Bipartisan Policy Center and Better Health Care Together to Host Joint Health Care Forum Tomorrow
Senators Bob Dole and Tom Daschle join SEIU’s Andy Stern and Walmart’s Leslie Dach to discuss areas of bipartisan agreement in health reform
Sep. 8, 2009
Media Contact:
Contact: Eileen McMenamin, Bipartisan Policy Center
(202) 379-1633, emcmenamin@bipartisanpolicy.org
Contact: Amy Weiss, Better Health Care Together
(202) 203-0448, amy@pointblankpa.com
Washington, D.C. - The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and Better Health Care Together will host a bipartisan health care forum to highlight areas of agreement among political, business and labor leaders in the health reform debate. The event entitled, “Common Sense Collaboration: Health Reform Perspectives from Employers and Employees,” will take place on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 from 11:30AM to 2:00PM at The Newseum in Washington, D.C.
Senators Dole, Daschle and Howard Baker recently released a comprehensive framework for bipartisan health care reform as part of the BPC’s Leaders’ Project on the State of American Health Care, entitled “Crossing Our Lines: Working Together to Reform the U.S. Health System.” Senators Dole and Daschle will participate in the forum along with Better Health Care Together members including Andy Stern, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU); Leslie Dach, Executive Vice President of Walmart; Carl Camden, CEO of Kelly Services; Annie Hill, Executive Vice President of Communications Workers of America (CWA); Charles Kolb, CEO of Committee for Economic Development; Judy Feder, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; and Eric Dishman, Fellow and Global Business Leader, Intel. Judy Woodruff of PBS will moderate the discussion.
WHO: The Bipartisan Policy Center and Better Health Care Together
WHAT: “Common Sense Collaboration: Health Reform Perspectives from Employers and Employees”
WHEN: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 11:30am to 2:00pm, Lunch will be served at 11:30am, Program begins at 12:00pm
WHERE: The Newseum, The Knight Conference Center, Seventh Floor (use Freedom Forum Entrance on 6th Street N.W.)
Members of the press wishing to attend, please RSVP to aclark@bipartisanpolicy.org. Those interested in scheduling interviews with any of the participants, please contact Eileen McMenamin, BPC: (202) 379-1633, emcmenamin@bipartisanpolicy.org, or Amy Weiss, BHCT: (202) 203-0448, amy@pointblankpa.com.
###
