Killian hosts panel on health care policy

On September 24, 2009, the Wilson Center on the Hill, Program on America and the Global Economy (PAGE), and Boston University’s Washington Center brought lawmakers and experts together on Capitol Hill to discuss the current health care system and the debate over its reform. Linda Killian, then director of the Boston University Washington Center and a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center, moderated the event.

Panelists included Jason Altmire, U.S. Representative (D-Pa.) - Member, House Education and Labor Committee; Charles M. Brain, President, Capitol Hill Strategies - Director of Legislative Affairs, President Bill Clinton; Michael Burgess, U.S. Representative (R-Tex.) - Member, House Energy and Commerce Committee; Joe Courtney, U.S. Representative (D-Conn.) - Member, House Education and Labor Committee; Kent Hughes, Director, PAGE Program & Global Energy Initiative, Woodrow Wilson Center; Barry Jackson, Former Assistant to President George W. Bush for Strategic Initiatives and External Affairs - Member, Board of Trustees, Woodrow Wilson Center; Gerald Seib, Assistant Managing Editor and Executive Washington Editor, The Wall Street Journal; and, John Shadegg, U.S. Representative (R-Ariz.) - House Energy and Commerce Committee.

To watch the video, please visit: http://legacy.wilsoncenter.org/ondemand/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.play&mediaid=25390469-CCBF-27FB-23B675DAEAF7FFDD