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Washington, D.C., August 21, 2009—To help counter the half-truths and confusion dominating the national health care reform debate this summer, the AAMC co-sponsored "Fact Versus Fiction: Key Issues in Health Reform," a special conference hosted by the journal Health Affairs Aug. 20 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The briefing featured three panel discussions, including one on slowing the growth of Medicare and the impact on beneficiaries with AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D. "We as a nation have ramped up our discussion on insurance, but where is the talk about delivery reform?" said Dr. Kirch. "We have to spend less, but if we simply put the brakes on, holes will appear in the care of beneficiaries. There are very clear ideas for bringing costs down while providing better care. We just need to take what we know and put it into motion." Dr. Kirch noted that academic medical centers might be well suited to house "supercharged demonstration projects" to test new innovations in care delivery, and added that reform efforts might be hampered by a predicted physician shortage. Also joining the discussion were Maulik Joshi, Dr.P.H., vice president of research for the American Hospital Association, and C. Eugene Steuerle, Ph.D., vice president of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and former deputy assistant secretary of the treasury for tax analysis. Former Surgeons General C. Everett Koop, M.D., and Richard Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., opened the conference with remarks on the importance of reforming the U.S. health care system. To view C-SPAN's coverage of the conference, go to: www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=288478-1&showVid=true # # # The Association of American Medical Colleges is a not-for-profit association representing all 131 accredited U.S. and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools; nearly 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, including 68 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and nearly 90 academic and scientific societies. Through these institutions and organizations, the AAMC represents 128,000 faculty members, 75,000 medical students, and 110,000 resident physicians. Additional information about the AAMC and U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals is available at www.aamc.org/newsroom. |
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