BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT 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.• \; \; \; How will the politics surrounding Medicare play o ut?• \; \; \; How will the health care reform law affect the p rogram?• \; \; \; What is the program’s likely future? Might i t look completely different ten years from now?• \; \; \; 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 &\; Management at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. His research focuses on health care politics and policy\, hea lth reform\, and Medicare. \; 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. \; 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 DTEND:20111028T213000Z DTSTAMP:20240329T111428Z DTSTART:20111028T200000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:State of Democracy Lecture Series UID:RFCALITEM638472932682399250 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Jonathan Oberlander University of North Car olina "The Future of Medicare"
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etely different ten years from now?
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cans be thinking differently about their health care needs as they plan th
eir retirements?
A leading expert on the program will help untangle
these vexing questions.
Jonathan Oberlander is Professor of Social
Medicine and Health Policy &\; Management at the University of North C
arolina-Chapel Hill. His research focuses on health care politics and poli
cy\, health reform\, and Medicare. \; 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. \; He comments on health reform for a number of media outle
ts\, including 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\, P
rogram in Health Services Management and Policy\; Director\, Lerner Center
for Public Health Promotion
John L. Palmer\, University Professor
and Dean Emeritus\; Former Public Trustee\, Social Security Administration