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The True Workings of Single Payer Health Systems:
Single payer health care is the ultimate goal for many progressives and the worst case scenario to many conservatives. The advocates of single payer laud its potential to ensure access and control costs, while critics deride it as the epitome of socialized medicine, bound to damage the quality of care and impair access by means of rationing and governmental meddling. What, however, do these policy combatants mean by single payer? How well do prevailing images fit the realities of present-day single payer health care systems? An extraordinary conference will examine the true workings of single payer health systems. A host of policy makers will be joined by preeminent national experts including Bob Berenson, Lynn Blewett, Lawrence Brown, Jon Christianson, Roger Feldman, Sherry Glied, Scott Greer, Michael Gusmano, Lawrence Jacobs, Theodore Marmor, James Morone, Mark Peterson, Adam Oliver, Michael Scandrett, Michael Sparer, Deborah Stone, Kip Sullivan, Carolyn Tuohy, and Joe White.
Conference Details Dates: May 9-10, 2008 Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Sponsors: Academic Health Center, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, and Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law To register please visit: http://register.cce.umn.edu and enter event ID# 181655. The deadline for registration is Tuesday, May 6, 2008. The fee for the conference is $89.00 ($29.00 for students with valid id) payable by credit card or check. Fee is inclusive of meals during the conference and all materials. To request disability accommodations, please contact Lea Chittenden, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, 612.625.2530, chit0018@umn.edu. |