09/14/09
The American Nurses Association (ANA) has received the following information received from the Office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee will be conducing a Steering and Policy Committee Forum on the Urgent Need for Health Care Reform on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
You can watch the forum live by webcast here (link only active during forum)
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AGENDA
9:00 – Opening statements
9:30 – Panel 1: Overview
- Karen Davis, President, Commonwealth Fund
- John Arensmeyer, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Small Business Majority
- Jacob Hacker, Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University
10:00 – Question and answer session with first panel
11:00 – Panel 2: Stakeholders
- J. James Rohack, MD, President of the American Medical Association (AMA)
- Thom as Priselac, Chairman, Board of Trustees, American Hospital Association (AHA) and President and CEO of Cedars-Sinai Health System
- Mary A. Maryland, Ph.D., MSN, APN, BC, American Nurses Association
- Wendell Potter, Former head of corporate communications and chief corporate spokesman, CIGNA Corporation
- Bonnie Cramer, Board Chair, Board of Directors, AARP
11:30 – Question and answer session with second panel
12:00 – Closing Remarks