Grand Rounds: Jonathan Oberlander, PhD “Beyond the ACA: Health Care Reform and the 2020 Elections”

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Wednesdays at 8am, Patient Family Resource Center Conference Room (Ground Floor, North Carolina Cancer Hospital)

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Presenter:  

Jonathan Oberlander, Ph.D  

Title: 

Beyond the ACA: Health Care Reform and the 2020 Elections

Bio:   

Jonathan Oberlander is Professor and Chair of Social Medicine in the School of Medicine and Professor of Health Policy & Management in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  He is also editor of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 

Dr. Oberlander’s research focuses on health care politics and policy, health reform, and Medicare.  He is author of The Political Life of Medicare, published by University of Chicago Press and co-editor of The Social Medicine Reader.  His articles have appeared in a range of academic journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, Health Affairs, Milbank Quarterly, Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, and Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 

Dr. Oberlander has commented on health care reform for a number of media outlets, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, the New York Review of Books, National Public Radio, the BBC, the Australian Broadcasting Company, CBS News, Politico, and PBS.

Oberlander holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in political science from Yale University, and a B.A. in political science from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 

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