UPDATE: Watch the video of this event here.
Karen Bass, representative for the 33rd Congressional district and former California Assembly Speaker, will speak at UCLA on Friday, April 29, about the impact of the proposed sweeping cuts to the nation's health care system, including proposals to fundamentally alter the structure of two popular programs affecting millions of Americans: Medicare and Medicaid. Bass, who has championed expanded children's health coverage, improvements in education and infrastructure, support of foster children, and other issues, will also discuss how cuts to federal programs and services may impact the research budgets of federal agencies and universities like UCLA.
This event is sponsored jointly by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, and the UCLA School of Public Health.
This event is free and open to the public.
Topic: "The Impact of Federal Budget Cuts on Medicare, Medicaid, and Health Research"
Date: Friday, April 29, 2011
Time: Noon - 1 p.m.
Location: Neuroscience Research Building (NRB) Auditorium, 635 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90024 [Map]
Parking can be found in Structure 9, immediately adjacent to the auditorium. [Parking map] Parking passes are $10 and can be purchased at the parking kiosk on Westwood Blvd., just north of Charles E. Young Drive.
Register here.