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Medical College of Wisconsin: Journal Club — On legalizing drugs, and euthanasia in the young

Medical College of Wisconsin, Kerrigan Auditorium 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa, WI, United States

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE LAST JOURNAL CLUB MEETING OF THE YEAR!!

Keith Wietze will be speaking on the criteria for whether to make drugs legal or not.

Junne Jiyoon Park will talk about euthanesia in the young.

It will be another great lunch event. Thanks to everyone who has attended over the years. You have helped make these among BRIs most well-attended student events ever. At BRI's 2015 Leadership Conference, MCW was awarded $500 towards our events this year, due to our amazing attendance last year.

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State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate College of Medicine: Lecture — The History of Government in US Medicine

SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Classroom 1B 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States

BRI Haynes Beth Executive DirectorALL are welcome to attend a lecture by Dr. Beth Haynes, Executive Director of Benjamin Rush Institute on the history of government in US medicine. Government involvement in medicine is not a new thing, and policies from the past are currently influencing the healthcare climate today. In what ways are government policies in healthcare beneficial, and in what ways detrimental? And what can be done?

Food will be served with generous donations from Med Council and University Council. RSVPs are greatly appreciated in order to have enough for all.

BRI Beth Haynes healthcare SUNY

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The Ohio State University College of Medicine: Lecture — The Economics of Healthcare Insurance: Supply and Demand

The Ohio State University, Meiling Hall, Room 160 370 W 9th Ave, Columbus, OH, United States

NOTE: This event takes place in the eastern time zone. Food and beverages will be served, so RSVPs are highly appreciated to ensure there's enough.

Come see Healthcare Insurance from a different angle — an economic angle!

The Economics of Healthcare Insurance: Supply & Demand

BRI OSU Lecture Suyang Li Suyang Li, M2, OSU College of Medicine

ALL are welcome to attend our FREE lunch lecture on the economics of healthcare insurance, delivered by Suyang Li, an M2 student with an economics background. Mr. Li has offered to deliver a lecture on supply and demand for OSU students who might not have gotten an introductory course to micro- and/or macroeconomics. He is then going to tie it into healthcare insurance costs.

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Icahn School of Mount Sinai: Lecture — Why We Can’t Fix Healthcare Until We Know What Health Insurance Is and Is Not

Icahn School of Medicine, Annenberg Bldg. Room #12-60 1468 Madison Ave, New York, NY, United States

Why We Can't Fix Healthcare Until We Know What Health Insurance Is and Is Not

All are welcome to attend this free evening lecture sponsored by BRI and East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (EHHOP). Snacks and appetizers will be served. RSVPs are greatly appreciated! Click here to register, or on the green Registration button, above right.

BRI Haynes Beth Executive DirectorDr. Beth Haynes, BRI executive director will discuss the importance of understanding the role and limitations of health insurance. She will detail how improper understanding of insurance leads to poor health outcomes. For each attendee, $5 will be donated to Mount Sinai's student run health clinic.

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Stony Brook School of Medicine: Lecture — How Markets Benefit the Poor

Stony Brook Health Sciences Center, Lecture Hall #2 101 Nicolls Rd, Stony Brook, NY, United States

How Markets Help the Poor

All are welcome to attend this FREE lunch lecture with Dr. Beth Haynes, executive director of BRI. Dr. Haynes has studied and lectured BRI Haynes Beth Executive Directorextensively on this topic. Citing historical data and modern examples, she clarifies why BRI's position is that free enterprise, more than any other approach, is the best way to ensure the most optimal outcomes for the most people, at the lowest prices and highest quality.

Please read her blog post: To advocate for free markets is to advocate for the poor

Valet parking is available. We look forward to seeing you here!

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Rowan School Of Osteopathic Medicine: Lecture — History of government in US medicine

Rowan School of Medicine, Multi-Purpose Room 42 E Laurel Rd, Stratford, NJ, United States

History of government in US medicineBRI-Beth-Haynes-MD

 

BRI Haynes Beth Executive DirectorPlease join us for a FREE lunch lecture, featuring Dr. Beth Haynes, executive director of Benjamin Rush Institute. This is an opportunity for students to learn the role of government in American medicine throughout history, and what brought us to this juncture.

In addition, students will learn about various types of medical practices that are being developed to address inefficiencies in our current healthcare system. Food will be served. Please RSVP so that we can have enough for all.

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Dartmouth College, Geisel School of Medicine: Movie Screening — Poverty, Inc.

Dana Biomedical Library, Room #339 37 Dewey Field Road, Hanover, NH, United States

Poverty, Inc.: Fighting Poverty is Big Business; but who profits the most?

BRI Poverty Inc documentaryy

The entire Dartmouth community is invited to join us on Tuesday December 15th at 6pm for dinner and a free showing of the new, award-winning documentary Poverty, Inc., hosted by the TDI/Geisel Critical Issues Discussion Group.

The number of people existing on less than $2 a day has been reduced by 80% since 1970. This astounding accomplishment is not the result of foreign aid, or any other type of wealth redistribution. Development economists credit free enterprise and the rule of law with the lifting of 2 billion human beings out of absolute poverty. And as these people become wealthier, they also become healthier.

What can we learn from this accomplishment that we can apply to the US? Join us to see one side of the story you may not have thought about before.

BRI Dartmouth Poverty Inc screening flyer

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Saint Louis University School of Medicine—LUNCH LECTURE: Direct Primary Care Business Model with Dr. Josh Umbehr

St. Louis University, Learning Resource Center, LRC #113 1402 N Grand Blvd, St Louis, MO, United States

Direct Primary Care Business Model, with Dr. Josh Umbehr

BRI Josh Umbehr, MD Dr. Josh Umbehr addresses the BRI Student Leadership Conference 2015 in Washington, DC.

Dr. Umbehr will talk to students about his direct primary care business model during a lunch meeting. RSVP is not required. The plan is to give students exposure to and a better understanding of direct primary care. This will prepare them for the ensuing debate that evening about the single-payer health care model. Food provided for this event is generously funded by the Family Medicine Interest Group. Thank you!

BRI SLU Josh Umbehr AtlasMD

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Saint Louis University School of Medicine—DEBATE: Single-Payer Healthcare v. Free Market Healthcare

Learning Resource Center, LRC A Auditorium Schwitalla Hall, 1402 S Grand Blvd, St Louis, MO, United States

BE IT RESOLVED: Single-payer is an effective way to reduce cost and improve healthcare outcomes.

This will be a debate between Dr. Ed Weisbart, Chair of Missouri | Physicians for a National Health Plan (PHNP), and Dr. Josh Umbehr, founder of AtlasMD, on what provides the most effective ways to reduce costs and improve healthcare outcomes: a single-payer healthcare system, or other solutions based on the free market.

BRI Ed Weisbart MDDr. Weisbart will be arguing the affirmative, supporting a single-payer system.

 

 

Dr. Josh Umbehr, AtlasMDDr. Umbehr will be arguing in opposition, against a single-payer system.

 

 

Gursahani-Kamal

Moderator: Dr. Kamal Gursahani

Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Operations, Emergency Department
Fellow, Bander Center of Medical Ethics

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The Ohio State University College of Medicine: BRI Intro Meeting & Movie Screening — Poverty, Inc.

Meiling Hall, The Ohio State University 370 W 9th Ave, Columbus, OH, United States

Poverty, Inc. — The Movie

The OSUMC BRI chapter is proud to screen Poverty, Inc. to students and faculty of the School of Medicine. It is a bold look at "the business of doing good." Please join us for refreshments and lively discussion following the film. We will also be discussing Benjamin Rush Institute, why we have a Chapter at OSUMC, and what the benefits of membership are.

All are welcome, and RSVPs are appreciated to ensure enough refreshments for all.

BRI Poverty Inc documentaryy
From the film's website:
"The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry — the business of doing good has never been better. Yet the results have been mixed, in some cases even catastrophic, and leaders in the developing world are growing increasingly vocal in calling for change. Drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore."

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SUNY Downstate — Film Screening: Poverty, Inc.

SUNY Downstate, Basic Sciences Building, Classroom 1B 395 Lenox Rd, Brooklyn, NY, United States

We will be screening "Poverty, Inc." — a bold look at "the business of doing good." Please join us for refreshments and lively discussion following the film. All are welcome, and please contact Mary Hahn in advance if you are planning to attend this event. SUNY Downstate is a secure campus, and she will need to coordinate to meet with you if you are not a student or faculty member at SUNY.

BRI Poverty Inc documentaryy
From the film's website:
"The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry — the business of doing good has never been better. Yet the results have been mixed, in some cases even catastrophic, and leaders in the developing world are growing increasingly vocal in calling for change. Drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore."

This event is generously supported by Benjamin Rush Institute, SUNY Med Council, and University Council.

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Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine—BRI Meeting: Semester Update and Officer Elections

Michael A. Evans Center for Health Sciences, EC 134 Wheeler-Stokely Mansion, 3200 Cold Spring Rd, Indianapolis, IN, United States

Do you favor freedom in healthcare? Are you concerned about the future of the doctor-patient relationship? Do you simply want to understand healthcare policy better, and how it will affect your future as a doctor? You've come to the right place!

Please join us for an informational meeting where we will be updating members and other interested students in events for BRI this semester and holding elections for officer positions.

"Medicine without principles is a degrading occupation." ~Dr. Benjamin Rush

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