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Healthcare Reform: Doctors and Sense

3,783 views · Published 14 June 2011 · 2:38:40 · Indexed 27 October 2026

Channel: Harvard University · 2011 · Education

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The healthcare reform bill has passed, but the debate rages on. Healthcare is a life-and-death issue for everyone, and it should come as no surprise that passions run high around this issue. Many American still oppose it, the House has voted to repeal it, and several states are doing their best to overturn it in the courts.

This panel discusses the facts and the myths surrounding healthcare in America in this exciting plenary session featuring experts in policy, business and healthcare.

Speakers:

-Robert Blendon, Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis, Harvard University School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School of Government
-Eric Buehrens, Chief Operating Officer and Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
J. Jacques Carter, MPH '83, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
-Regina Herzlinger, Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration Chair, Harvard Business School
-Ashish K. Jha, MD '96, MPH '04, Harvard  School of Public Health, Veterans Health Administration
-Jim Roosevelt, AB '68, JD '71 Chief Executive Officer, Tufts Health Plan

Regina E. Herzlinger will deliver the keynote address followed by a panel session on the history to the economics of healthcare in the United States. This program will conclude with a wine and cheese reception in Williams Room, Spangler Hall.

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