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The Challenge of Health Care Reform Public Forum

Release Date: Oct 20, 2009

EVENT: “The Challenge of Health Care Reform” Public Forum, hosted by the Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester

TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 5:00─5:20 p.m., Reception; 5:30 p.m.─7:30 p.m., Public Forum; Tuesday, October 27, 2009; Alumni and Advancement Center, University of Rochester, 300 East River Road.

Rochester, N.Y.—October 20, 2009—The Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester is hosting another in a series of quarterly public forums on economic and public policy issues—this time focusing on “The Challenge of Health Care Reform.”

Panelists will include:

  • Steven Goldstein, President and C.E.O., Strong Memorial and Highland Hospitals
  • Ronald W. Hansen, Senior Associate Dean for Program Development, William H. Meckling Professor of Business Administration and Director of the Bradley Policy Research Center, Simon Graduate School of Business
  • David Klein, C.E.O., Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
  • Clifford W. Smith Jr., Louise and Henry Epstein Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Finance and Economics, Simon Graduate School of Business
  • Gerard J. Wedig, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Simon Graduate School of Business
  • Fran Weisberg ’75, Executive Director, Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency
  • Mark Zupan, Dean, Simon School of Business, Moderator

Panelists will discuss the health care reform bills currently being debated in the House and Senate and their similarities and differences, as well as the implications and consequences  for individuals and the insurance and medical industries.

            Questions are being taken in advance of the event at marketing@simon.rochester.edu.

Registration is requested by e-mailing alumnirsvp@simon.rochester.edu. For more information, call (585) 275-3736 or visit www.simon.rochester.edu.

            The event is cosponsored by the Rochester Business Journal.

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