Name: The Health 202 Live
Start: 2018-06-20T15:30:00-04:00
End: 2018-06-20T17:00:00-04:00
Location: The Washington Post

The United States has the highest per capita costs for medical care in the world. In fact, Americans of all political parties consistently cite medical expenditures as their top health-care concern.

On Wednesday, June 20, The Washington Post will gather top policymakers, prominent health-care industry leaders and public health experts for an important series of discussions about what is causing health care costs to rise and what can be done to reduce the burden for all Americans.

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Speakers include:

Alex M. Azar II

Secretary of Health and Human Services

Sen. Michael F. Bennet (D-Colo.)

Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

David A. Kessler, MD

Former Commissioner,

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Marion Nestle, PhD

Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita

New York University

Content from Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Patrick J. Geraghty

CEO, Florida Blue and GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation

Brenda Schmidt

Founder and CEO of Solera Health

Scott P. Serota

CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Remarks from Delta

Heather Wingate

Senior Vice President for Government Affairs,

Delta Airlines

Event Information

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Doors open: 3:00 p.m.

Program: 3:30-5:00 p.m.

The Washington Post

1301 K St NW

Washington, D.C. 20071

Free to attend. Pre-registration is required.

The program will be streamed live for those who cannot attend in person at wapo.st/health202wplive. To register to receive a live stream notification click here.

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