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DESCRIPTION:Jonathan Oberlander University of North Carolina "The Future of
  Medicare"\n\nOberlander will discuss “The Future of Medicare”Medicare is 
 the most politically charged of all the “third rails” in the current debat
 es over reducing the debt and deficit\, and addressing entitlement spendin
 g.•&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; How will the politics surrounding Medicare play o
 ut?•&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; How will the health care reform law affect the p
 rogram?•&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; What is the program’s likely future? Might i
 t look completely different ten years from now?•&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Shou
 ld Americans be thinking differently about their health care needs as they
  plan their retirements?A leading expert on the program will help untangle
  these vexing questions.Jonathan Oberlander is Professor of Social Medicin
 e and Health Policy &amp\; Management at the University of North Carolina-
 Chapel Hill. His research focuses on health care politics and policy\, hea
 lth reform\, and Medicare.&nbsp\; Oberlander is author of The Political Li
 fe of Medicare and is co-editor of a 3-volume book series The Social Medic
 ine Reader. His articles have appeared in journals such as the New England
  Journal of Medicine\, Health Affairs\, and the Annals of Internal Medicin
 e.&nbsp\; He comments on health reform for a number of media outlets\, inc
 luding the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Wall Street Journal\,the New
  York Review of Books\, National Public Radio\, the BBC\, CBS News and PBS
 .Respondents:Thomas H. Dennison\, Director\, Program in Health Services Ma
 nagement and Policy\; Director\, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion
 John L. Palmer\, University Professor and Dean Emeritus\; Former Public Tr
 ustee\, Social Security Administration
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SUMMARY:State of Democracy Lecture Series
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Jonathan Oberlander University of North Car
 olina "The Future of Medicare"</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Oberlander will discus
 s “The Future of Medicare”<br><br>Medicare is the most politically charged
  of all the “third rails” in the current debates over reducing the debt an
 d deficit\, and addressing entitlement spending.<br><br>•&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nb
 sp\; How will the politics surrounding Medicare play out?<br>•&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \;&nbsp\; How will the health care reform law affect the program?<br>•&nbs
 p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; What is the program’s likely future? Might it look compl
 etely different ten years from now?<br>•&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Should Ameri
 cans be thinking differently about their health care needs as they plan th
 eir retirements?<br><br>A leading expert on the program will help untangle
  these vexing questions.<br><br>Jonathan Oberlander is Professor of Social
  Medicine and Health Policy &amp\; Management at the University of North C
 arolina-Chapel Hill. His research focuses on health care politics and poli
 cy\, health reform\, and Medicare.&nbsp\; Oberlander is author of The Poli
 tical Life of Medicare and is co-editor of a 3-volume book series The Soci
 al Medicine Reader. His articles have appeared in journals such as the New
  England Journal of Medicine\, Health Affairs\, and the Annals of Internal
  Medicine.&nbsp\; He comments on health reform for a number of media outle
 ts\, including the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Wall Street Journal\
 ,<br>the New York Review of Books\, National Public Radio\, the BBC\, CBS 
 News and PBS.<br><br>Respondents:<br><br>Thomas H. Dennison\, Director\, P
 rogram in Health Services Management and Policy\; Director\, Lerner Center
  for Public Health Promotion<br><br>John L. Palmer\, University Professor 
 and Dean Emeritus\; Former Public Trustee\, Social Security Administration
 <br></p>
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