On April 24–25, 2007, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Detroit Regional Chamber sponsored a two-day forum examining a “value chain” perspective of health care delivery in the U.S. The program discussed how a value chain evaluation might lead to improvement in health care...

On March 12, 2008, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Civic Federation held a forum on retiree health care for state and local government employees. The participants focused on strategies to finance and administer other post-employment benefits, or OPEB.