles, Regional Meeting of New England Philanthropies, June 4, 2010, Mystic, CT.
Stan Dorn, 21st-century Enrollment and Retention, Families USA national meeting (Health Action
2010), January 28, 2010, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Health Reform Issues, International University Honors Program, January 21, 2010,
Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, 21st-century Enrollment and Retention, State Health Access Program (SHAP) All-Grantees
National Meeting, Health Resources and Services Administration, January 14, 2010, Arlington, VA.
Stan Dorn, Eligibility, Enrollment and Retention under Health Reform: What’s in the Bills? What’s
Next? Families USA enrollment conference, January 14, 2010, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Will the Uninsured Enroll Into Coverage Under National Health Reform? Alliance for Health
Reform, December 1, 2009, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, How National Health Reform Proposals May Affect Children, Alliance for Health Reform,
November 13, 2009, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, 21st-Century Enrollment and Retention, Keynote Address, LaCHIP Outreach Conference
2009, November 5, 2009, New Orleans, LA.
Stan Dorn, Express Lane Eligibility, National Children’s Health Insurance Summit, Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services, November 4, 2009, Chicago, IL.
Stan Dorn, National health reform proposals: Broad consensus but important disagreements, National
Meeting Health Journalism Fellows, USC-Annenberg School of Communications, October 6, 2009, Los
Angeles, CA.
Stan Dorn, The Basics of Express Lane Eligibility, National Meeting of Grantees, Maximizing
Enrollment for Kids: Making Medicaid and SCHIP Work, September 25, 2009, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Innovative Strategies to Enroll Eligible People into Medicaid and CHIP, National Meeting of
State Coverage Initiatives Program of AcademyHealth, July 30, 2009, Albuquerque, NM.
Stan Dorn, New CHIPRA Opportunity: Express Lane Eligibility, National Webinar Sponsored by the
National Academy for State Health Policy, May 14, 2009, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Health Care Solutions, United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce National Meeting,
March 10, 2009, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Research Strategies Examining Auto-Enrollment in Massachusetts, national meeting of State
Health Access Reform Evaluation grantees sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
February 13, 2009, Philadelphia, PA.
Stan Dorn, Prospects for Health Reform. International Honors Program, January 26, 2009, Washington,
DC.
Stan Dorn, Tax and Health Reform: Possible Common Ground, Senate Finance Committee health and
tax staff, for majority and minority members, July 25, 2008, Washington, DC.
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Stan Dorn, Latinos, Small Business, and Health Reform, Dialogue on Diversity Eighth Annual Health
Care Symposium, May 14, 2008, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Health and Tax Issues: Possible Areas of Agreement, staff of Republican Policy Committee
and minority members of Senate Finance Committee, May 9, 2008, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Can Tax Credits Be a Linchpin for Health Reform? Lessons from the Factory Floor, Urban
Institute “First Tuesdays” forum, April 1, 2008, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, A Middle Road to Health Care Reform, Georgetown University School of Medicine, March
7, 2007, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Expanding Health Care Access and Affordability through the Private Marketplace, United
States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, March 13, 2008, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, “Administrative issues involving the tax system and health reform,” presentation at Taxes and
Health Insurance: Analysis and Policy, conference sponsored by Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
and the American Tax Policy Institute, February 20, 2008, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Enrolling and Retaining Children in Medicaid and CHIP: Strategies that Hold Water,
Families USA 2008 Annual Health Action Conference, January 25, 2008, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Is SCHIP Expansion a Step Towards Socialized Medicine? Urban Institute “Versus” forum,
September 19, 2007, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Health Reform Ideas, panel discussion sponsored by St. Joseph’s Health and Hospitals
System, September 10, 2007, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Automatic enrollment and state health reform, State Coverage Initiatives Program at
AcademyHealth, summer national conference, August 3, 2007, Denver, CO.
Stan Dorn, Automatic enrollment and state health reform, State Coverage Initiatives Program at
AcademyHealth, national conference addressing this specific topic, May 22, 2007, Baltimore, MD.
Stan Dorn, A Middle Road to Comprehensive Health Reform, panel discussant, Georgetown University
School of Medicine, March 9, 2007, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Testimony on Proposals for Comprehensive Health Reform, Insurance and Real Estate
Committee, Connecticut General Assembly, March 6, 2007, Hartford, CT.
Stan Dorn, Options for Comprehensive Health Reform, Connecticut General Assembly, February 13,
2007, Hartford, CT.
Stan Dorn, Testimony on Options for Comprehensive Health Reform, Joint Committee on Public Health,
Connecticut General Assembly, January 29, 2007, Hartford, CT.
Stan Dorn, Auto-enrollment Strategies and New State Coverage Expansions, National Meeting, State
Coverage Initiatives project of AcademyHealth, January 25, 2007, New Orleans, LA.
Stan Dorn, Paradigm Shift: New Enrollment Models To Cover Eligible Children, National Academy for
State Health Policy, October 17, 2006, Pittsburg, PA.
Stan Dorn, How SCHIP Passed: A Tour Of The Sausage Factory, guest lecture, health policy seminar,
University of Maryland public policy school, September 21, 2006, College Park, MD.
Stan Dorn, Improving Coverage Stability for Kids in Medicaid and SCHIP, Alliance for Health Reform,
June 16, 2006, Washington, DC.
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Stan Dorn, Achieving Universal Coverage in Connecticut: Project Overview, with Special Focus on
Children, presented at the Speaker’s Healthy Kids Connecticut Working Group, March 22, 2006,
Hartford, CT.
Stan Dorn, Auto-Enrollment Strategies To Cover Uninsured Children, Roundtable Meeting sponsored by
the United Hospital Fund, December 12, 2005, New York, NY.
Stan Dorn, Expanding Coverage for Adults: State Experiences and Lessons, National Academy for State
Health Policy, Annual State Policy Conference, August 8, 2005, Nashville, TN.
Stan Dorn, “Potential Building Blocks for Bipartisan Health Reform,” How Will States Pay for Health
Care? Twelfth Annual Princeton Conference, May 19, 2005, Princeton, NJ.
Stan Dorn, State-Level Options for Tax Incentives to Expand Health Coverage, Maryland Legislature,
October 5, 2004, Annapolis, MD.
Stan Dorn, A Vision for Health System Change, Heritage Foundation, Aug. 12, 2004.
Stan Dorn, National Perspective on Health Coverage Tax Credits, Alliance for Health Reform and The
Commonwealth Fund, Washington, D.C., April 26, 2004
Stan Dorn, The Uninsured: Expanding Coverage, Retreat for Congressional Health Staff, Sponsored by
the Alliance for Health Reform, The Commonwealth Fund, and the Catholic Health Association, January
9, 2004, Baltimore, MD.
Stan Dorn, Trade Act Health Coverage: An Update for HRSA SPG Grantees, National Meeting of Health
Resources and Services Administration and State Planning Grant recipients, November 3, 2003,
Arlington, VA.
Stan Dorn, Philanthropy and Health Care Reform, Regional Meeting of The Philanthropy Roundtable,
May 8, 2003, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Trade Act of 2002 Conference Call, call for state health officials organized by State Coverage
Initiatives of AcademyHealth, April 7, 2003, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Trade Act of 2002: Options for States, State Coverage Initiatives National Meeting, January
23, 2003, Washington, D.C.
Stan Dorn, Data Ideas for Consumer Assistance Programs, Health Assistance Partnership National
Conference, January 21, 2003, Washington, DC.
Testimony of Stan Dorn Concerning Proposed 1115 Waiver, California Health and Human Services
Agency, January 23, 2001, Sacramento, CA.
Stan Dorn, The State Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Institute of Medicine's Division of
Health Care Services and the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Research Council,
January 28, 1998, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, “What’s Happening in the States,” Funding Children's Health Care Through State Tobacco
Taxes: Building Winning Coalitions with New and Unexpected Allies, national conference sponsored by
Brandeis University for RWJF, October 4–6, 1997, Waltham, MA.
Stan Dorn, $24 Billion for Kids Health Coverage: What's Next? Alliance for Health Reform briefing,
August 8, 1997, Washington, DC.
Stan Dorn, Children, Health Insurance, and Access to Care, National Academy of Sciences/National
Research Council Public Workshop, June 2, 1997, Washington, DC.
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Stan Dorn, Testimony at Workshop on Maternal and Child Health Under Health Care Reform, National
Forum on the Future of Children and Families, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, July 7,
1994, Washington, DC.
“Testimony of Stan Dorn, National Health Law Program, Before the Senate Committee on Finance,”
Medicaid and Health Reform, March 24, 1994, Washington, DC.