President of People’s Medical Society Charles B. Inlander to Speak at the Holden Public Policy Forum @ Webster University
Charles B. Inlander, president of the People’s Medical Society, health commentator on Public Radio International’s Marketplace, and a founder of the Civil Justice Foundation, will discuss the “Health Care Mayhem: Why Consumers Must Recapture America’s Health Care System”, September 21, 7pm, at the Old Post Office in downtown
St. Louis, 815 Olive Blvd. Inlander will be speaking as part of the “Healthy Futures” series of the Holden Public Policy Forum @ Webster University.
In his presentation, he will document the decline of the American health care system and the erosion of the public’s influence on health care policy. He will also outline how the American public can and must recapture the health care system in order to make it responsive to consumer needs and efficient in the way it does business.
Inlander has guided one of the most influential consumer health advocacy organizations in the United States, the People’s Medical Society, since it’s founding in early 1983. He began the Charles Inlander Organization, Inc., an international health marketing, media and communications consulting firm and is the co-author of many best-selling and award winning books including Take This Book to the Hospital with You, Medicine on Trial and Medicare Made Easy.
Holden Public Policy Forum @ Webster University events are held at the Old Post Office, where Webster University has a campus, with forum events taking place in the third floor Missouri Courtroom of Appeals.
Thanks to the support of AT&T, the speeches are broadcast live through the Holden Public Policy website, www.webster.edu/holdenppf, and students from across the globe are encouraged to send their questions to the speaker before, during or after the speech. All forum events are free and open to the public but reservations are required and may be made at: www.webster.edu/holdenppf.
The 2006 Healthy Futures series focuses on public health issues facing America and the world in the 21st century. The upcoming Healthy Futures speaker is Brigadier General Sheila Baxter, Webster University alumna and first female general in the Medical Services Corps. Check the website for specific evening lecture date and time.
Former Missouri Governor Bob Holden and Webster University President Richard S. Meyers created a bi-partisan lecture series bringing governors, senators, presidential candidates and private sector public policy leaders to St. Louis to discuss key national and international issues.
Founded in 1915 and based in St. Louis, Missouri, Webster University is a nonprofit, international university with a worldwide network of more than 100 campuses across the United States, Europe and Asia. The University enrolls approximately 20,000 students worldwide and offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs through the College of Arts and Sciences, the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts, the School of Business and Technology, the School of Communications and the School of Education. The University’s mission is educating students to be lifelong, independent learners in an ever-changing international society.
