DATE: 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Feb. 16, 2009.

EVENT: “A Discussion on Health Care Reform in the 111th Congress” with U.S. Rep. John Dingell at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Dingell has been asked to take the lead on crafting legislation that would provide health care coverage for all Americans. Free and open to the public.

Dingell has fought to get health care coverage for all Americans for decades. In 1997, he was one of the original leaders of the initial State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). He was the lead sponsor in the House of the SCHIP reauthorization that was vetoed twice by President Bush.

Dingell was one of the co-authors of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization legislation that was recently signed by President Obama that expanded the SCHIP program to an additional 4 million children. He is also the author of two pieces of legislation: HR 15, The National Health Insurance Act, and HR 2034, The Medicare for All Act, to provide every American with health insurance.

The agenda:

? Welcome: Paula Lantz, chair, Department of Health Management & Policy, U-M School of Public Health.

? “Setting the Stage for Meaningful Reform” Marianne Udow, director, The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation.

? “Lessons Learned from the Clinton White House” Christopher Jennings, White House senior health care adviser, President Clinton, 1993-2001.

? “Reform in the 111th Congress” Rep. John Dingell

The School of Public Health is home to the No. 1 ranked graduate program in health management and policy in the country. Faculty members conduct research on issues including the causes and consequences of being uninsured, the optimal design of health care benefits and social disparities in health care access.

This event will be webcast LIVE. Tune in via one of these URLs:

http://tinyurl.com/dingellfeb09

OR

http://mediasite1.sph.umich.edu/mediasite/Viewer?peid=5429ca86-9fa5-4572-9ec0-5111cdb538c8

Media availability immediately follows in Room 1810.

PLACE: U-M School of Public Health Auditorium, Room 1755, 109 S. Observatory, Ann Arbor.

CONTACT: Adam Benson, press secretary for Dingell, (202) 225-0881, (202) 271-8587.