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AUGUSTA — The University of Maine at Augusta College of Arts and Sciences and the UMA Senior College will present a Forum on the Future titled “Health Care for All: What Does It Mean to Us?” Sunday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. at Jewett Auditorium, 46 University Drive.
The program will feature a panel of three speakers followed by a refreshment break with a question and answer period to complete the program. All forums are free and open to the public.
The program will cover three aspects of universal health care:
* A general description of our current health care system and what it means to people in their daily lives; * Economic information on the related aspects of the adoption of a single-payer or universal health care system; * Information on the various avenues that could lead to adoption of a plan to provide health care for all.
The program speakers will include:
* Phil Caper, M.D., a founding member of Maine All Care, an organization devoted to the establishment of publicly-funded healthcare coverage for all Maine residents. Caper received his bachelors, masters and medical degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles. He trained in Internal Medicine on the Harvard Medical Unit at Boston City Hospital, and taught at numerous universities.
* Jeff Dunn, M.D. who also has extensive experiences in healthcare, graduating from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute and Albany Medical College and receiving an MBA from Temple University. He trained in general and cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Michigan, practicing pediatric Cardiac Surgery at Temple and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. However, his experiences at the Great Ormand Street Hospital for Sick Children and the Harley Street Clinic in London, England, gave him a unique experience with England’s universal and single-payer health care system.
* Betsy Sweet earned her bachelor’s degree at Colgate University, and master’s in spiritual psychology at the University of Santa Monica. She had a successful consulting business, Moose Ridge Associates, and now a thriving counseling/coaching business, Sweet Spirit. She has long been involved in promoting many positive issues related to health care policy, women, victims of abuse, the disabled, the elderly and others. She did the research that led to and then helped write Maine’s first Clean Election Law and the first Family Medical Leave act in the country.
UMA Senior College is open to all persons 50 years of age or older, their spouses or partners. For more information, call 207-621-3551, e.mail umasc@maine.edu or visit umasc.org.
