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Thur. Oct. 24, 7 pm, First Unitarian Church: “The Economic Case for Medicare for All”

October 24, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Hear Economics Professor Gerald Friedman, Ph.D., speak on the funding of a national single payer, improved Medicare for All, health care plan.

Gerald Friedman, PhD, Professor of Economics at U Mass, Amherst
Gerald Friedman, PhD, Professor of Economics at U Mass, Amherst

Thursday, October 24, 2019

7:00 pm

First Unitarian Church

809 S. 4th St., Louisville 40203

 

Professor Friedman was a Phi Beta Kappa member and Magna Cum Laude graduate of Columbia University. He obtained his doctorate from Harvard University, where he received a Certificate of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

He has written extensively on the funding of single payer health care systems.

 

In his study “Funding HR 676: The Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act — How we can afford a national single-payer health plan,” he outlines the costs and benefits of Rep. John Conyers’ national single-payer legislation.

 

He has provided expert testimony in the US Senate on his study of the financial analysis of single payer national health insurance.

Sponsored by: Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care, PO Box 17595, Louisville, KY 40217, www.kyhealthcare.org, nursenpo@aol.com, 502 636 1551,

Details

Date:
October 24, 2019
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Venue

First Unitarian Church
809 S. 4th St.
Louisville, KY 40203,
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