BOB KERREY TO HOST LIVE WEBCAST ON
HEALTH-CARE REFORM DEBATE WITH TOP AIDES TO
U.S. SENATORS REID, KENNEDY AND BAUCUS

New School President and former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey will host a live webcast from the recording studio in the U.S. Senate to discuss the health-care reform debate raging on Capitol Hill this summer. He will be joined by three top advisors to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senators Edward Kennedy and Max Baucus, the Democratic leaders shaping reform legislation. Panelists will provide an inside look at the latest proposed legislative approaches to health-care reform, including a public health-care plan, reducing reform’s price tag, taxing employer-provided health-care benefits, points of agreement—and tension—between the White House and Congress, and lessons learned from the Massachusetts model of universal coverage. Viewers will be able to submit questions online.

Kate Leone, Senior Health Counsel, Office of Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)
Kate Leone is senior health counsel to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). She works on Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, health coverage, and prescription drug and medical device issues. Ms. Leone joined Senator Reid’s staff in January 2005 after serving as counsel to the previous Senate Democratic Leader, Tom Daschle, and working as a senior policy advisor with the Senate Democratic Policy Committee. Her previous experience includes working on health-care matters as an attorney for the United States Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. She received a J.D. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Cornell University.

Dr. John E. McDonough, Senior Health Policy Advisor, Office of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
Dr. McDonough advises Senator Kennedy on national health reform and is an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is the former executive director of Health Care For All, Massachusetts’ leading consumer health advocacy organization. From 1998 through 2003, he was an associate professor at the Heller School at Brandeis University. Prior to that, he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he co-chaired the Joint Committee on Health Care.

Russ Sullivan, Democratic Staff Director, Senate Committee on Finance
Russ Sullivan plays a leading role in helping the Senate Finance Committee, led by Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), to shape the nation’s tax system. Mr. Sullivan served as the committee’s chief tax counsel under former Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) and as tax counsel and legislative director for then-Senator Bob Graham (D-FL).

Thursday, July 23, 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Live from U.S. Senate Recording Studio. Click here to register. You will receive an e-mail confirmation with a link to the webcast site.