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August 11 - 17, 2005 Edition
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Gov. Michael Dukakis will join forum on national health care policy August11, 2005 By Nelson Sigelman The topic of national health care policy can often appear to be an abstract and distant issue. Yet, decisions made far from Martha’s Vineyard can significantly affect many aspects of Island health care. This Sunday national health care reform will be the focus when a panel of state health care leaders and community members come together for the last in a series of six interactive community health care forums from 4 to 6 pm on the grounds of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services opposite the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. What makes the forum unique is the round-table seating of the panelists and the audience that is intended to provide an intimate atmosphere for question-driven discussions among all of the participants. The arrangement also provides ample opportunity for exchanges between invited experts and audience members. Dr. Charles Silberstein, a Vineyard psychiatrist and founder of the Foundation for Island Health, will moderate the forum. "This is a spirited, committed group of panelists with strong opinions on issues of national health care policy," said Dr. Silberstein. "Michael Dukakis and Judith Kurland are long-time health care innovators and thinkers, and extraordinarily engaging speakers. This will be a very exciting discussion." Forum organizers have assembled a panel with impressive credentials. It includes Mr. Dukakis, whose recent work has focused on national health care policy reform; Chip Joffe-Halpern, executive director of Ecu-Health Care, a health care access program in North Adams, and current president of the board of directors of Health Care for All in Boston, an influential statewide health policy and advocacy organization; Judith Kurland, the first female commissioner of the Boston Department of Health and Hospitals, and former regional director for the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); Richard R. McGreal, current regional associate HHS administrator for Medicaid and Children's Health; and Dr. Timothy Guiney, a leading cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Martha's Vineyard Hospital board trustee; Michael Goldfein, MD, longtime Island pediatrician and current hospital chief of staff; and Paddy Worlock Moore of West Tisbury, a health and human service policy consultant and president of the Foundation for Island Health. Previous forums have focused on the hospital, primary care, health insurance, mental health and addiction, and public health. Issues the panelists are expected to address include current proposals to address the nation's efforts to provide health care for the uninsured, how prevention fits into national policy, and whether health care is a basic human right. Organizers said the forum is an opportunity for Island residents and visitors who are willing to give up several hours on a beautiful summer Sunday afternoon and who care about their own health care and that of their community to contribute to the conversation and help to bring about important changes. |
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