Healing Healthcare: Prescriptions for Reform

Airdate: May 19, 2011
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Share your thoughts, concerns and experiences about medical treatment, insurance, and healthcare reform.

A year after President Obama signed legislation to overhaul America’s health care system; Health Matters brings together an expanded panel from across the state to focus on our healthcare system. Where do things stand now, and what can you expect with healthcare reform? Will sweeping changes really mean access for everyone? Find out how providers, the state, business and the insurance industry are getting ready.

The Spokesman-Review's healthcare reporter John Stucke joins host Steve Becker in the search for answers.  Read John's article on WA's Health Insurance Exchange.

Guest Panelists

• Andrew Agwunobi., Providence Health Care CEO
• Bill Akers, Vice President and GM of E. WA Operations, Premera Blue Cross
• Peg Hopkins, Executive Director for Community Health Association of Spokane
• Thomas Schaaf, MD, Assistant Medical Director for Group Health Cooperative
• Donna Steward, Association of Washington Business
• John Stucke, reporter for The Spokesman-Review
• Jeffery Thompson, MD, Washington State Health Care Authority
• Dennis Barts, CEO, Valley Medical Center

Web Links

• The Isaac Foundation
• Give Forward / Noah's World
• Autism Votes
• CHAS-Community Health Association of SpokaneWashington Healthcare Authority
• Wa State Office of Insurance Commissioner

More on Healthcare Reform

May 20, 2010 Providence Health Care sponsored "non partisan discussion of the communities future under federal health care reform". Panelists representing health care providers, doctors, public health, academia and business spoke to the complexity of the new law and the challenges in Implementation.

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