American Society for Public Administration Meets in Denver in March 2018

American Society for Public Administration: 

Civil Societies and Their Futures in America

Julie Ann Racino, February 2018

       The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) is a leading society which represents the changing demographics in America and in government in the 20th and 21st Century. The Society will be meeting in Denver, Colorado from March 9-13th, 2018!

       The society often represents university programs, the federal, state and local governments, the growing non-profit sectors, and "business sectors" in public-private partnerships and community engagement. The full Annual Conference Agenda is available online at aspanet.org and photos will be available on facebook!

       Public administration, still young at 100, has historically represented the "public service in America" which obviously has shifted as the Presidents, Governors and Mayors have changed together with "Civil Service" in America. The Annual Meeting, which includes business, chapter and leadership meetings, will explore the status today and in the future.

Health and Human Services Administration

       One of the most pressing challenges in America today is health care, both on polls about priorities and on the "debates" between Republicans and Democrats. The efforts to achieve "universal health care" and "the right to heath care" have often been met by the "escalation in the costs to taxpayers", the elimination of health care for particular individuals or groups (remember, blue eyes next!),  and the "expansion of Medicaid" to services that Americans do not "want or need"!! 

      The Health and Human Services Administration Section will meet at ASPA on Saturday morning March 10, 2018.  Circulated on February 21, 2018 to HHSA Executive were:

1. Current Status of Health Care in the US: Update from President Obama and Affordable Care Act to Present Administrations  (e.g., New York Democratic Governor Cuomo*)

2.  State Health Care Exchanges (Special Populations)

3. US Centers for Medicaid and Medicare***, and User-Directed Options (Racino, 2014)

4. Universal Health Care or Medicare for All**

5. Status of Cash for Care Schemes (Racino, 2014) and Health Care Transitions (Budget and Personnel)

6. International Right to Health Care (International, 2016)

7. Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS)****: Service Delivery Transformations (Racino, 2014) with Housing, Support and Health

8. Federal Department of Health and Human Services Administration, Administration on Children and Families

9. US Direct Support Workforce and Services for Families, Children and Adults in Homes and Communities

10. National Institute on Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research

11. Gun Control and Mental Health Care "in Light of Current Tragedies"

12. National Institute on Health, Behavioral Clinical Trials, and Behavioral Health Care, 2016-2017

13. New Opiod Epidemic and Federal-State-Local Implications (e.g., Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, US Senate, 2018)

14. Budgets and Health and Human Services in Context of Debt Management and Worldwide NGO Growth

*Circulated as Donald Trump, US President  ("Eliminated the individual mandate!")

** Bernie Sanders as Medicare for All in Hillary Clinton Campaigns

***Behavioral Management Online (See, Racino, 2000)

****Managed Long Term Services and Supports (not the LTSS list) (Racino, 2014) with Smith and Racino (for "Gettings and Taylor") at federal CSLA (evaluated by Lakin & Burwell Health Care Financing, 1999).