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Addressing A Health-Care System In Crisis

Main Category: Primary Care / General Practice
Also Included In: Conferences;  Public Health;  Health Insurance / Medical Insurance
Article Date: 06 Sep 2008 - 1:00 PDT

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On September 8, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will host the U.S. Healthcare System in Crisis: Achieving Universal Coverage panel, the first of a yearlong series examining the state of the U.S. health care system and efforts to improve coverage. The symposium, sponsored by several Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health departments and student organizations, is designed to promote discussion and explore approaches to developing universal health care.

Featured speakers include:

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr., U.S. Rep., D-Mich.
Chairman, House Committee on the Judiciary
U.S. House of Representatives

Mary M. Newman, MD, FACP
Governor, Maryland Chapter American College of Physicians
Vice Chair, Medical Services Committee ACP

Barbara Lancelot, MEd
Professional Educator, Uninsured
Montgomery Health Care Action of Maryland

Moderated by:

Lisa Dubay, PhD, ScM
Associate Professor, Health Policy Management
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Laura Morlock, PhD
Professor, Health Policy Management
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

What:

The U.S. Healthcare System in Crisis: Achieving Universal Coverage

When:

Monday, September 8, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Where:

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Sheldon Hall, W1214
615 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205

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Article adapted by Medical News Today from original press release.
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Source: Natalie Wood-Wright
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health




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