Friday, May 29, 2009

TODAY'S NEWS

   Obama Says Health Reform Must Be Done This Year
    AP/USA Today

   Sen. Kennedy Circulates Health Reform Legislation Draft That Would Require Employer Contributions, All U.S. Residents To Obtain Coverage
    Washington Post (Requires free, one-time registration)

News summaries of these stories and more will be published at 11:30 a.m. ET in the complete Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report.

TODAY'S HEALTH POLICY EVENTS

• Host: Food and Drug Law Institute
  Event: Conference, "Introduction to Biotechnology Law and Regulation: A Program Focusing on Human Biologicals and Drugs," May 28-29
  Location: Embassy Suites D.C. Convention Center, 900 10th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
  Event Contact: 202-371-1420; e-mail, CSDept@fdli.org; or visit Web site.
  
• Host: Novo Nordisk
  Event: Summit on the effect of diabetes on the U.S. economy and developments in diabetes prevention and management
  Start Time: 10:00 AM
  Location: Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
  Event Contact: 609-987-5800 or 919-550-2200; e-mail, nnpicustomercare@novonordisk.com
  
• Host: Better Vision Institute
  Event: Vision Summit 2009, "Focus on Eye Protection," May 28-29
  Location: National Press Club, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
  Event Contact: Eve Zartman-Ball, 703-548-4560; e-mail, ezb@visionsite.org
  
• Host: Children's Partnership
  Event: Discussion, "How National Health Reform Efforts Should Best Address Kids' Unique Health Care Needs"
  Start Time: 11:30 PM
  Location: U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, First and East Capitol streets, N.E., Washington, D.C.
  Event Contact: Hana Bieliauskas, 202-429-0033; e-mail, hbieliauskas@childrenspartnership.org
  

MONDAY'S EVENTS (6/1/2009)

• Host: Business Psychology Centre and International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics
  Event: Patient 2.0 Empowerment -- EHR for Personalizing and Improving Care, June 1-3
  Location: University of Westminster Regent Campus, London, England
  Event Contact: E-mail, 2008@icmcc.org; or visit Web site.
  
• Host: Galen Institute and Heritage Foundation
  Event: Discussion, "Challenges in the Health Reform Debate: Policy Proposals by President Obama and Congressional Leaders"
  Start Time: 12:00 PM
  Location: Russell Building, 485, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.
  Event Contact: Dustin Carmack, 202-608-6058; e-mail, dustin.carmack@heritage.org. Please RSVP
  
• Host: American Association for the Advancement of Science
  Event: Colloquium, "Future of Personalized Medicine," June 1-2
  Location: American Association for the Advancement of Science Auditorium, 12th and H streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.
  Event Contact: Earl Lane, 202-326-6431; e-mail, elane@aaas.org
  
• Host: Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus, American Heart Association and American Society of Nephrology
  Event: Briefing, "How NIH Is Investing Funds From the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act To Help Stimulate the Economy and Advance Medical Research"
  Start Time: 12:00 PM
  Location: Cannon Building, 121, Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
  Event Contact: Hayzell Gollopp, e-mail, hgollopp@aamc.org. Please RSVP
  
• Host: Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition
  Event: Forum, "Children's Health: The Future of Food and Nutrition Policy"
  Start Time: 3:30 PM
  Location: National Press Club, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
  Event Contact: Christine Fennelly, 617-636-3707; e-mail, christine.fennelly@tufts.edu
  

For a comprehensive list of upcoming National Health Policy events, please visit the Calendar.

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