Up to the Minute Panel: Taking the Pulse of U.S. Health Care: 50 Days into the Trump Administration

Date & Time Mar 06 2017 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker(s)
See list of panelists below.
Audience Open to the Public

Note: This event is part of the March 6 Day of Action | Knowledge & Democracy in Action at Princeton University.

President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans have vowed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, promising to submit a replacement plan in “a couple of weeks.” Speaker of the House Paul Ryan also released a policy paper outlining proposals such as health care tax credits and increased health savings accounts.   

On Monday, March 6, Princeton University scholars will gather for a panel discussion on the status of the Affordable Care Act and health care in America 50 days into the Trump administration.

Panelists include:

·      Paul Starr, Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

·      Nolan McCarty, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs; Chair, Department of Politics, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

·      Heather Howard, Lecturer in Public Affairs; Director, State Health Reform Assistance Network, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

·      Ilyana Kuziemko, Professor of Economics; Co-Director, Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

The discussion will be moderated by Janet Currie, Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs; Chair, Department of Economics; Co-director, Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University.

This event is co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School and the Center for Health and Wellbeing.