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League of Women Voters ®
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THINGS TO DO Consensus on Guilford County Jails
Study the county jails
(read our findings and observations)
INFORMATION Government linksJudical Fairness LEAGUE OBSERVATION CORPS
REPORTS ABOUT THE LEAGUE
LWVPT
brochure (PDF)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Diane Davis
VicePresident
Rebecca Klase Treasurer: Emily Herman email address: lwvpt@earthlink.net
Jail Study The Jail Study Committee addressed the Guilford County Board of County Commissioners on June 21. Read our statements.
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Speakers for Civics 104 March 11 Jonathan Oberlander, PhD Jonathan Oberlander, PhD, will be the first speaker in the Civics 104 series. Oberlander will address how the flow of money through the system influences health care decisions and policies.
Dr. Oberlander is well known for his work in health policy and for comparing various strategies for factors affecting the demand for health care reform. He has written a lead article on this subject for the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (Oct. 25, 2007) and has been a recent and returning guest on the National Public Radio (NPR) show Fresh Air hosted by Terri Gross. In describing his talk for the series, Dr. Oberlander
states that he “will provide an overview of the health care system (sources of insurance, the uninsured, cost control) and then discuss the politics of health reform as we head into the fall election.”
Dr. Oberlander is Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration in the School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Social Medicine in the School of Medicine, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Oberlander’s research interests include Medicare and Medicaid, aging and public policy, health care reform, health politics and policy and American politics and public policy. Dr. Oberlander is Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration in the School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Social Medicine in the School of Medicine, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Oberlander’s research interests include Medicare and Medicaid, aging and public policy, health care reform, health politics and policy and American politics and public policy. Quick links for more on Dr. Oberlander:
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