A critical examination of presidential candidates' health care policies
 
What kinds of policies are candidates proposing to reform the health care system?  How will these proposals impact our generation?  Come join us on Monday, April 28 at 7pm in Edmunds Ballroom as we examine the difficult questions shaping the national health care discussion with David Beier and Richard Brown.

David Beier is currently the Senior Vice President of Global Government Affairs for Amgen.  Beier joins Amgen from the law firm of Hogan and Hartson in Washington, D.C. where he was a partner representing clients in the health care and technology fields, including pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms. He has an extensive government affairs and public policy background, and previously served as chief domestic policy advisor to the Vice President of the United States, Al Gore, from 1998 to early 2001. He also held positions as vice president of government affairs and public policy for Genentech and staff counsel in the U.S. House of Representatives. Beier holds a J.D. from Albany Law School and a bachelor's degree from Colgate University.

E. Richard Brown is the founder and director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a professor at the UCLA School of Public Health.  He received his PhD in sociology of education from the University of California, Berkeley.  Brown's recent research focuses on a variety of polices that affect the access of disadvanted populations to health care.  Brown and the Center's studies of health insurance coverage, uninsurance, and eligibility for public programs have been used by California's governors, legislators, and advocates in crafting health insurance legislation and programs. He served as a full-time senior consultant to the President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform, for which he co-chaired the work group on coverage for low-income families and individuals. He was health policy adviser to several candidates for President and is currently advising Senator Obama. He is a past president of the American Public Health Association.