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CSCC Healthcare Event This Thursday, May 7 @ 7:00pm
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The Central Susquehanna Citizens Coalition will present a public forum titled "Re-Imagining Healthcare in PA: The Next Five Years and Beyond" on this Thursday, May 7 at 7:00pm at the Union County Government Center located at 155 N 15th St., Lewisburg. A panel of five healthcare professionals will present their perspectives on the current state of healthcare in Pennsylvania, its challenges, and proposed solutions for the future, to be followed by interactive discussion with the audience. No tickets are necessary; this event is free and open to the public.
The panel will feature five distinguished healthcare professionals from across Pennsylvania. Allison Clark is the Executive Director of ACTION Health, a collaborative partnership among six hospitals in the Central Susquehanna Valley that provides community health outreach and education. Jill Fecker is the Community Liaison for A Community Clinic, Inc., a non-profit agency that assists the uninsured population gain access to high quality healthcare through a network of volunteer physicians and services provided by area hospitals. Chuck Pennacchio is the Executive Director of Healthcare for All Pennsylvania, anorganization founded to educate the public and government officials in support of legislation that achieves comprehensive and fair healthcare coverage for everyone in Pennsylvania through a single-payer system. Andrew Sandusky is the Vice President of Governmental Affairs for the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians, a group that supports family physicians through advocacy and education to ensure a patient-centered physician-coordinated medical home for residents of PA. Amy Wolaver, Assistant Professor of Economics at Bucknell University, is a leader in the field of employer-provided health insurance policy research and teaches courses in health policy and health economics.
The format of the panel discussion will be 10-minute presentations by each of the five panelists, followed by over 30 minutes of interactive discussion where audience members are encouraged to ask questions and participate in the conversation.
For more information, click here for our press release, or call 523-0659. Please spread the word, and we hope to see you there!
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Great job putting this forum together. Should we brainstorm some questions?
If a public insurance option comes into existence, is it likely that employers would use that as an excuse to drop their private plans? Would that be a bad outcome?
For Chuck P: Since single-payer health insurance does not seem to be an option under consideration, do you think a public/private system could improve access overall?
Which states' plans serve as a likely model for health care reform within Pennsylvania?
We already offer subsidized insurance for children from lower income families (and their mothers) through the CHIP program. From your perspective, does that program work pretty well, or do we need to rethink our approach to offering coverage to those who don't have it?
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