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June 7, 2007 |
Contact: John Barnes |
Health Care Conference Tomorrow Will Feature Interactive Elway Polling and Address Medicaid Reform and other Cutting Edge Health Care Issues
Seattle - Washington Policy Center, the state's premier public policy research and education organization, along with the state's leading business organizations and health care companies, is sponsoring their 5th Annual Health Care Conference, "Emerging Trends in Health Care," a half-day conference, tomorrow, June 14th from 7:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the SeaTac DoubleTree Hotel, 18740 International Blvd., SeaTac. The conference will address current health care topics affecting small businesses, patients, state government and the health care industry and encourage participants to discuss possible solutions to problems in health care.
Tomorrow's conference will feature lunch keynote speaker Dr. David Gratzer, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute who has practiced medicine in both the United States and Canada. His research interests include, Medicare and Medicaid, drug re-importation, and FDA reform. Dr. Gratzer's most recent book "The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care," has received praise from some of the nations top newspapers including The New York Times, The Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Dr. Gratzer is available Thursday morning, the 14th, for media interviews.
"[Gratzer's] prescriptions for fixing it are not only well-reasoned, but also have the political benefit of drawing strands from both liberal and conservative plans." - The Washington Post
The Conference will also include panels featuring health care experts discussing Public Opinion on Health Care, New Directions in Health Care, and Medicaid Reform.
A legislative panel, scheduled during breakfast, features the chair and ranking member of the House Health Care Committee and the Governor's executive health care policy advisor.
The Conference is approved for 5 continuing insurance credits and 5.25 continuing legal education credits.
Media are welcome to attend the conference free of charge. To receive more information please contact Lyndsey Hartje at lhartje@washingtonpolicy.org or call 206-937-9691.