Medicare at 50: A Cost-Effective and Compassionate Model

Dean of the U.S. House
of Representatives
John Conyers, Jr.

WASHINGTON – THURSDAY, July 30, 2015, U.S. Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13) will host a special forum, “Medicare at 50: A Cost-Effective and Compassionate Model.”  Wendell Potter, health insurance whistleblower and Senior Analyst at the Center for Public Integrity, will moderate the event.  The forum will highlight the successful Medicare program, the advancement and challenges of the Affordable Care Act, and the proposed “Medicare for All” healthcare system will be discussed among the featured panelists.

WHO: Rep. Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA)                     

Wendell Potter, moderator, Health Insurance Whistleblower, Center for Public Integrity

Robert Weissman, President, Public Citizen

Michael Lighty, Director of Public Policy, National Nurses United

Robert Zarr, President, Physicians for a National Health Program

Andrea Miller, Executive Director, People Demanding Action 

      Don Berwick (via video), former administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid    

      Services

WHAT:  Forum to discuss the successes of Medicare, review the major advances and challenges of the Affordable Care Act, and chart a path towards the proposed “Medicare for All” healthcare system.

WHEN:  TOMORROW - Thursday, July 30, 2015 from 1 – 2:45 p.m.

WHERE:  2237 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. (map)     

The event will be streamed live and can be viewed at https://youtu.be/cqopRQ1kT-s

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Rep. John Conyers (MI-13) is the last remaining member of Congress to have voted for the passage of Medicare in 1965.  He is the lead sponsor of H.R. 676, “The Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act,” which would create a single-payer healthcare system in the United States.

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