“A Brief History of US Medicine: The Role of Government and the Nature of Insurance”
Special Guest Speaker: Beth Haynes MD, Executive Director of The Benjamin Rush Institute.
“A Brief History of US Medicine: The Role of Government and the Nature of Insurance”
Special Guest Speaker: Beth Haynes MD, Executive Director of The Benjamin Rush Institute.
Previously in private practice with board certification in both Family Practice and Emergency Medicine, Dr. Haynes has been working full time in health care policy for the past four years. She obtained her MD from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and her residency training at University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Dr. Haynes also volunteers as Senior Health Policy Analyst and Executive Board Member for Docs4PatientCare, as Executive Board Member of the Dr. Joseph Warren Institute and is founder and president of the Black Ribbon Project which promotes freedom of choice for patients and doctors. She previously served as National Co-Chair of Doc Squads, a project to recruit and train doctors to lead the public health care debate. Dr. Haynes has published several op-eds in TownHall.com, PJ Media, Huffington Post and the American Thinker. Her research on cost-shifting was instrumental to two amici curiae submitted to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and to the Supreme Court on behalf of the plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of the individual mandate. She frequently speaks to citizen and professional groups on health care policy, the ACA and the ethics and economics of medicine.
Lunch will be provided, so we ask that you please RSVP through the link provided to ensure the appropriate amount of food.
Part of the healthcare reform debate is on how to improve care by modifying physician compensation. What method will best lead to quality improvement and cost reduction? Is it by replacing fee-for-service with ACOs, or bundled payments? Should all physicians be salaried, whether in government single-payer system or private businesses? Is fee-for-service the real culprit for rising costs by driving "volume not value?" Will other methods be superior? What are the best ways to discover better payment models? Is it government-driven policy changes, or do we need to let market competition drive innovations in delivery and compensation?
Come hear what four policy experts have to say on this very important part of solving the challenges we face in providing quality, affordable medical care.
Moderator: Howard P. Forman, MD, MBA, Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, Public Health (Health Policy), Management, and Economics at Yale University.
On Wednesday, April 9th, Dr. Peter Bell, DO, MBA, HPF, FACOEP-Dist., FACEP, and an assistant dean at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, will speak on campus to debrief medical students on the results of "DO Day on the Hill." This is a yearly event where DO's and students studying to become osteopathic doctors go to Washington, DC to lobby their senators and representatives on healthcare issues critical to their profession's future.
“A Brief History of US Medicine: The Role of Government and the Nature of Insurance”
What have been the unintended consequences (side effects) of government laws and regulations in the practice and delivery of medicine? Do the benefits outweigh the negative effects?
What is the history of health insurance in the United States - and how have regulations contributed to the rising costs of both insurance and health care? How does insurance work - and why is it NOT working in health care the same way that it works in other types of insurance (fire, life, auto, etc)?
Special Guest Speaker: Beth Haynes MD, Executive Director of The Benjamin Rush Institute.
6:00 Reception
6:30 - 8:00 Debate
"Be It Resolved: The ACA Can't Be Mended, and Needs to be Replaced."
Affirmative:
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, MD, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
James Capretta, Senior Fellow at the Ethics & Public Policy Center
Opposition:
Sara Rosenbaum, J.D. GWU School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy
Seth Trueger, MD, Emergency Physician & Health Policy Fellow, GWU
Moderator
TBD
“A Brief History of US Medicine: The Role of Government and the Nature of Insurance”
What have been the unintended consequences (side effects) of government laws and regulations in the practice and delivery of medicine? Do the benefits outweigh the negative effects?
What is the history of health insurance in the United States - and how have regulations contributed to the rising costs of both insurance and health care? How does insurance work - and why is it NOT working in health care the same way that it works in other types of insurance (fire, life, auto, etc)?
Special Guest Speaker: Beth Haynes MD, Executive Director of The Benjamin Rush Institute.
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Affirmative:
Dr. Mark Cherry, St. Edwards University, TX; author of "Kidney for sale by owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market"
Opposed:
Dr. Amy L. Pope-Harmon a Transplant Pulmonologist, OSU
Moderator:
Dr. Ryan R. Nash, Director of Medical Ethics for The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
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Come learn about the Benjamin Rush Institute, who we are, what we do and how you can participate. And while you're there, have some milk and cookies!
The US is seemingly trapped in an endless upward spiral of healthcare costs.
The ACA was passed with claims that it would solve the problem of the uninsured and bend the cost curve downward. How's it doing?
Halfway through the first official year of full implementation of the ACA, some people have gained coverage while significant number of others have lost coverage. The latest Gallup Poll estimates 13.4% are still without coverage. That's an improvement from a peak of 18% uninsured in mid-2013, but the vast majority of newly covered have been enrolled into Medicaid - a highly flawed program where coverage all too frequently does not translate into actual medical care.
This mediocre success in resolving the problem of the uninsured is coupled with absolute failure in bringing down the cost of insurance and medical care. Much of the failure to bend the cost curve downward is due to a failure to understand what is and isn't insurance. What's being called healthcare insurance , isn't insurance. Until we get this right, any attempt to lower healthcare costs will be negated by the laws of economics.