Jacques Chaoulli Addressing the Constitutionality of Medicare November 11, 2005 at World Health Care Innovation and Technology Congress
WOBURN, Mass., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ — Jacques Chaoulli, Senior Fellow of the Montreal Economic Institute and the man who single-handedly got the key ban on private health care provision in Canada declared unconstitutional, will be presenting on Friday November 11, 2005, from 2:15-2:45p.m. at the World Health Care Innovation and Technology Conference, Washington, D.C. Topics Chaoulli will cover in the session titled “In Light of the Chaoulli Judgment in Canada, What is the Constitutionality of U.S. Medicare” will include the future and constitutionality of compulsory Medicare programs in the United States.
The World Health Care Innovation and Technology Congress will be held November 9-11, 2005, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. This event provides a forum where health care and technology leaders come together to share real-life case studies and successful applications of innovative business strategies, policy-making, and technology solutions leading the way to tomorrow’s health care.
Other speakers include Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House and founder of the Center for Health Transformation; Mark McClellan, MD, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health & Human Services; and Allan Hubbard, Assistant to President Bush for economic policy and Director, National Economic Council, who will present alongside business and technology leaders such as Steve Case, co-founder of America Online, and CEO of Revolution; Ray Kurzweil, founder of Kurzweil Technologies; and Clayton M. Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School, Co-founder, Innosight, and Author, The Innovator’s Dilemma, The Innovator’s Solution, and Seeing What’s Next.
The program will be practical, forward looking, sometimes controversial, and thought provoking. It will provide specific, results-oriented education as well as collaborative, cross-constituency learning. Designed to attract an inclusive but carefully targeted and influential audience, the program will be managed so that each delegate will enjoy a high level of attention and resources, providing the most productive and immediately actionable experience possible. The Wall Street Journal is co-sponsoring, and Booz Allen Hamilton is the platinum sponsor of the conference.
Accredited members of the media can contact Linda Dickerhoof at 703-606-2518 or linda@sigstrat.com for interview opportunities or to obtain complimentary press credentials for the conference. More information on the World Health Care Innovation and Technology Conference is available at http://www.worldcongress.com/.
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