Health Care in the 21st Century: Part 2
Saturday, May 31, 2014
During Part 2 of this double session, Cyril M.(Kim) Hetsko ’64, M.D., clinical professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, will discuss 50 years of health care reform, from Medicare’s adoption in 1965 to the Affordable Care Act. Following his presentation, the panel will offer additional perspectives on health care reform and will engage the audience in a discussion of other changes in medical care over 50 years. Panelists include Dr. Thomas P. Jacobs ’64, professor of medicine, Columbia University; Dr. Appleton (Tony) Mason ’64, associate professor, Albany Medical College, family medicine, geriatrics, hospice and palliative care; Robert M. Krughoff ’64, president, Consumers’ CHECKBOOK; and Charles (Smokey) Stover ’64, former commissioner, Massachusetts Rate Setting Commission. Topics will include Tom Jacobs on other significant changes in medicine; Tony Mason on anticipating end-of-life care with living wills, health care proxies and explicit goals; and Smokey Stover on health care reform from the Massachusetts perspective. Presented by the Class of 1964.
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