{"id":34938,"date":"2009-08-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/08\/04\/questions-due-thursday-for-health-care-reform-forum\/"},"modified":"2009-08-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T05:00:00","slug":"questions-due-thursday-for-health-care-reform-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/08\/04\/questions-due-thursday-for-health-care-reform-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions due Thursday for health care reform forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"260\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\" bgcolor=\"99ccff\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\"><br \/>\n<B><br \/>\nBroadcast information<br \/>\n<\/B><br \/>\n<BR><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\nThe forum will be broadcast to the following locations:<br \/>\n<UL><LI>Clarkson West;<br \/>\n<LI>College of Nursing Lincoln Division Room 304;<br \/>\n<LI>College of Dentistry Dixon Hall;<br \/>\n<LI>College of Nursing Kearney Division Room 144W; and<br \/>\n<LI>College of Nursing West Nebraska Division Room 201C.<\/UL><\/p>\n<p>The forum also will be broadcast to Rooms 1004 and 1005 in the Durham Research Center to accommodate overflow crowds.<br \/>\n<\/P><br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>Employees have until 5 p.m. Thursday to submit questions to be asked during Friday&#8217;s employee forum on health care reform.<\/p>\n<p>Questions for the forum may be submitted online at <a href=\"https:\/\/app1.unmc.edu\/forms\/healthcarereform\/question.cfm\" target=\"_blanK\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/app1.unmc.edu\/forms\/healthcarereform\/question.cfm<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>The forum &#8212; which is for employees of UNMC, The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC Physicians &#8212; starts at noon in the Durham Research Center Auditorium. It will explain the latest in health care reform and how it may affect employees, both as health care providers and consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists also will take live audience questions. Water, lemonade and cookies will be provided at the forum. Those attending are welcome to bring their own lunch.<\/p>\n<p>UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., will provide the welcome at the forum, and Mark Bowen, director of UNMC Government Relations, will give an overview of the status of proposed legislation in Congress. <\/p>\n<p>An ensuing panel discussion will feature:<br \/>\n<UL><LI><B>Keith Mueller, Ph.D.,<\/B> interim dean of the College of Public Health;<br \/>\n<LI><B>Glenn Fosdick,<\/B> president and CEO of The Nebraska Medical Center; and<br \/>\n<LI><B>Rodney Markin, M.D., Ph.D.,<\/B> president of UNMC Physicians.<\/UL><\/p>\n<p>The forum is part of the effort of UNMC, UNMC Physicians and The Nebraska Medical Center to be an objective resource for elected officials, business and community entities in communicating the potential impact of health care reform proposals.  <\/p>\n<p>As part of its efforts, the med center formed a health care review group to study the issues that will affect the medical center and its employees. 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