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BRS Debate at Ohio State University

Monday, March 11, 2013
6PM-9PM

Be it Resolved:
“Current Financial Conflict of Interest Policies Create Unjustified Obstacles
to Medical Innovation and the Development of Affordable, Quality Medical Care”

Further details to be posted here soon.

 

Yale University BRS Chapter presents The Arthur N. Rupe Debate Series

BE IT RESOLVED THAT
“Markets with Limited Government Intervention are the Best Way
to Control Spending Growth in Health Care.”

February 11th, 2013, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Pre-Debate Reception at 6:00 p.m.
Yale University School of Medicine – Harkness Auditorium

In Favor
Avik Roy (NYC)
Author of “The Apothecary”, Forbes
Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute

Joshua Archambault, MPP (Boston, MA)
Director of Health Care Policy,
Pioneer Institute of Public Policy Research

Opposed
Dr. Elizabeth Rosenthal, MD (NYC)
Asst. Clinical Professor, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine; Physicians for a National Health Plan

Dr. Theodore Marmor, PhD (NYC)
Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Management,
Yale School of Management

MODERATOR: Dr. Jack Hughes, MD.
Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

Yale University School of Medicine – Harkness Auditorium
333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT, 06510
Parking is available at the Air Rights and Howard Avenue Garages.

• Cosponsored with Yale Medical School Healthcare Improvement Group, American Medical Student
Association, Graduate and Professional Student Senate and Yale Healthcare and Life Sciences Club •

Event is free but seating is limited. Please reserve your seat at http://bit.ly/U1OaDk
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Benjamin Rush Society GWU Debate on Social Justice


 

November 28 Debate at GWU

The Benjamin Rush Society Presents
The Arthur N. Rupe Debate Series
 
Be It Resolved That:

"The Requirements of Social Justice are in Conflict with the
Requirements of an Ethical Doctor-Patient Relationship
"

George Washington University School of Medicine

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Pre-Debate Reception at 7:00 p.m

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May 17: A Debate on Obamacare At UC San Diego

Doctors operating The Benjamin Rush Society Presents The Arthur N. Rupe Debate Series:

Be It Resolved That:

"Obamacare (PPACA) Is Harmful to Physicians & Patients"

University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
Medical Education - Telemedicine (MET) Building, Auditorium
9500 Gilman Avenue, La Jolla, CA 92093-0618
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Pre-debate reception at 5:00 p.m. Debate at 6:00 p.m.

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Debate at Harvard Medical School, May 3, 2012

Doctors operating The Benjamin Rush Society Presents The Arthur N. Rupe Debate Series:

Be It Resolved That:

"Government Is Harmful to Medical Innovation"

Harvard Medical School
Tosteson Medical Education Center (TMEC), Floor 2, Room 227
260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Pre-debate reception at 5:45 p.m. Debate at 6:30 p.m.

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April 17: A Debate on Government and Health Care in New Jersey

Doctors operating The Benjamin Rush Society Presents The Arthur N. Rupe Debate Series:

Be It Resolved That:

"Health Care Should Not Be The Responsibility of the Federal Government"

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
The Daniel I. Kessler Teaching Laboratories, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Pre-debate reception at 5 p.m. Debate at 6 p.m.

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NBC News Interviews San Antonio (TX) Chapter Leader

WOAI LogoOn March 28, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio chapter of the Benjamin Rush Society hosted Jane Hughes, MD and Kris Held, MD to discuss Obamacare's threats to medical practice and patient welfare. NBC's local affiliate sent a crew to cover the event, interviewing the physicians and our UTHSCSA chapter co-president, Marcos Mavromaras.

See the short news clip here.