If you think our healthcare system is in serious trouble, and that 47 million Americans without health insurance is unacceptable, consider this…
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, who chairs the department of medical bioethics at the National Institutes of Health, will be in Seattle on Oct. 11 to explain his idea to guarantee a healthcare plan for every American. [See details of time and place below.]
Design Kompany did the brand identity design for MyVoucher earlier this year, and learned a lot about what’s wrong with our healthcare system and one very interesting way it might get fixed…
Health care is again high on the political agenda. Proposals for system reform are coming from many corners, many of them focused on incremental change.Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, chairman of the department of medical bioethics, National Institutes of Health, and Victor Fuchs, professor of economics (emeritus), Stanford University, have offered a more comprehensive approach.
Termed HealthCare Vouchers, Dr. Emanuel originally presented his idea in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine published on March 24, 2005. He provided further details about HealthCare Vouchers in a paper presented to The Brookings Institute on July 17, 2007.
To better explain what the healthcare voucher concept is, several groups in Seattle are bringing Dr. Emanuel here and coordinating two public talks:
I.
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel on Healthcare Vouchers
University Inn, Orcas Room
4140 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
800-733-3855
Thursday, October 11 :: 9 to 10:30am
Secure parking next to main entrance.
Free
II.
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel on Healthcare Vouchers
Crowne Plaza Hotel
1113 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA
Thursday, October 11 :: 11:30 am to 1:30 pm,
Lunch 12 to 1:30pm
Cost: $35/City Club Members, $45/general public
These events are sponsored by HealthCareVouchers.org and Group Health Cooperative, and are being coordinated by the Resource Center for Health Policy, University of Washington.
See Design Kompany’s brand identity design for the healthcare voucher concept.
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