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!
Dr. Beth Haynes, MD
"Why What's Called Health Insurance, Isn't"
How many Americans have proper health insurance? The latest figures from March of 2014claim that 13.1% of Americans are without health insurance. But in fact, very few Americans have health insurance... because what people call health insurance really isn't insurance at all. To solve the challenges we face in healthcare, we must be clear in our concepts and definitions. The failure to understand what is and ins't insurance is a major, if not the major reason we are failing to get a handle on spiraling health care costs. If you are concerned about the state of healthcare - not just in the US but throughout the world - you first need to understand insurance: what it is and what it isn't, and thus what it can and can't do toward achieving meaningful access to quality medical care.
Until we fully understand what is and isn't insurance, healthcare costs can not be controlled by anything short of full rationing. Come find out why.
This event occurs in the Central Time Zone, starting at 12 noon. Lunch (sandwiches or pizza) will be provided. There are typically two speakers per session.
TOPIC: Ebola — The role of government and physicians' obligations, and Outcomes of Medicaid — The Oregon Health Experiment
BRI/AMA Journal Club is a meeting where students present and discuss news or journal articles on various extra-medical topics. Themes relate to health policy, public health, medical technology, and much more. Other upcoming dates in 2014: 11/12, 12/3. We look forward to seeing you there!
This event occurs in the Central Time Zone, starting at 12 noon. Lunch (sandwiches or pizza) will be provided. There are typically two speakers per session.
TOPIC: Quality assessment and its link to physician reimbursement and the role of markets in healthcare quality assessment.
BRI/AMA Journal Club is a meeting where students present and discuss news or journal articles on various extra-medical topics. Themes relate to health policy, public health, medical technology, and much more. Last meeting for 2014: 12/3. We look forward to seeing you there!
This event occurs in the Central Time Zone, starting at 12 noon. Lunch (sandwiches or pizza) will be provided. There are typically two speakers per session.
TOPIC: Should pharmaceutical companies focus on late stage or early stage disease in drug development?
BRI/AMA Journal Club is a meeting where students present and discuss news or journal articles on various extra-medical topics. Themes relate to health policy, public health, medical technology, and much more. We look forward to seeing you back for our "Lunch & Learn" Healthcare Policy Journal Club meetings in 2015!
This event occurs in the Central Time Zone, starting at 12 noon. Lunch (sandwiches or pizza) will be provided.
BRI/AMA Journal Club is a meeting where students present and discuss news or journal articles on various extra-medical topics. Themes relate to health policy, public health, medical technology, and much more. Other upcoming 2015 dates are: Mar 25; Apr 29; May 13.
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.