Common Health: May 2009 Diagnosing Our Health Care System

May 20, 2009 Diagnosing the Health Care System

Announcing
Special Common Health Forum
Single Payer: Fact vs Fiction?
6:00 - 8:00 PM
June 23, 2009
Alamo Theater
85 Main Street
Bucksport, Maine

In the wake of recent congressional hearings on paying for medical care, we'll dig into the underlying pathology and look for solutions to our unhealthy health care system.

Join our dialogue at 10:00 AM as we discuss recreation and health.

We invite your calls and email with questions and comments.

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Background

Study Attributes 62% of Bankruptcies to Medical Costs (06/04/09)

Guests:

Phil Caper, MD	Philip Caper, M.D.Held professorships in Medicine and Community Medicine at Dartmouth and the University of Massachusetts and has been an Adjunct Lecturer in Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health and a Research Associate at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
John Benziger MD	Dr. Benziger is a pathologist and the Lab Director at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Waterville & Augusta. He is a member of PNHP - Physicians for a National Health Program,

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