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Since there's nowhere you'd rather be than Austin, Texas, in the middle of the summer, in a convention hall full of bloggers, I presume you're all coming to Netroots Nation (and if you've not bought tickets, you still can!). I'm loaded up for three panels on Saturday. At 10:30am, there's:
Time for Action: How the Netroots Can Lead on Healthcare ReformSat, 07/19/2008 - 10:30am, Ballroom GWill healthcare reform be delivered to the American people? Not if we sit by and don't take action. This panel brings together fierce advocates of healthcare reform. You'll meet Nataline Sarkisyan's mother, who turned her grief into action. A cancer surgeon struggling with a rising tide of insurance company denials. A politician spearheading civil and criminal investigations into insurance industry practices. A trauma nurse/activist. And a policy expert with answers.PANELISTS: Hilda Sarkisyan, Giuseppe Del Priore, MD, MPH, Geri Jenkins, RN, Eve Gittelson, Ezra Klein, Rocky DelgadilloOddly, I'm supposed to be a policy expert with answers. Then, at 1:30pm, I'm on a panel that's sort of the same, but also different!:
Emerging Trends in Healthcare OnlineSat, 07/19/2008 - 1:30pm, Room 19The conversational landscape of healthcare online has transformed rapidly. New tools and platforms are transforming the ability of a wide spectrum of parties including healthcare providers, patients, consumers, policymakers and experts to connect to talk about solutions to their healthcare challenges. Experts on the frontier will share the new healthcare trends and share their thoughts on the potential applications and implications for the future of American healthcare.PANELISTS: Josh Orton, Ezra Klein, Ash Damle, Melinda Gibson, Julia EismanThen, at 4:30, I'm running a panel that will touch on health care, but not specifically be about it, which makes it a totally revolutionary effort for me:
The Social Democratic MovementSat, 07/19/2008 - 4:30pm, Room 19“Liberalism is, I think, resurgent,” John Kenneth Galbraith once said. “The reason is so many people are aware of the alternative.” Among the many forces contributing to a progressive resurgence is the simple realities of the situation: the underlying facts of the economy, of the health system, of our financial system demand a return of communally guaranteed security, rather than continued increases in risk. To understand this shift in the underlying dynamics, and how far it’s gone, is to take a very different view of what’s possible for progressives in the coming years.PANELISTS: Chris Hayes, Ben Brandzel, Elisabeth Jacobs, Ezra KleinCome one, come all.
