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Kathleen Dunn's Health Care Series

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Tuesday July 7, 2009—Universal Health Insurance
Guest: Micheal Orsini, Associate Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Tuesday July 14, 2009—United States Health Care Overhaul
Guest: William D. Petasnick, President and CEO, Froedtert Hospital

Tuesday, August 11, 2009—Health Care in France
Guest: Paul V. Dutton, Associate Professor of History at Northern Arizona University, Author, Differential Diagnoses: A comparative history of health care problems and solutions In the U.S and France

Tuesday, August 18, 2009-Heath Benefits Plan Enjoyed by Federal Employees
Guest: Jon R. Gabel, Senior Fellow, Health Care Research Department, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago

Tuesday, August 25, 2009—Health Care in the Caribbean
Guest: Dr. Henry Fraser, Dean, School of Clinical Medicine and Research, University of The West Indies, Barbados

Tuesday, September 1, 2009—House and Senate Health Care Bills
Guest: Helen Ann Halpin, Professor of Health Policy, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health

Thursday, September 3, 2009—Health Care Reform and the Insurance Industry
Guest: Wendell Potter, Senior Fellow on Health Care, Center for Media and Democracy

Tuesday, September 8, 2009—Access to Health Care Around the World
Guest: Cynthia L Haq, Director, Center for Global Health, Professor of Family Medicine and Population Health Sciences, UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Tuesday, September 8, 2009—Health Care Reform Through The Years
Guest: James Morone, Professor of Political Science and Urban Studies, Brown University. Co-Author, The Heart of Power: Health and Politics in the Oval Office

Wednesday, September 16, 2009—Froedtert Health Care Forum-Part 1
Guests: Secretary Karen Timberlake, Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Jon B. Erpenbach, Wisconsin State Senator(D); Mary Lazich, Wisconsin State Senator(R); George Kerwin, President and CEO, Bellin Health in Green Bay; Larry Schreiber, President, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin; Jon Pryor, Chief Executive Officer, Medical College Physicians; CC Henderson, President and CEO of Milwaukee Health Services, Inc.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009—Froedtert Health Care Forum-Part 2
Guests: Secretary Karen Timberlake, Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Jon B. Erpenbach, Wisconsin State Senator(D); Mary Lazich, Wisconsin State Senator(R); George Kerwin, President and CEO, Bellin Health in Green Bay; Larry Schreiber, President, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin; Jon Pryor, Chief Executive Officer, Medical College Physicians; CC Henderson, President and CEO of Milwaukee Health Services, Inc.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009—Public Option in Health Care Reform
Guest: Dr. Sandra Hernandez, CEO, The San Francisco Foundation

Tuesday, October 6, 2009—Health Care in Finland
Guest: Dr. Martti Kekomäki, Professor of Healthcare Management and Administration, University of Helsinki

Wednesday, October 14, 2009—Senate Finance Committee voted to approve legislation to reshape the American health care system
Guest: Helen Ann Halpin, Professor of Health Policy and Director, Center for Health and Public Policy Studies, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health.

Thursday, October 22, 2009—Health Care in Italy
Guest: Vittorio Maio, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, School of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009—Nurse Practitioners and Nurse-Managed Health Centers
Guest: Katharyn A. May, Dean and Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009—Health Care Bill on Abortion
Guests: Susan Armacost, Legislative Director, Wisconsin Right to Life and Nicole Safar, Public Policy Analyst, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009—Health Care Reform and Pharmaceutical Companies
Guests: Dr. John Abramson, author, “Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine” and Rebecca Adams, Senior writer, CQ Weekly.

Thursday, November 19, 2009—Harry Reid's Proposed Bill
Guest: Helen Ann Halpin, Professor of Health Policy and Director, Center for Health and Public Policy Studies, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health.

Monday, November 23, 2009—House vs. Senate Health Care Bills
Guest: Edmund F. Haislmaier, Senior Research Fellow in Health Policy, Heritage Foundation.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009—Pharmaceutical Industry
Guest: Dr. Joseph Hammang, Senior Director, Science Policy, Pfizer Inc.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009—Public Option Debate Out?
Guest: Paul Starr, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, and Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs, Princeton University. Co-editor, “The American Prospect.”

Thursday, December 10, 2009—Health Care in Haiti
Guest: Dr. Matthew Solberg, Pediatrician in the Milwaukee Area. Participant in Global Health Outreach where he served as a primary care physician in rural areas of Haiti.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010—GOP Health Care Reform Ideas
Guest: Jeffrey Young, reporter, The Hill.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010—Obama's Health Care Proposal
Guests: Tom Miller, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute and Paul Starr, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, and Professor of Communications and Public Affairs, Princeton University. Co-editor, “The American Prospect.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010—Health Care Overhaul Legislation in Congress
Guest: Helen Ann Halpin, Professor of Health Policy and Director, Center for Health and Public Policy Studies, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health.

Thursday, March 18, 2010—Health Care Reform Battle
Guest: Mary Agnes Carey, senior correspondent, Kaiser Health News.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010—New Health Care Law
Guest: Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health.

Monday, April 12, 2010—Providing Health Care in Developing Nations
Guest: Dr. Luther Castillo, Founder and Director of the hospital "For the Health of Our People" in Honduras.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010—New Health Care Regulations
Guest: Sabrina Corlette, Research Professor, Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University.

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