Health Care Challenges Facing the Nation A Conference - October 7, 2004 National dilemmas, your health: Politics & Policymaking Racial & Ethnic Disparities The Specter of Rationing Could R&D Break the Bank? Cosponsored by the Center for Health Policy and the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St. Louis, and by the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC Speakers include: David Satcher, MD, PhD U.S. Surgeon General, 1998–2002; Director, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine James Kimmey, MD, MPH President and CEO, Missouri Foundation for Health Henry Aaron, PhD Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair, The Brookings Institution David Cutler, PhD Professor of Economics, Academic Dean, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Harvard University Gail Wilensky, PhD Senior Fellow, Project HOPE Mark McClellan, MD, PhD Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services US Department of Health and Human Services Event Location: Eric P. Newman Education Center Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. For more information: Phone (314) 935-5652 warren@wustl.edu