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Forum today delves into politics and health care
Sarah Palin isn’t the only political event at East Carolina University today.
Several of the nation’s leading authorities on health care will convene at ECU to discuss issues concerning regional health concerns and health insurance.
Hosted by the ECU chapter of the Phi Beta Phi honor society, the event will feature Henry Aaron, a senior fellow of the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., as well as a panel of experts in Medicare and Medicaid, public health, legal insurance issues, public health, pediatrics and case management.
Issues to be discussed include how well the current US health insurance system serves particular groups of citizens and achieves social values of the nation, and how gubernatorial and presidential candidates’ health reform plans would affect the current health care system.
The forum will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the auditorium at the Brody School of Medicine.
Panel participants include:
Dr. Pam Silberman, president & CEO of the North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Public health professor at the University of North Carolina School Of Public Health attorney Mark Hall
ECU pediatrics professor Dr. Charles Willson
Joel Butler, vice president for external affairs at University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina and Member of the ECU Board of Trustees.
The panel will be moderated by Bob Greczyn, chair of the ECU Board of Trustees and President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.
The public is invited to attend this free forum. For more information, contact Ron Newton, Graduate School, East Carolina University, at newtonro@ecu.edu, or 252-328-2956.
The web site is: http://www.ecu.edu/org/pkp/activities.htm.
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