Gail Wilensky of Project HOPE Discusses Health Care Reform at Shenandoah University, Nov. 30
Project Hope Senior Fellow Gail Wilensky, a leading figure in healthcare policy making, will share her perspectives on healthcare reform on Monday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Halpin-Harrison Hall’s Stimpson Auditorium on Shenandoah University's main campus
Wilensky, a senior fellow at Project HOPE, is the former administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, directing the Medicare and Medicaid programs
Project Hope Senior Fellow Gail Wilensky, a leading figure in healthcare policy making, will share her perspectives on healthcare reform on Monday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Halpin-Harrison Hall’s Stimpson Auditorium on the main campus of Shenandoah University in Winchester. The event is free and open to the public.
Her presentation, “What Health Care Reform Will Mean for You,”is sponsored by Valley Health, local business professionals and Shenandoah University’s Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business.
Wilensky, a senior fellow at Project HOPE, is the former administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, directing the Medicare and Medicaid programs. She chaired the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and later, the Physician Payment Review Commission. A member of the Institute of Medicine, she earned her Ph.D. in economics at the University of Michigan.
Founded in 1958, Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) is dedicated to providing lasting solutions to health problems, with the mission of helping people to help themselves. Identifiable to many by the SS HOPE, the world's first peacetime hospital ship, Project HOPE now conducts land-based medical training and health education programs in 35 countries across five continents. For more information, visit http://www.projecthope.org/.