Tom Rice |
Thomas Rice, Professor, Department of Health
Services, UCLA School of Public Health. “U.S. Health Policy: Prospects
After Recent Elections”
Day/Date/Time/Place: Thursday, Dec. 6, Hacienda Room of the Faculty Center.
An informal reception with light refreshments will begin at 1:00 p.m.
The presentations begin at 1:30 and will allow opportunity for questions and discussion.
Professor
Rice is a health economist who received his doctorate in Economics
from UC-Berkeley. His research focuses on problems inherent in
competition and markets in health
care. He has conducted studies on how large numbers of Medicare
prescription drug plans affects the quality of choices made by Medicare
beneficiaries. Author of
The Economics of Health Care Reconsidered, Third Edition. Prof. Rice was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2006.
We have
seen major events, including the election of President Obama, the
belabored passage of the Affordable
Care Act, hailed as a major accomplishment by some, despised by others
as “Obamacare” and leading to Republican congressional victories in 2010, the Supreme
Court decision upholding the major parts of the Act, and the heated debates on health care as
we approached the 2012 presidential election. Issues ahead now are (a) the goal of universal coverage, (b) cost
containment in the context of federal budget deficits, (c) the future of Medicare, (d) the
goal of improved quality and efficiency, and (e)
questions of financing.
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