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NFIB to Convene Healthcare Forum
07/25/2008

CONTACT: Stephanie Cathcart, 202-314-2056

WHAT: Healthcare forum: Healthcare Reform in 2009: Will Reform Become Reality?

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation's leading small business association, is convening four health-policy forums to generate a dialogue on the future of healthcare reform.  This final Forum will feature leading journalists covering the healthcare crisis. 
 
NFIB will also release The Faces of the Healthcare Crisis: Small Business in America, a collection of stories from small business owners nationwide, at this Forum. These stories profile the men and women on the frontlines of the healthcare crisis. NFIB is carrying their stories to Congress and the next Administration to ensure that the needs of small business are included in any proposed healthcare reform legislation.

WHO: Moderated by Robert Graboyes, Ph.D., Senior Healthcare Advisor, NFIB 

Featured panelists:

  • Ceci Connolly, Washington Post
  • Chris Frates, Politico
  • Stephen Moore, editorial board member/senior economics writer, Wall Street Journal

WHERE: Kaiser Family Foundation
Barbara Jordan Conference Center
1330 G St. NW 
Washington, D.C., 20005

WHEN: July 28, 2008
10:30 a.m. – noon EDT
Refreshments will be served

NFIB is the nation's leading small business advocacy association, with offices in Washington, D.C., and all 50 state capitals. Founded in 1943 as a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, NFIB gives small- and independent-business owners a voice in shaping the public policy issues that affect their business. NFIB's powerful network of grassroots activists send their views directly to state and federal lawmakers through our unique member-only ballot, thus playing a critical role in supporting America's free enterprise system. NFIB's mission is to promote and protect the right of our members to own, operate and grow their businesses. More information about NFIB is available online at www.NFIB.com/newsroom.
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