Join ColumbiaDC in Welcoming
Michael Sparer, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair,
Department of Health Policy & Management Mailman School of Public Health
at Columbia University
as he presents on the topic of
The Affordable Care Act
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S WASHINGTON, DC WORLDWIDE NETWORKING EVENT
Cost: $25.00 per person for Members and $35.00 for Non Members
Hors D’oeuvres and Cash Bar
The nation is in the midst of a fierce and partisan debate over the future of the health care system. In this talk, Professor Sparer will discuss the recently enacted federal legislation (the Affordable Care Act) that is at the heart of that debate. What does the ACA mean for all Americans? What can we expect to see as the law unfolds? What are the real pros and cons of the ACA as it stands and how might it be better? How does the ACA fit with underlying market-based changes in the healthcare system? Dr. Sparer will speak to us about his perspective followed with time for questions and answers.
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Dr. Sparer Biography: Michael S. Sparer, J.D., Ph.D. is Professor and Chair in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Professor Sparer studies and writes about the politics of health care, with a particular emphasis on the health insurance and health delivery systems for low-income populations, and the ways in which inter-governmental relations influences policy.
His current projects include a review and analysis of lessons learned from thirty years of Medicaid managed care programs, a book funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that examines how American federalism influenced the politics and substance of the recently enacted Affordable Care Act, and a comparison of inter-governmental health politics in the U.S. and U.K.
He is a two-time winner of the Mailman School’s Student Government Association Teacher of the Year Award, as well as the recipient of a 2010 Columbia University Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching.
Professor Sparer spent seven years as a litigator for the New York City Law Department, specializing in inter-governmental social welfare litigation. After leaving the practice of law, Sparer obtained a Ph.D. in Political Science from Brandeis University.
Sparer is the former editor of theJournal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, and the author of Medicaid and the Limits of State Health Reform, as well as numerous articles and book chapters.
