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Not since the mid-1960s had the United States taken a significant step toward national health insurance; meanwhile the corporatization of American medicine has propelled a $2.5 trillion dollar enterprise full of vested financial interests and health inequities. This year the Obama Administration and the Democratic Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which promises to reform private insurance company practices and extend coverage to about half of the 50 million uninsured Americans. Yet, Obama has faced bitter politics from the Republican Right, the Tea Party social movement, and even the Blue Dogs of his own Party. Now the implementation phase of health care reform must proceed. This presentation will examine the dynamics surrounding health care reform, and what likely lies ahead for improving the American health care delivery system.
Jack W. Salmon is Professor of Health Policy and Administration at the School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Moderated by Rolf Rosenbrock, Head of the WZB Research Group Public Health.
Information on participating / attending:
To register, please reply by May 10, 2010 to Dorothea Weinrebe: weinrebe@wzb.eu.
The WZB provides for child care during the lecture. If you are interested, please respond by May 3, 2010, indicating the number of children and their ages to Marie Unger: marie.unger@wzb.eu.
Date:
05/11/2010 17:00 - 05/11/2010 20:00
Registration deadline:
05/10/2010
Event venue:
Reichpietschufer 50, Raum A 310
10785 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Nutrition / healthcare / nursing, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Entry:
04/28/2010
Sender/author:
Dr. Paul Stoop
Department:
Informations- und Kommunikationsreferat
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event31163
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