Meeting to feature leading health experts including Chris Jennings and Dr. Mark McClellan, Co-Directors of BPC’s Leaders’ Project on the State of American Health Care

Nov. 24, 2008

Washington, DC – November 24, 2008 – The Bipartisan Policy Center and Advisory Board member Senator Howard Baker will convene a health care policy discussion, titled, “Embracing High-Value Health Care: Exploring the Quality-Coverage Nexus,” on Monday, December 1, 2008 from 2:00pm– 5:00pm at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville, TN. This is the fourth in a series of events being held across the country in support of the BPC’s Leaders’ Project on the State of American Health Care. It will feature leading health care experts, including Tennessee state and local health officials, and Project Co-Directors Chris Jennings and Dr. Mark McClellan.
The event is free and open to the public and the press. Please RSVP to lpforum@bipartisanpolicy.org if you would like to attend. Press set-up begins at 1pm.

WHO: Senator Howard Baker and the Bipartisan Policy Center
WHAT: Leaders’ Project on the State of American Health Care Roundtable Discussion, “Embracing
High-Value Health Care: Exploring the Quality-Coverage Nexus”
WHEN: Monday, December 1, 2008, 2:00pm – 5:00pm
WHERE: Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, 2100 West End Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37203

The Leaders’ Project is directed by the BPC’s Advisory Board, chaired by former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell. It is an unprecedented effort to help break political gridlock in Washington, DC, regarding health care reform. The goal of the Leaders’ Project is to produce politically viable policy recommendations to address the delivery, cost, coverage and financing challenges facing the nation’s health care system. For more information about the Leaders’ Project on the State of American Health Care visit: www.bipartisanpolicy.org/healthcare

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Leaders' Project on the State of American Health Care