AARP Solutions Forum To Feature Health Care Experts

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP
Also Included In: Seniors / Aging
Article Date: 09 Jun 2008 - 0:00 PDT

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What Should the Next US President Do About Health Care Costs?

Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama both have plans to tackle health care reform during the next administration. Now AARP is bringing together top health care experts for a debate on the biggest problem facing the system: skyrocketing health care costs. Unsustainable growth is making health care unaffordable for millions of Americans, increasing the pressure on Medicare and Medicaid and dragging down the competitiveness of American business.

How should the next administration address this challenge? Join leading health care experts for a look at what's driving these costs, discussion of cost containment proposals and insight on how they may impact health care reform.

What

AARP Public Policy Institute Solutions Forum: "What Should Our Next President Do About Health Care Costs?"

Who

David Cutler, Professor of Economics, Harvard University, is also an advisor on health policy issues for the Obama campaign.

Thomas Miller, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former senior health economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, is also an advisor on health policy for the McCain campaign.

Moderated by National Public Radio's Julie Rovner, with an introduction by AARP's John Rother.

When

June 13, 2008 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch will be served.

Where

The Washington Court Hotel
The Atrium Ballroom - Mezzanine Level
525 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

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