Economics of Reform December 9,2009

Economics of Health Care Reform

The United States spends far more than any other nation on health care, and yet we leave many uninsured and underinsured. Is it possible to spend less and improve health at the same time?
Is it true that health care always has to cost a lot?

Please join us for the last in our series on health care reform to look at some of these questions and answers.

Former Senator David Durenberger, founder and current chair of the National Institute of Health Policy at the University of St. Thomas

Author Kip Sullivan, JD, a steering committee member of Physicians for a National Health Program-Minnesota.

Professor of Economics Deep Shikha, Ph.D., who also serves as interim dean of St. Catherine University's School of Business and Leadership,

Wednesday December 9, 7:00 pm

Jeanne d'Arc Auditorium
Whitby Hall, St. Catherine University

Next in Series: Economics of Health Reform

Next and final in Hazardous to Your Health! series on health care reform is at 7pm on December 9, 2009,
in Jeanne d'Arc Auditorium, St. Catherine University.
It is on the economics of health care reform.

Next in Series Novmeber 18, 7pm, St Kates

Cultural Barriers to Care:

Racism and the Immigrant Perspective


· Poonam Raje, MD is a physician who works at the Open Cities Health Center serving immigrant populations.

· Cris Nelson, RN is a registered nurse from the Minnesota Visiting Nurses Association. She has almost 40 years of experience caring for immigrants and refugees.

· Pam (Pandora) White, CNP is a nurse practitioner who works at North Point Health and Wellness Center in North Minneapolis.

Plus a video conversation with
Representative Keith Ellison
of Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District.

All Events are Free and Open To the Public

Next in Series: Racism and the Immigrant Perspective

Cultural Barriers to Care:

Racism and the Immigrant Perspective

· Raje Poonam, MD is a physician who works at the Open Cities Health Center serving immigrant populations.

· Cris Nelson, RN is a registered nurse from the Minnesota Visiting Nurses Association. She has almost 40 years of experience caring for

immigrants and refugees.

· Pam (Pandora) White, CNP is a nurse

practitioner who works at North Point Health and Wellness Center in North Minneapolis.

Plus a video conversation with

Representative Keith Ellison

of Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District.

All Events are Free and

Open To the Public

September 16 - Rural Access to Care

Health Care Access In Rural Minnesota

September 16, 2009

7pm-9pm

Jeanne d'Arc Auditorium

Whitby Hall

St. Catherine University

The third in our series on health care reform will focus on rural health.

First we will hear from Jim Pryzbilla, CEO, of PrimeWest Health, to learn about how counties are working together to improve access and lower cost in rural Minnesota. We will learn how they are reducing fragmentation of services by integrating both public and private health care, and how tax dollars and public resources are being more effectively managed.

Next, Bruce Miller, of Minnesota Farmers Union, will present stories representing the challenges of Minnesota's farmer in accessing and providing health care for themselves and their employees.

And finally, Dr. Paul Hochfeld, an Emergency Medical physician from Corvallis Oregon, will speak to the difficulties facing rural areas of our country today, which include a shortage of providers and physicians, poorer health conditions and difficulty obtaining health insurance.

Dr. Paul Hochfeld is part of a caravan of physicians transversing the country to demand healthcare reform. More can be found at www.madashelldoctors.com

IMPORTANT UPDATE -- August 26 postponed! Now will be on September 16.

The August 26 event, rural healthcare, has been postponed to September 16.

Please join us on Wednesday September 16, 7pm to discuss Issues and Problems with Rural Access to Care. Jeanne dÁrc Auditorium, Whitby Hall, St. Catherine University.

Hazardous to Your Health Series: The Business Perspective

The Business Perspective

July 15 7pm

Whitbey Hall -- Jeanne dÁrc Auditorium

St. Catherine Univeristy

Nancy Breymeier
President, Metro Independent Business Alliance; Strategic Financial Group
John Kolstad
Metro Independent Business Alliance; Mill City Music

The United States is the richest nation in the world; we spend
twice as much as other developed countries on health care.
Our system is in crisis. With over 47 million people uninsured,
the inflationary costs of health care rise steeply every year.
Starbucks pays more for health care than it does for coffee
beans.

In Minnesota, an estimated 500,000 small businesses helped
create 26% more jobs last year. How do we keep small business
healthy? How do they level the playing field for better
access to health care? What about big business? How do the
insured pay to provide health care to the uninsured? Does an
employer-based health care system work? Does health care
reform prevent job lock? Job loss? If so, how will businesses
be taxed with current health care models under consideration?
Physicians for a National Health Program-Minnesota and St.
Catherine University continue their seven-part series on health
care, investigating different forms of inequality and access.
Health care is a right, not a privilege; it is an issue of justice
when necessary care is unavailable or denied. This series is
produced by Queenan Productions.
All events are free and open to the public.


Events in this series

Rural Communities and Access: August 26, 2009

Racial Disparities in Care: September 16, 2009

Immigrant Perspective: October 14, 2009

International Perspectives and Solutions: Nov. 18

Economics of Health Care and Solutions: December 9