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Press advisory: Panel of Experts will discuss SCOTUS oral arguments on healthcare reform and its potential implication

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments on healthcare reform, legal experts to discuss the potential outcomes and implications.

Speakers to include healthcare policy and law experts

WHAT: The Supreme Court and the Affordable Care Act: A Consumer Perspective. Co-sponsored by Michigan Consumers for Healthcare and the University of Michigan Law School Public Interest/Public Service Program, and Michigan Consumers for Healthcare (MCH), a coalition representing more than 140 organizations of healthcare consumers and patients across the state.

WHO: University of Michigan Law Professors Nicholas Bagley and Jill Horwitz will be joined by Attorney Gary Benjamin of Michigan Legal Services and Attorney Ryan Sullivan of Michigan Consumers for Healthcare to discuss how the Affordable Care Act affects consumers. The panel will be moderated by Law Professor Alison Hirschel.

WHEN: 12:10 p.m. – 1:10 p.m., Monday, March 26, 2012

WHERE:University of Michigan Law School

Hutchins Hall 100

625 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215

DETAILS: Arguments before the Supreme Court begin on Monday, March 26, 2012.

On that same day, a panel of healthcare experts will discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its potential effect on healthcare in Michigan. The panel will address the ways the Supreme Court’s ruling could change the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. This “Supreme Court and the ACA:  A Consumer Perspective” luncheon is hosted by Michigan Consumers for Healthcare and the University of Michigan Law School Public Interest/Public Service Program.

Category: healthcare reform