BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34665216-6b77-419d-972b-dca10dea9d71.175931@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20170126T142518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170126T142518Z LOCATION:Plaster Student Union\, Robert W. Ballroom East SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference - Health insurance equity and the curren t debate DESCRIPTION:Most Americans believe that access to basic health care is a f undamental right of every citizen\, yet health insurance coverage is a pr oblem that remains.  How do we make a commitment to this national policy aim by having all citizens eligible for insurance\, while maintaining low premiums? How have the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion funds\ , or lack thereof\, affected the health insurance marketplace? What new i deas are being explored on how to reach equity in health insurance\, thro ugh a “public option” approach\, which offers a Medicare-like plan or a s ingle payer system for everyone? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p><s pan>Most Americans believe that access to basic health care is a fundamen tal right of every citizen\, yet health insurance coverage is a problem t hat remains. &nbsp\;How do we make a commitment to this national policy a im by having all citizens eligible for insurance\, while maintaining low premiums? How have the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion funds\, or lack thereof\, affected the health insurance marketplace? What new id eas are being explored on how to reach equity in health insurance\, throu gh a &ldquo\;public option&rdquo\; approach\, which offers a Medicare-lik e plan or a single payer system for everyone?</span></p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170407T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170407T114500 SEQUENCE:0 URL:http://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/schedule/510/health- insurance-equity-and-the-current-debate CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR