Can We Put a Price on Good Health? Controlling the Cost of Healthcare

The United States healthcare system is a three trillion dollar enterprise, the largest in the developed world. Spending more than two to three times more money on healthcare, than the second leading country. When you consider that we are only the fifteenth healthiest country, it begs the question, are we getting our money's worth? This forum features two renowned experts who will discuss the causes and potential solutions to the extraordinary cost of American healthcare. Physician, journalist and Stanford alum Elisabeth Rosenthal has drawn national attention to the rising costs of U.S. health care through her widely-praised “Paying Till It Hurts” series in The New York Times. She will be joined by Professor Doug Owens, the Director of Stanford’s Center for Health Policy and an expert in health care cost-effectiveness research.

The Stanford Health Policy Forum is free and open to the public. For more information visit: http://healthpolicyforum.stanford.edu/.