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Health4all

Every year more Alaskan families lose health insurance and can't afford health care. Every year more families with health insurance cannot afford to use it because of expensive out-of-pocket charges. Every year more Alaskan elders with Medicare are refused treatment by local physicians. And every year health care in Alaska continues to cost 30 percent more than down south. These problems are a reflection of the crisis across the nation. Not surprisingly, the United States ranks last in preventable deaths compared to 14 Western European nations. We have a lot to talk about.

Lawrence D. Weiss retired from UAA in 2004 as a research professor in public health. He designed and built the Master of Public Health program at UAA, and has published three books and numerous articles on public health and health policy issues. He completed a post-doctoral degree at Harvard School of Public Health in 1982, and has been in Alaska ever since. His favorite expression is "facts matter." Occasionally he can be found in a local pub drinking beer and eating pizza while engaged in passionate conversation with friends.

Health Reform: Free Public Forum

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Posted: November 25, 2008 - 2:07 pm

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Health Reform Models for Alaska

Open to the public and free of charge. Come learn & discuss what will work in Alaska! Make sure you and your family can access and afford health care and health insurance in the future. Tuesday, December 2 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Sheraton Hotel Ballroom

Guest Speakers

Robert Kraig, Citizen Action of Wisconsin - Healthy Wisconsin
Andy Moderow, Staff, Senator French, Alaska State Legislature - SB 160
JoAnn Lamphere, PhD, DirectorAARP - Lessons Learned From Other States

Health Reform Panel

Representative Mike Hawker, Alaska State Legislature
Senator Johnny Ellis, Alaska State Legislature
CEO Rod Betit, Alaska State Hospitals and Nursing Home Assoc.

Alaska Health Summit

This forum is being held in conjunction with the Alaska Health Summit and is open to the public free of charge. For more info about this session, contact JLuby@aarp.org or call (907) 762-3314.

The 2008 Alaska Public Health Summit will be held December 1-3 at the Hotel Sheraton in Anchorage. Please visit http://www.alaskapublichealth.org for conference registration.

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