CLAUDE PEPPER LIBRARY PUBLIC ISSUES FORUM ON HEALTH CARE

This spring, the Claude Pepper Library at Florida State University in conjunction with the Kettering foundation would like to extend invitations to those interested in participating in a public forum discussion on National Health Care. The forum date has been set for Tuesday, March 20th from 5pm-8pm with the room location to be announced (the forum will be held within the Pepper Center Building on Call Street). The topic for this forum will focus on National Health Care and is titled: “Coping With the Cost of Health Care: How Do We Pay for What We Need?”

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Included below is a brief summary of the forum as well as the three “approaches” that will be discussed by the participants:

Nearly three out of four Americans today worry that their income will not keep up with rising prices…These worries outstrip anxieties about losing a job, terrorist attacks, crime, and losing savings in the stock market.

The questions we must address are: How can we get the health care we require, in the face of rising costs? How can we pay for what we need?

There will be three approaches to be discussed:

• Approach #1: Reduce the Threat of Financial Ruin
  Proponents of this approach say we need to make health insurance that covers major medical expenses available to everyone.
• Approach #2: Restrain Out-of-Control Costs
  Health-care costs are too high for too many people. This approach holds that they should be reduced directly through price controls and other means.
• Approach #3: Provide Coverage as a Right
  Proponents of this approach say that health care coverage is something every citizen is entitled to

If you are interested in participating, please contact:

Robert Rubero (rlr02e@fsu.edu)

Burt Altman (baltman@fsu.edu)

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