Health Care Reform

Iowa State faculty will share their research contributing to the current debate on health care reform. Participants include associate scientist in Economics Liesl Eathington, author of a recent report on the uninsured; economist Mark Imerman with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, who has conducted research on nursing labor markets and patient hospital choices; and marketing professor Doug Walker, who has researched the impact of pharmaceutical advertising. They will be joined by Dr. Michael Kitchell, McFarland Clinic physician and president of the Iowa Medical Society, who has testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. Dianne Bystrom, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics will moderate the discussion, with opening remarks on the role of political rhetoric in this process. Part of the Faculty Forum Series.