Dr. Zwelling with BRI GWU med students
1) “Experience of Operating a Direct Pay Practice”- Dr. Tom Peponis. Dr. Tom Peponis is a local primary care physician who will be speaking regarding his experience running a Direct Pay practice for the past 5 years in Hilltop, an underserved area of Columbus.
2) “Ethical Considerations of “Opting Out”- Dr. Ryan Nash. OSU's very own Dr. Ryan Nash, Director of the College of Medicine Center for Bioethics and Hagop S. Mekhjian, M.D. Chair in medical ethics and professionalism, will be presenting the ethical considerations of “opting out” of standard payment models.
The resolution for this debate is “Be It Resolved: Healthcare markets are not unique and do not require extra government intervention in order to function." This resolution is constructed to address 50 years of economic debate on the proper role of markets in healthcare, stemming from Kenneth Arrow’s seminal article “Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care” in which he stated the “laissez-faire solution for medicine is intolerable." We have two debaters who will in general uphold the resolution, and two debaters who in general disagree.
Arguing the Affirmative:
Avik Roy, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute; author of The Apothecary Forbes column; graduate of Yale School of Medicine
Dr. Mark Pauly, PhD, Professor of Health Professor of Health Care Management and Business Economics and Public Policy, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Arguing in Opposition
Dr. William Sage, MD/JD, Vice Provost for Health Affairs UT- Austin; editor of Uncertain Times: Kenneth Arrow and the Changing Economics of Health Care.
Dr. Sam Richardson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT-Austin
Moderator: Dr. Fred Campbell, Clinical Professor, UTHSCSA
Ralph F. Weber (born October 26, 1961) is a Canadian philanthropic entrepreneur, writer, Accredited Estate Planner, Certified Financial Planner, Registered Employee Benefits Consultant, Chartered Life Underwriter, and Chartered Financial Consultant residing in the United States who participated in a health care forum with presidential hopeful, Rudy Giuliani, during his Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign, 2008 in 2006. Later, Weber contributed to the health care policy reforms of both Giuliani, while he was Mayor of New York City, and California State Assemblyman Mike Villines. Weber's goal is to create a free-market health care system to help patients save money. He regularly contributes articles and speaks at public and private functions to promote awareness of domestic medical tourism, patient rights, and the economics of health care.
Arguing the Affirmative:
Robert Moffit, Senior Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
Dr. Richard Armstrong, MD, General Surgeon; COO, Docs4PatientCare
Arguing in Opposition
Jonathan Cohn, Senior Editor, The New Republic
Dr. Cyril Hetkso, MD, Professor of Medicine,
University of Wisconsin
Moderator: William J. Hueston, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
BRI sponsored a table at this event.