Monday, January 13, 2014

NYC Debate: Is ObamaCare Beyond Rescue?

On Wednesday 1/15/2014, Intelligence Squared will host a debate on the topic, "Obamacare Is Now Beyond Rescue":
With the disastrous launch of the HealthCare.gov website, critics of the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” were given more fuel for the fire. Is this political hot potato's inevitability once again at stake? And is the medical community really on board with the law, or resisting (rewriting?) it from the sidelines?

Panelists taking the "For" side include:

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    For

    Dr. Scott Gottlieb
    Practicing Physician & Former Deputy Commissioner, FDA
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    For

    Megan McArdle
    Writer and Columnist, Bloomberg View    

On the "Against" side:

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    Against

    Jonathan Chait
    Political Commentator and Columnist, New York Magazine
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    Against

    Dr. Douglas Kamerow
    Family Physician & Former Assistant Surgeon General

The debate will be moderated by 


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    MODERATOR

    John Donvan
    Author & Correspondent for ABC News



The website includes a "LiveStreaming" tab for folks to watch online.

H/T: Dr. Evan Madianos for the information!

He also adds:
We are organizing a Tweet chat on Twitter at UPenn in the hopes of making it more interactive and engaging. We are promoting it on twitter to the general public and to radiology groups, other doctors groups and health policy groups...
The hashtag will be : #IQChat.