National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
September 19, 2009
Part 1
Welcome
Richard E. Ralston, Executive Director, Americans for Free Choice in Medicine www.afcm.org
"Individual Rights and Health Care Reform"
John David Lewis, Ph.D., Duke University;
Author, Nothing Less than Victory: Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History www.classicalideals.com
"How a National Health-Insurance Mandate Would Affect Your Privacy"
Sue Blevins, M.P.H., M.S., President, Institute for Health Freedom www.forhealthfreedom.org
Part 2
"Health-Care Policy: Diagnosing the Problem and Prescribing the Cure"
Arthur Astorino, Jr., M.D., Chairman and Founder, Americans for Free Choice in Medicine www.afcm.org
Question Period
Part 3
"The Problem with Mandates and the Benefits of Free-Market Consumer Health Care"
Greg Scandlen, Senior Fellow and Director, Consumers for Health Care Choices, Heartland Institute www.chcchoices.org
"Medical Innovation — and Why It’s Important Not to Kill the Goose that Lays the (Health-Care) Golden Eggs"
Paul Howard, Ph.D., Director, Center for Medical Progress, Manhattan Institute www.manhattaninstitute.org
Part 4
"Capturing the Moral High Ground: Why Only Private Health Care Is Moral"
Yaron Brook, Ph.D., President, Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights www.aynrandcenter.org