More Government Control in Health Care is Not the Answer
Tuesday, April 21 | 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. EDT
Response to the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates how deregulation can provide quick and flexible access to needed care and services. Yet, some policymakers want to go the opposite direction. These efforts to expand Obamacare or adopt “Medicare for All” represent a massive expansion of government control of health coverage at a time when Americans can least afford it. What are the early lessons of deregulation? How would expanding Obamacare or adopting “Medicare for All” impact patient access to care and services? What is the right answer to health care reform?
Moderator: Nina Owharenko Schaefer,
Senior Research Fellow, Health Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Robert E. Moffit Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
Sally Pipes
President and CEO, Pacific Institute and author of "False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All"
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An America Worth Loving: Civics & the Land of Hope
Wednesday, April 22 | 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. EDT
What are the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship in American society? What does it mean to be a part of one of the greatest enterprises in human history? In his latest book, author Wilfred McClay answers these questions and invites everyone to learn how ideas drove America's creation and success.
Moderator: Angela Sailor
Vice President, Edwin J. Feulner Institute,
The Heritage Foundation
Wilfred McClay
G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, University of Oklahoma
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