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Due to the near inevitability of more snow this evening/tonight, we are postponing tonight’s Left of Center Forum on Health Care Reform. We hope to bring it to you in March or April. Thanks for your support and we look forward to seeing you at future events. Stay safe and warm tonight!
After Democrats lost their 60-vote supermajority in the Senate, is healthcare reform dead? Can the House pass the Senate bill by agreeing to follow-up legislation that would settle major differences between the two chambers? Or will there be a scaled-back compromise that attracts some bipartisan support, the wish of more than 50 percent of Americans according to recent polls?
In such scenarios, what major elements of reform would remain, and how will they impact cost-cutting, expanding coverage, and improving quality?
Leading this month’s discussion are four University of Virginia professors: Dr. Robert Powers, a medical professor and emergency room physician who just taught a January-term course on “The American Health Care System”; Carolyn Engelhard, a professor of public health sciences and co-author of the book, “Health Care Half Truths: Too Many Myths, Not Enough Reality”; John D. Arras, a professor of biomedical ethics and philosophy; and Dr. Don Detmer, professor emeritus of medical education and co-founder of U.Va.’s public health department.
Free appetizers and socializing (with a cash bar) from 7 to 7:30 p.m. precedes a 20-minute panel discussion and introduction to the issue. Then we open the floor to audience questions. Come join the discussion at Rapture.