The LWV of Orange, Durham, and Chatham Counties and the UNC-CH School of Social Work Clinical Lecture Series sponsored a Health Care Forum on September 29, 2007. Approximately 130 attended the forum.
Among the challenges discussed were
- access to health care for individuals, families and the community.
- individual involvement in the promotion of universal access to health care.
- presidential candidate rhetoric on health care.
- identifying information on how to approach legislators in ways that will be effective.
Forum Presenters were:
- Verla Insko, State Representative
- Jonathan Oberlander, Associate Professor, Social Medicine and Health Policy & Administration, UNC-CH
- Adam Searing, Project Director of the North Carolina Health Access Coalition, NC Justice Center
Johnathan Oberlander's Slide Presentation: The Politics of Health Care- Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good Health Reform.
Johnathan Oberlander's discussion on NPR's All Things Considered: Health Care: A Look Ahead:
VIDEO of Health Care Forum. Note: The video of the forum is divided into 2 segments because of the size of the video. It is best to use Quick Time, or another streaming media player, when viewing these movies. Quick Time is a free download.
- Video 1:
- Video 2:
Photo from forum
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