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Please join the Contra Costa Council, along with our co-hosts and sponsors, for these upcoming events, which we think will be outstanding! To share the news about these events with colleagues, click on this link: |
County Health Care Reform Symposium features renowned expert Alain C. Enthoven and distinguished panels
Friday, December 14, 8 am to 11:45 am Concord Holiday Inn, 1050 Burnett Ave., Concord 94520
Register here by December 11!
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The Contra Costa
Council and Kaiser Permanentewill host a half-day Contra Costa
County Health Care Reform
Symposium on Friday, December 14, beginning at 8 a.m., at the Concord
Holiday Inn. The event is co-hosted by Archer
Norris and United Healthcare and
is sponsored by John Muir Health
and San Ramon Regional Medical
Center.
Affordable, accessible and high quality are the three descriptive terms
that consistently appear as the most important health care issues for
businesses, government, labor and other civic organizations. Can the health
care system be reformed to deliver on these kinds of values?
This symposium features Alain C. Enthoven, Marriner S. Eccles Professor
of Public and Private Management, Emeritus, at Stanford University.
Professor Enthoven (pictured) is a nationally renowned expert and
author on health care reform and today's health care market place.
In addition to Professor Enthoven, there will be two panel discussions:
- Reforming California's Health Care System with panelists Herb Schultz, Senior
Health Policy Advisory to the Governor, and representatives from the
Offices of State Senator Don Perata, Pro Tem, and State Assembly Speaker
Fabian Nunez. This panel will be facilitated by Ron Wetter, Community and
Government Relations Manager, Kaiser Permanente, Diablo Service Area.
- Striking the Balance for Health Care Reform with panelists C. Duane Dauner,
President, California Hospital Association; Christopher Ohman, President
& CEO, California Association of Health Plans; a representative of the
Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association; Lucia Savage, General Counsel,
Pacific Business Group on Health; and Melissa Stafford Jones, President
& CEO, California Association of Public Hospitals. Discussion
facilitator will be Frank Puglisi, Jr., Contra Costa Regional Health
Foundation Interpreter Network.
Registration and networking: 8 to 8:30 am Program: 8:30 to 11:45 am Cost: $20 for members, elected officials and non-members
Register by December 11 at the Council website. For questions,contact Suzanne Schoenfeld at 925-246-1880.
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Tony Snow, Will Durst to headline CCUSA 2008
Thursday, January 24, 8 am to 10 pm Hilton Concord Hotel, 1970 Diamond Blvd., Concord
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Watch your mailbox for an invitation to the Contra Costa Council's signature event, CCUSA 2008, which promises to rival past programs.
Former White House press secretary Tony Snow (pictured at left) will serve as evening keynote speaker, and political satirist Will Durst will launch the day with his entertaining observations on state and national politics. Complementing the program will be speakers and panels on topical policy issues and global warming.
Event sponsors include Chevron, The PMI Group, Inc., Comcast, Contra Costa Times, Morrison Foerster and Wells Fargo Bank.
For questions or to register to attend, please see our website or contact Suzanne Schoenfeld at the Contra Costa Council at 925-246-1880. | |