Goodman Keynote Speaker At CDHC Summit

September 13, 2006

John C. Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), will give a keynote address at the National Consumer Driven Health Care Summit in Washington D.C., on Wednesday, September 13, 2006.

            Goodman will address the current state of consumer-driven health care and its future for empowering patients and lowering costs.  Goodman, who the Wall Street Journal called the "father of Health Savings Accounts" is the author or coauthor of more than 200 articles and eight books, including Leaving Women Behind (2006), Lives at Risk (2004) and Patient Power (1993).

Who:          John C. Goodman

What:         Keynote:  "Consumer Driven Health Outlook 2007"

When:         Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 2 p.m.

Where:       The Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill Washington, D.C.

Length:       30 minute keynote and 15 minutes of Q&A

Sponsor:     Harvard Health Policy Review, Health Affairs Journal

            Members of the press are invited to attend. Interested media should check in at the registration desk with their press credentials to obtain access to Goodman's keynote speech, as well as the entire conference. The onsite contact for media is Peggy Frank (pfrank@pfrankpr.com).

            Attendees will include health care providers, pharmaceutical companies, employers and other professionals involved with consumer driven care such as device and biotechnology enterprises, financial institution representatives, health information technology, CEO's, senior executives, employers, hr executives and select government officials.

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