Public Deliberation

Coping with the Cost of Health Care: How do we pay for what we need?

December 4, 2008, 6 PM - 8 PM

HPL LOCATIONS

Central Library
Scenic Woods Regional
McGovern-Stella Link

Forty-seven million Americans lack health insurance, while costs continue to spiral out of control for those who do have coverage. Further, one in four Texans lack health insurance coverage and the cost of coverage is increasing ten times faster than income, reports The Center for Public Policy Priorities. The nation spends more than any other country on health care, but many are still dissatisfied with what we have to show for it. Now is the time to face the difficult choices needed to make our U.S. health-care system function properly. The UHD Center for Public Deliberation in collaboration with the Houston Public Library will join a variety of communities and Presidential Libraries across Texas and the U.S. in discussing this important issue. Citizens of Houston are asked to join this important forum to learn from other citizen perspectives and to contribute their own perspectives.

Registration is required. For more information, and to register,
please see www.uhd.edu