04/09/15 Guest John R. Graham (Very Important Show). Join Dr. Hal Scherz and his guest John R. Graham, Senior Fellow at the National Center For Policy Analysis reveals the gimmicks behind the financing of the Medicare Doc Fix and unpacks the centralizing forces behind "quality" of care vs the "quantity" of care new regulations.
American Medical Student Association PreMed Fest
A Debate on Healthcare Reform: from fee-for-service to single payer
Is healthcare a fundamental human right? Or is it a commodity to be accessed on the free market? What is the role of the government in healthcare? Get in on the debate! (4:30pm – 5:30pm)
Robert Hatch, MD – Professor and Director of Medical Education Community Health and Family Medicine at UF College of Medicine, and
Lee Gross, MD – Founder, Epiphany Health and President, Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation
Dr. Lee Gross’ participation in PremedFest is sponsored by The Benjamin Rush Institute, with generous funding provided by the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation.
Xiao-Yu Han, Student Organizer
with the stated goal of expanding access of experimental drugs to terminally ill patients in Oregon. Join us and help shape the conversation: Should Oregon join 13 other states in adopting expanded access?
Free — RSVP with"Tickets"
Dr. Jason Eberl
, Semler Endowed Chair for Medical Ethics in the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Marian University
Dr. Eberl will be lecturing on the ethics portrayed in the Hippocratic Oath, along with talking about the role it plays in medicine today. He will also discuss other current perspectives of medical ethics in healthcare.
Jaron Smith, BRI-MCW Chapter President and Kate Nix, BRI-MCW Chapter President Emeritus made student presentations to the largest audience to date at MCW's monthly Journal Club. Before an audience of 80 attendees enjoying Qdoba burritos, Jaron's presentation questioned the value of patient
Jaron Smith, BRI-MCW President
Kate Nix, BRI-MCW President Emeritus, and former Heritage Foundation intern
satisfaction surveys, and whether they do more harm than good to patient outcomes. Kate Nix, herself a former intern at The Heritage Foundation, presented a healthcare model of eliminating employer-based insurance, and empowering patients to make their own insurance purchasing decisions.
Dr. Michael Kloess is a family practice physician and one of the founders of Our Lady of Good Hope Clinic, a direct primary care facility in Madison, Wisconsin. Our Lady of Hope Clinic offers 24/7 primary care access to the providers at the clinic for a monthly or yearly fee and free care to those that are unable to afford health insurance. Dr. Kloess will discuss his experience with running a direct primary care practice and how his unique and innovative health care delivery model benefits the community and working poor.
Please join us April 29 for an exciting talk! Food and drinks will be provided.
NOTE: This event takes place in the Eastern Time Zone.
Take a break from studying, eat some food, play some Euchre ... maybe talk about healthcare innovations, ethics, economics, or policy?
The MUCOM BRI Chapter Euchre Tournament will be a fundraising/charity event. Each team will be charged $10 to enter the tournament, $5 for individuals. 50% of the tournament entrance fees will go to the winning team's charity of choice, PLUS eternal bragging rights for having won the first ever MUCOM Euchre Tournament! The other 50% will go to the MUCOM BRI Chapter to fund future speakers and events.
Open to all students, faculty, friends, parents, grandparents, etc. Pick your best Euchre partner(s)!
Tournament details: There will be 30 minutes of pool play to allow people to warm up or learn how to play. We will then proceed into a single elimination tournament.
Registration: Please register before the day of the tournament. Team name, team members, $10, name of charity for donation. Individuals: Your name, $5.
We will be serving food and soft drinks. Click here for more tournament information.
We look forward to seeing you there!
NOTE: This event takes place in Eastern time.
Join us for a documentary movie screening of Wait Till It's Free. Colin S. Gunn, producer has created a exposé of the adverse results of socialized, government controlled healthcare. Whether you're pro-ACA, anti-ACA, or just not sure, this documentary provides additional viewpoints, data and food for thought.
We will be serving refreshments.
NOTE: This event takes place in the Eastern time zone.
University of Louisville School of Medicine is proud to host another BRI Chapter Debate on the future of healthcare. Dr. Garrett Adams, president of Physicians for a National Health Program and Dr. Michael Strickland of LetMyDoctorPractice.org will argue both sides of this highly contested national debate. Dr. Strickland will be taking a stance on a more conservative, private payer healthcare system; Dr. Adams will argue for a more liberal, single-payer health plan.
There will also be a free Qdoba buffet provided before the event!
Street meter parking is available all around campus, and there is also a UofL garage at the corner of Chestnut and Preston Street.
We look forward to seeing you at what will surely be an informative, lively event.
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Please join us for a late afternoon lecture over soft drinks to hear Dr. Richard B. Gunderman discuss how freedom in medicine directly affects our quality of life. Exactly how does freedom enrich life, of which medicine is just one aspect? Dr. Gunderman is Chancellor’s Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies at Indiana University. We think he'll have some thought-provoking things to say.
Please share this event with your colleagues, friends and family. All are welcome, and we look forward to seeing you here.
Dr. Charles Willey, physician and CEO of Innovare Health Advocates will discuss the numerous healthcare businesses he has created and managed in the St. Louis area for almost 30 years. Specifically, we will discuss how he works with Medicare Advantage patients to keep them happy and healthy, all while operating at a fraction of the average cost. Dr. Willey's business model shows that keeping patients healthy saves them money, which makes them all the more happy — this is true "healthcare." You can read his testimony "Oversight of IRS’s Legal Basis for Expanding Obamacares’s Taxes and Subsidies" before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements.
There is no cost to attend this event, and refreshments will be served.
Please join us for an evening of lively, thought-provoking debate as we look at three views on physician aid in dying. What are the moral, ethical, and medical ramifications of the question? How do we take care of the dying in a way that supports their and their family's wishes, while observing the many religious and scientific aspects of these decisions? Ultimately, who decides — the patient, the family, the society, or the physician?
We are proud to present three distinguished experts on the matter:
Dr. Ronald Green, Professor of Religion/Dartmouth, 
Peter Schwartz, Retired Chairman of the Board of the Ayn Rand Institute, and 
Dr. Robert Macauley, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Vermont College of Medicine.