National Press Club to host ‘NEWSMAKER’ Panel Discussion on Revolutionizing Health Care on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, 10:00 a.m.

    National Press Club (Zenger room)



    WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 /EMWNews/ -- The following was

released by the National Press Club:



    Grace-Marie Turner, CEO Galen Institute - founder of a public policy

research organization promoting informed debate over free-market ideas of

health reform,



    Melinna Giannini, Founder & CEO, ABC Coding Solutions - founder of a

coding system and billing platform that helps connect health care

professionals with the electronic insurance infrastructure,



    Phil Davis, Manager, Committees on Publication for The First Church of

Christ, Scientist - advocate for prayer-based health care,



    Christine Filipovich, Executive Director, National Association of

Clinical Nurse Specialists



    will discuss



    Revolutionizing Health Care



    Health care is one of the top domestic consumer issues facing

Americans. Every state legislature is considering some form of health care

reform, and it's a main talking point on the presidential campaign trail.

The central question to be discussed is: how can we make quality health

care affordable for everyone? Hundreds of thousands of health care

professionals are qualified to care for more than 80 percent of patients

who are not in critical condition - but these professionals are unable to

help on a scale that would mark true reform. Why? Because our system relies

on high-cost doctors as gatekeepers, underutilizing lower cost

professionals, such as advanced nurses, PAs, pharmacists, midwives and

other qualified care givers. Panelists will discuss ways of reforming the

system, as well as how a spiritual component is missing from the health

care needs of many.