Dr. Beth Haynes, Executive Director of Benjamin Rush Institute, will present a lecture on why medicine and healthcare are delivered optimally in a profit-based system, rather than in a government-, or even non-profit system. Free market medicine is better for doctors, patients, and the poor. We invite you to come and listen to Dr. Haynes, especially if this viewpoint is unfamiliar to you or counter to your current views.

Note: This event occurs in the Eastern Time Zone.

Dr. Keith Smith is a pioneer in free market medicine. The things he and his coworkers have accomplished are an example of how price transparency and free market principles can lead to affordable, high quality healthcare.

Everyone is welcome to attend. RSVP is required for this event. This is especially important for non-GW affiliated guests as I will need to get your name on the list at the front security desk. Please bring a photo ID.

Refreshments will be served.

NOTE: This event take place Eastern Time.

PARKING: Best method is to take the metro to the Foggy Bottom Metro Station on the blue/orange line. For those who prefer to drive, there is limited, free 2-hour parking east of the building. Or there is metered parking in the surrounding area.

Vas Abramov, Director of Engineering and Manufacturing at Occam Design and CEO of MB Device, LLC

Are subsidies distributed through federal health insurance exchanges legal, or not? This is the question posed by King v. Burwell, scheduled for oral argument before the US supreme Court on March 4th with a ruling expected by June, 2015.

What is being deliberated, and why? How likely is it that the subsidies will be found illegal, and what would that mean for Oregon and Washington?

Just six days before the case is to be heard, you have the opportunity to learn the details from Michael Cannon, considered by some to be the "intellectual father" of the strategy behind this legal challenge. He will discuss the case, what is at stake in Oregon and Washington — and for the ACA in general — as well as present his thoughts on how Congress should reform healthcare.

Dr. Marion Mass, of Jellinek Pediatrics and a member of BRI's Speakers Bureau will speak to us on preserving the doctor-patient relationship in an era of increasing regulation. Refreshments will be served.