Summit conversations on American healthcare: May 6

After their April 7 event in Madison, Wisconsin, America’s Agenda invited John Arensmeyer back to join another expert healthcare panel in San Francisco. The May 6 panel discussion, held at the University of California, San Francisco, was the fourth in the group’s “Summit Conversations on American Health Care for the 21st Century,” series.

The panel was moderated by radio and television host Bill Press. Stephen L. Hauser, MD, chair of Neurology at UCSF, hosted the event; Dr. Ken Thorpe, director of health policy for the America’s Agenda Health Care Education Fund, was present as the economic advisor.

The panel was moderated by John Harwood, chief Washington correspondent of CNBC and political writer for The New York Times. Dr. Ken Thorpe, director of health policy for the America’s Agenda Health Care Education Fund, was present as the economic advisor.

Other attendees included:
Carmela R. Castellano-Garcia, president and CEO, California Primary Care Association
Hon. Richard Gephardt, former majority leader, US House of Representatives
Michael Goodwin, international president, Office and Professional Employees International Union
Mitchell Katz, MD, director of health, City and County of San Francisco
Paul Markovich, executive vice president and COO, Blue Shield of California
Priya Sara Mathur, chair, Health Benefits Committee, CalPERS Board of Administration
Robert K. Ross, MD, president and CEO, The California Endowment
William J. Rutter, CEO, Synergenics LLC
Billy Tauzin, president and CEO, PhRMA

Video of the panel is available at http://www.summitconversations.org