Health Care Reform

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06/19/2009

Jun. 19, 2009

Health Care Reform

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This week, health care reform officially began in Washington -- lawmakers are busy hashing out the painful tradeoffs of a bipartisan plan. Join guest host Paul Raeburn in this hour of Science Friday for a talk with experts on the economic and medical realities of improving care and coverage, at lower costs. First, NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson gives the latest on health care haggling in the capitol. Then, family physician Dr Michael Pramenko talks about the medical community of Grand Junction, Colorado, where medical spending is low but health care quality is high. Plus, economist Jonathan Gruber talks about what we can learn from the Massachusetts health program he helped design, and American Medical Association president Dr. James Rohack gives his view on what AMA doctors want to see in a national plan.

Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer

Guests

Michael Pramenko
Family Physician

Member, Colorado Medical Society's Health Care Congress

Grand Junction, Colorado
Jonathan Gruber
Board Member, Massachusetts Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector

Professor, Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
James Rohack
President, American Medical Association

Cardiologist, Scott and White Healthcare

Temple, Texas
Mara Liasson
National Political Correspondent

National Public Radio

Washington, DC

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