Health Policy Experts Debate How to Achieve Health Care for All: Can We Move Beyond Rhetoric to Reality?

5/2/2003

From: Stephanie Sherman of the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund, 202-973-0569; Web site: http://www.stopbreastcancer.org

News Advisory:

WHO: -- Karen Davis, president, The Commonwealth Fund -- Judy Feder, Dean of Public Policy at Georgetown University; Senior Scholar at Georgetown University's Institute of Health Care Research and Policy -- Karen Ignagni, president, American Association of Health Plans -- Christopher Jennings, president, Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc.; Former Senior Health Policy Advisor under the Clinton Administration -- Tamera Stanton Luzzatto, chief of staff, U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton

WHAT: "The Politics of Health Care For All" Plenary Session at The National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund's (NBCC) 11th Annual Advocacy Conference

WHEN: Monday, May 5, 2003; 8:15 a.m. - 10 a.m.

WHERE: The Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC (999 9th Street, NW)

Access to quality health care for all individuals has been one of NBCC's highest priorities since its inception. What are Congress and the Administration doing to accomplish this goal? How can health care activists move this issue forward, and ensure that policy makers do more than pay lip service to this critical issue? Hear the viewpoints of representatives of the Administration and Congress, and health policy experts about how to ensure that individuals have access to quality care and about the obstacles that stand in the way.

NBCC is the first breast cancer group to make access to health care for all a top priority. "We will not end breast cancer until all women have guaranteed access to quality healthcare regardless of their ability to pay," stated NBCC President Fran Visco.

The National Breast Cancer Coalition is a grassroots organization dedicated to ending breast cancer through the power of action and advocacy. NBCC has more than 600 member organizations and 70,000 members across the country.