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Friday, March 26, 2010
UD event to address health care for poor, uninsured
As President Barack Obama prepares to sign the final piece of landmark health care legislation, area doctors and students on Saturday, March 27, will discuss the issue as it affects low-income and uninsured residents in the Miami Valley.
The University of Dayton premedical program and Miami Valley Hospital are sponsoring the inaugural Health Care Symposium from noon to 6 p.m. at the UD Science Center.
The event is open to all local physicians and UD students.
The symposium offers two program tracks for students and doctors, giving medical professionals a chance to improve their understanding of health care issues for the uninsured, and allowing students to network with doctors to explore the career of health care.
The organizers of the symposium chose the theme of health care for the poor and uninsured because of the current national focus on health care reform and access.
Meeting the medical needs for the uninsured is a mounting challenge, said Dr. Mike Craig, a UD alumnus and retired Miami Valley Hospital physician.
“We don’t have a county hospital in our area, so the private hospitals have to take care of the needs of the indigent, which often comes at a considerable amount of cost,” Craig said.
Dr. Scott Morris, the keynote speaker, will address the growing concern of health care access. Morris is founder and executive director of Church Health Center in Memphis, Tenn., the nation’s largest faith-based clinic serving working uninsured people and their families.
The symposium is free to UD students. Physician registration is $50. To register, call (937) 229-3545 or click here.
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