Government Role in Health Care?

Is it the Federal Government's responsibility to provide health care for all Americans?

This widely debated question will be the topic of an upcoming health care debate at The George Washington University Medical Center.

Responding affirmatively to the topic will be Mandy Krauthamer, MD, executive director, Doctors for America, and Igor Volsky, health care researcher and blogger, Center for American Progress.   Responding in the negative will be The Honorable Michael C. Burgess, MD, United States congressman from the 26th District in Texas, and David Gratzer, MD, senior fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.   The debate will be moderated by James L. Scott, MD, dean of GW's School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Title: "Is it the Federal Government's Responsibility to Provide Health Care for All Americans?"
Sponsors:
    The Benjamin Rush Society
    The Congressional Health Care Caucus
    The George Washington University Medical Center Student Council
Date: September 30, 2009
Time: 5-7 p.m.
Location: The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ross Hall #101

The goal of the event is to encourage students and physicians to become more active in the nation's pressing health care issues. All Medical Center students, staff, faculty and members of the general public are welcome to attend. Please reserve your space at www.pacificresearch.org. For further information, contact Cindy Chin at cchin@pacificresearch.org or via (415) 955-6110.