Amid national debate on health reform, experts in public health, medicine, health policy, health law and insurance discussed what the proposed reforms mean for patients and providers during a panel discussion on Oct. 5 at Drexel University. The even was sponsored by the Drexel University School of Public Health and the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University.
"The members of this panel are experts in a range of issues related to health reform and bring a breadth of perspectives to bear," said Robert I. Field, professor at the Drexel University School of Public Health and the Earle Mack School of Law. "For anyone looking to understand the big picture and get beyond the headlines and sound bits, this was a chance to learn what health reform means, what the political maneuvering is about, and how it affects everyone's health care."
The panel was moderated by Professor Robert I. Field, who holds a joint appointment at the School of Public Health and the Earle Mack School of Law. The author of "Health Care Regulation in America: Complexity, Confrontation and Compromise," he is a nationally known and widely published expert on public health, health policy and health law who founded and chaired the Department of Health Policy and Public Health at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and previously led business planning and development for the primary care network of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
The panel also included:
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Dennis P. Andrulis, Ph.D., director of the Center for Health Equality and associate dean of research at the Drexel University School of Public Health, previously a research professor at Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, where he oversaw research and published on issues affecting vulnerable populations.
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Glenna Crooks, Ph.D., founder and President of Strategic Health Policy International, Inc., a consulting firm that advises firms that deliver health care services. A former worldwide vice president with Merck & Co., Inc., she served as deputy assistant secretary of health in the administration of President Ronald Reagan.
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Barry R. Furrow, J.D., professor of law and director of the Health Law Program at the Earle Mack School of Law, previously founder of the Health Law Institute at Widener University School of Law and lead author of "Health Law - Cases, Materials and Problems," the leading textbook in the field.
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Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D., David and Lyn Silfen University Professor of Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics. An elected member of the Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences, he served on President Barack Obama's transition team for the Department of Health and Human Services and has advised the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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David Barton Smith, Ph.D., professor of Health Management and Policy at the Drexel University School of Public Health. The author of "The Forensic Case Files: Diagnosing and Treating the Pathologies of the American Health System," he is an emeritus professor at the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University.
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Topics included:
- How will health reform work under the different bills being considered?
- Will it accomplish the goal of guaranteeing coverage to all?
- How will it change the actual delivery of care?
- How might health care change over the next several years with or without reform?