Please note the speaker change for the following event.
MEDIA ADVISORY
October 10, 2008
Contact: Eric Wright, IU Center for Health Policy, 317.261.3000, ewright@iupui.edu
Ryan Heath, Hetrick, 317.262.8080, ryanh@tellhetrick.com
UPDATE: IU Center for Health Policy to host
gubernatorial candidates' debate on health care
INDIANAPOLIS--Voters are invited to learn the Indiana gubernatorial candidates' positions on health care and health policy at a debate hosted by public policy educators and students at IUPUI. The debate is set for 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 13 in the University Library's Lilly Auditorium and will feature representatives for each major-party candidate presenting details of their respective candidates' plans.
Indiana State Sen. Patricia Miller will represent Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, and Indiana State Rep. David Orentlicher, M.D. will present on behalf of Democrat Jill Long Thompson. Libertarian candidate Andy Horning will represent himself. Representatives will present their candidate's health care platform and answer questions from a panel of IUPUI students. IU Center for Health Policy director Eric Wright will moderate the debate.
The event is sponsored by the IU Public Policy Institute's Center for Health Policy; the IUPUI Consortium for Health Policy, Law, and Bioethics; and the IUPUI Masters in Health Administration Student Association. The debate will coincide with the release of the IU Center for Health Policy's nonpartisan, point-by-point assessment of the health care plans of both the Indiana gubernatorial and U.S. presidential candidates.
An online version of the Center for Health Policy's assessment will be posted the day of the debate at www.policyinstitute.iu.edu and copies will be available at the forum.
What: A debate on gubernatorial candidates' health care policy hosted by the IU Public Policy Institute's Center for Health Policy, in partnership with the IUPUI Consortium for Health Policy, Law, and Bioethics; and the IUPUI Masters in Health Administration Student Association.
Who: Indiana State Sen. Patricia Miller will represent Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, and Indiana State Rep. David Orentlicher, M.D. will present Democrat Jill Long Thompson's plan. Libertarian candidate Andrew Horning will represent himself.
When: 4 p.m., Monday, Oct. 13
Location: University Library's Lilly Auditorium, 755 W. Michigan St., on the IUPUI campus. Parking is available in the North Street Garage, Sport Complex Garage and Blackford Street Garage. Further directions are available at www.ulib.iupui.edu/libinfo/directions.
For more information, please visit www.policyinstitute.iu.edu/health.
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MEDIA ADVISORY
October 10, 2008
Contact: Eric Wright, IU Center for Health Policy, 317.261.3000, ewright@iupui.edu
Ryan Heath, Hetrick, 317.262.8080, ryanh@tellhetrick.com
UPDATE: IU Center for Health Policy to host
gubernatorial candidates' debate on health care
INDIANAPOLIS--Voters are invited to learn the Indiana gubernatorial candidates' positions on health care and health policy at a debate hosted by public policy educators and students at IUPUI. The debate is set for 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 13 in the University Library's Lilly Auditorium and will feature representatives for each major-party candidate presenting details of their respective candidates' plans.
Indiana State Sen. Patricia Miller will represent Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, and Indiana State Rep. David Orentlicher, M.D. will present on behalf of Democrat Jill Long Thompson. Libertarian candidate Andy Horning will represent himself. Representatives will present their candidate's health care platform and answer questions from a panel of IUPUI students. IU Center for Health Policy director Eric Wright will moderate the debate.
The event is sponsored by the IU Public Policy Institute's Center for Health Policy; the IUPUI Consortium for Health Policy, Law, and Bioethics; and the IUPUI Masters in Health Administration Student Association. The debate will coincide with the release of the IU Center for Health Policy's nonpartisan, point-by-point assessment of the health care plans of both the Indiana gubernatorial and U.S. presidential candidates.
An online version of the Center for Health Policy's assessment will be posted the day of the debate at www.policyinstitute.iu.edu and copies will be available at the forum.
What: A debate on gubernatorial candidates' health care policy hosted by the IU Public Policy Institute's Center for Health Policy, in partnership with the IUPUI Consortium for Health Policy, Law, and Bioethics; and the IUPUI Masters in Health Administration Student Association.
Who: Indiana State Sen. Patricia Miller will represent Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, and Indiana State Rep. David Orentlicher, M.D. will present Democrat Jill Long Thompson's plan. Libertarian candidate Andrew Horning will represent himself.
When: 4 p.m., Monday, Oct. 13
Location: University Library's Lilly Auditorium, 755 W. Michigan St., on the IUPUI campus. Parking is available in the North Street Garage, Sport Complex Garage and Blackford Street Garage. Further directions are available at www.ulib.iupui.edu/libinfo/directions.
For more information, please visit www.policyinstitute.iu.edu/health.
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