Healthcare Policy: Can Reform Become Reality?

• Penjerdel Employee Benefits and Compensation Association

Panelist
Dr. David Nash, Founding Dean of the Jefferson School of Public Health

Dr. Steven Udvarhelyi, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Independence Blue Cross

David Wilderman, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

Moderated by:
Jane Von Bergen, Reporter, Philadelphia Inquirer

Program Details:

Please join PEBA on October 21, 2009 at the National Liberty Museum for a lively debate about whether the rhetoric of today's health care reform can or should become tomorrow's reality. Should we have a national health insurance plan, follow the Massachusetts model, or table the issue given our country's economic condition? Will we need to revamp the way that we pay for health care? If health care reform is passed, how will our country begin the task of building the infrastructure to handle more patients, more medical claims, etc? Come here what the experts think about these issues, and other hot topics about the future of health care reform.

Our debate will be moderated by Jane Von Bergen, reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer and our esteemed panelists include Dr. David Nash, Founding Dean of the Jefferson School of Public Health, Dr. I. Steven Udvarhelyi, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Independence Blue Cross and David Wilderman, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council.

After the debate, PEBA will be honoring Sharon Kazaras, the winner of this year's Outstanding Achievement in Benefits and Compensation Award, followed by a cocktail reception. We hope you will join us for this exciting evening, discussing one of the most important issues of our time and celebrating the achievements of an esteemed colleague.