THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE'S FOURTH ANNUAL CRONY CAPITALISM
CONFERENCENational health care spending rose to $3.65 trillion in
2018, up 4.6% from 2017. Yet a decade after the introduction of the
Affordable Care Act, access to affordable quality medical care and
prescription pharmaceuticals remains out of reach for many Americans.
At the same time excessive healthcare regulation and the lack of price
transparency have increased the profits for the middlemen in the
healthcare industry.
What role did government cronyism play in facilitating this crisis?
What is the path forward towards decreased regulation, increased price
transparency and expanded access to quality healthcare for all
Americans? And how will the potential results of the 2020 presidential
election impact the healthcare landscape?
Join us for a special discussion on this timely topic.
AGENDA
8:30 am: Breakfast
9:00 am: Welcome, John Burtka IV, executive director, The American
Conservative
9:10 am : Presentation & Q&A Joe Lonsdale, founding partner 8VC and
co-founder of Palantir
10:30-11:30: am
Panel 1: Middle Men, Mark- Ups & Mystery: How Cronyism Keeps Prices
High and Customers in the Dark
Dr. Robert Graboyes, senior research fellow and health care scholar,
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Joe Lonsdale, founding partner 8VC and co-founder of Palantir
Ross Marchand, director of policy, Taxpayer’s Protection Alliance
AnneMarie Schieber, research fellow at The Heartland Institute and
managing editor of Healthcare News (moderator)
11:30-11:45 am: Lunch
11:45 am- 1:00pm:
Panel 2: Beyond Obamacare: Would Medicare-for-all Curb Cronyism or
Make a Bad Situation Worse?
Michael F. Cannon, director of health policy studies, CATO Institute
Nick Sorrentino, co-founder and editor of AC2NEWS.com and
AgainstCronyCapitalism.
Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute
Leonora Cravotta, director of operations, The American Conservative
(moderator)
1:00 pm: Concluding Remarks, John Burtka IV
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