Health Care talk by Zeke Emanuel on Jan. 8 (Thurs.) in SF

[Guest guest]

Zeke Emanuel: Scrapping the Health Care System to Find the Solution

1/08/09 (Thursday)

Location: Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St. @ 2nd St.

Time: 5:30 p.m. wine and cheese reception, 6 p.m. program, 7 p.m.

book signing

Cost: FREE

www.commonwealthclub.org.

 

Emanuel reveals a bold new plan to restructure health care as we

know it

 

Zeke Emanuel, Chair, Dept. of Bioethics, NIH Clinical Center,

National Institutes of Health; Author, Healthcare, Guaranteed (also

brother of incoming Presidential Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel)

 

No more Band-Aids or patches, says Emanuel; it's time for a complete

overhaul of health care as we know it. America spends more than $2

trillion on health care, more than any other developed nation. But

money does not guarantee a better system. Instead, 47 million

Americans go without insurance. In addition, many people suffer poor

health, and often suffer financial difficulties as a result. Emanuel

offers a bold new proposal to completely restructure our system,

which he says will save money, allow for choice and give all

Americans health-care coverage.