Financing Health Care – Where’s the Money?
Conference addresses challenges, possible options for 21st century
(August 2, 2006 – Indianapolis, Ind.) — Health care expenditures have risen to 16 percent of GDP in the U.S. and are projected to climb to over 25 percent of GDP by 2030 – unless something changes. An aging population coupled with advances in health care is challenging the budgets of both governmental and private insurance programs. Policy makers, business and consumers are facing a new series of challenges and choices in the financing and affordability health care.
The Health Care Financing Bomb: Where’s the Money (or the Solution) will convene national thought leaders to address this topic on Tuesday, August 29, at the Columbia Club, Indianapolis. Sponsored by Networks Financial Institute at Indiana State University, the conference will examine the major constraints and opportunities associated with new approaches to health care finance. The program will examine the role of government regulation, newer products such as Health Savings Accounts and the challenge of managing the cost of governmental programs without compromising critically necessary care. Competition and mandatory coverage will also be considered.
Keynote speaker at this event will be Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Panelist at this event include John Goodman, Ph.D., President of the National Center for Policy Analysis; David Gratzer, M.D., a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and Thomas Savings, Director of the Private Enterprise Research Center at Texas A&M University.
“The issue of health care reform will be pivotal in the 2008 elections; but it’s much more than an electoral topic. Health care financing is at the top of the agenda for business leaders. The financing of health care will have a tremendous impact on the economic health of businesses of all sizes,” noted John Tatom, Ph.D., Director of Research at Networks Financial Institute.
The conference is one of a series of Financial Forums sponsored by Networks Financial Institute at Indiana State University. Registration information is online at www.networksfinancialinstitute.org or available at 1.800.603.7113. Registration is required and space is limited.
Networks Financial Institute at Indiana State University was founded in 2003 with a grant from Lilly Endowment. NFI strives to facilitate broad, collaborative thinking, dialogue and progress in the evolving financial services marketplace through education, outreach and research. Headquartered in Indianapolis with offices in Washington, D.C. and on the campus of Indiana State, and with outreach internationally, NFI’s goal is to serve as a catalyst for change in the financial services industry.
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