Diverse panel addresses "ensuring health security for all Americans"
May 1, 2008    AARP Georgia/Divided We Fail   

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 1, 2008

Contact: Kathy Floyd, AARP Georgia, 678-938-0769

Diverse Panel Addresses "Ensuring Health Security for All Americans: Can We Identify Reasonable Solutions to These American Challenges?"

Atlanta -- Because of skyrocketing health costs, many Americans are one major illness away from financial ruin, while many businesses are struggling to stay competitive under rising benefit costs. On May 7, AARP Georgia will convene an opinion leader forum and panel discussion in Atlanta called "Ensuring Health Security for All Americans: Can We Identify Reasonable Solutions to These American Challenges."

Moderated by Mike King of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial board, panelists from diverse perspectives will consider the benefits and drawbacks of three approaches presented for discussion. The purpose of discussion isn't to choose one approach over another, but to work together to identify common ground, understanding differing opinions and find shared concerns.

WHAT:

AARP Georgia opinion leader forum and panel discussion on "Ensuring Health Security for All Americans: Can We Identify Reasonable Solutions to These American Challenges"

WHO:

• William S. Custer, PhD., Associate Professor and Director J. Mack Robinson College, Georgia State University Center for Health Services Research
• Kelly McCutchen, Executive Vice President, Georgia Public Policy Foundation
• Glenn E. Pearson, FACHE, Executive Vice President, Georgia Hospital Association
• George Rust, MD, MPH, Director, Morehouse School of Medicine, National Center for Primary Care; and
  
  Moderated by Mike King, Editorial Board, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

WHEN:

Wednesday, May 7th, 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon

WHERE:

 Marriott Century Center, 2000 Century Blvd, NE, Atlanta, GA 30345

About Divided We Fail
Town Hall Conversations are part of the Divided We Fail Campaign, a nationwide effort led by AARP to engage the American people, elected officials and the business community to demand bipartisan action, answers and accountability on the nation's most compelling domestic issues -- health and financial security for all generations. By bringing together organizations and invididuals with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, we will convene, promote and stimulate the public discussion on health and financial security during the presidential campaign of caucuses, primaries and general elections. For more information on Divided We Fail, please visit www.dividedwefail.org.

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