From chan Mon Aug 22 01:24:34 1994 Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 01:24:31 -0700 From: Jeff Chan To: libernet@dartmouth.edu Subject: CONFERENCE: Health Choices for America by Independent Institute [Posted for the Independent Institute by Jeff Chan See distribution list at end.] __ HEALTH CHOICES FOR AMERICA: Affordability vs. Bureaucracy A National Conference Sponsored by The Independent Institute September 18-19, 1994 Washington Court Hotel 525 New Jersey Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. The national debate over health reform is heating up with a major decision expected this fall. Competing proposals all claim to address the problems of health cost escalation and the ready need for inexpensive health services, especially for the disadvantaged. The Clinton Administration and others propose expanding government control over health care, including the use of price controls, global budgets, individual and employer mandates, proscribed benefits, government health boards, etc. Others instead propose pro-competitive reforms in order to de- bureaucratize government's already heavy hand in subsidizing the health care consumption of millions and in regulating insurance, medical education, drugs and devices, hospitals, doctors and other health professionals, and many more areas. Such plans propose deregulation, medical IRAs/savings accounts, decentralization, privatization, and tort reform as routes for positive change. All sides agree that the current complexity of public and private health systems is increasingly inefficient, especially when compared to what historically had been an efficient health system. The Independent Institute's conference, Health Choices for America, will boldly address the causes and remedies of the health care problem in the United States. Program Schedule: Sunday, September 18, 1994: Registration: 5:00 p.m. Reception: 6:00 p.m. Dinner: 7:00 p.m. THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS AND BUREAUCRACY Susan Dentzer, Chief Economist, U. S. News & World Report Carolyn Lochhead, Washington Correspondent, San Francisco Chronicle Dana Priest, Reporter, The Washington Post Tony Snow, Columnist, USA Today and The Detroit News Rich Thomas, Chief Economics Correspondent, Newsweek David Wessel, Chief Economics Reporter, Wall Street Journal Monday, September 19, 1994 Session I: 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. HEALTH INSURANCE Chair: Robert Crandall, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Universal Insurance? Henry Butler, Professor of Law, University of Kansas Health Insurance, Medical IRAs and Savings Accounts Gail Jensen, Professor of Economics, Wayne State University Health Contracts for Insurance Clark Havighurst, Professor of Law, Duke University Comments: Louis Rossiter, Former Advisor, Health Care Financing Administration Session II: 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. HEALTH CARE SERVICES Chair: Robert Tollison, Director, Center for the Study of Public Choice Hospital Services Barbara Ryan, Economist, Capital Economics Regulation and Deregulation of Health Care Services Michael Morrisey, Professor of Health Organization, U. of Alabama Health Care Service Markets, Regulation and Contract Law Ronald Hamowy, Professor of History, University of Alberta Comments: Gregory Scandlen, Director, Council for Affordable Health Insurance Luncheon: 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. HEALTH POLICY SOLUTIONS Chair: John Stossel, Consumer Correspondent, ABC-TV News John Breaux, United States Senator Robert Dole, United States Senator Comments: S. Jackson Faris, President, National Federation of Independent Business William Kristol, Director, Project for a Republican Future Session III: 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. DRUGS, MEDICATIONS AND DEVICES Chair: Robert Helms, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Pharmaceutical Research and Development Ronald Hansen, Professor of Management, University of Rochester Regulation of Medical Devices Robert Higgs, Research Fellow, The Independent Institute Medications and Advertising Regulation Paul Rubin, Professor of Economics, Emory University Comments: Patricia Danzon, Professor of Health Care Systems, U. of Pennsylvania Session IV: 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS Chair: Simon Rottenberg, Professor of Economics, U. of Massachusetts Physician and Health Professional Fees and Price Controls H. E. Frech, III, Professor of Economics, U. of California, Santa Barbara Regulating the Supply and Quality of Health Professionals Shirley Svorny, Professor of Economics, California State University, Northridge Malpractice Patricia Danzon, Professor of Health Care Systems, University of Pennsylvania Comments: Roger Feldman, Director, Center for Health Services Research, University of Minnesota Reception: 6:00 p.m. Capitol Building __ REGISTRATION for HEALTH CHOICES FOR AMERICA: Registration includes all sessions, luncheon & dinner: By August 31: After August 31: Individual and business: $250 $300 Academic, nonprofit and gov't: $125 $175 Enclosed is Payment to the Independent Institute in the amount of $ ______ for: _____ # registrations. O Check O VISA O MasterCard O AmExp Account Number: _____________________________ Exp. 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