Friday 12 February 2016

One Nation: What’s our health care future?

RENO, Nev. — A concert hall with a live DJ and free beer sounds like the perfect place for a party.

But a public discussion about health care? That’s exactly what was on tap Thursday evening inside Cargo Concert Hall at Whitney Peak Hotel in downtown Reno during the Reno Gazette-Journaland USA TODAY’s “One Nation: Healthcare” event.

The event focused on serious health care topics, especially leading up to the presidential election this year. A panel of health care experts at the event touched on topics ranging from access to care and rising costs to medical marijuana and the effect of a younger, demanding generation on the industry.

Although the health care sector, which can be slow to change, has seen great improvement in matching demand and supply in the last five years, problems still abound, said panelist Katherine Hempstead, director of health insurance coverage for the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation. For the full article click here 



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