Events › Upcoming Pioneer Events

Is the Massachusetts Model a Cure-All for the Country?

Thursday, March 11, 2010 — 4:30 p.m.
Reception to follow
Kennedy Room, Omni Parker House Hotel
60 School St.
Boston, MA

Building on Pioneer Institute’s ongoing studies of the Health Care Reform Act of 2006, a panel of health care and legal experts, including some who had a direct hand in crafting and implementing the Massachusetts reform, will discuss how it is or is not working, how applicable it is for federal use, and whether federal mandates are constitutional.

Featuring

  • David Rivkin, Esq. — Baker & Hostettler, LLP, Washington, D.C.
  • Nancy Turnbull — Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
  • Timothy Murphy — Beacon Health Strategies, Boston, MA
  • Wendy Mariner — BU School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Moderator

  • Amy Lischko — Pioneer Institute Senior Health Care Fellow;
    Tufts University, School of Medicine

Please call (617) 449-6699 or e-mail bostonfedsoc@hotmail.com to RSVP.

2010 Colby Hewitt Health Care Lecture

Featuring

Jeffrey S. Flier, MD, Dean, Harvard University Faculty of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Thursday, March 25, 2010 — 5:30 p.m. — 8:30pm
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
Harvard Medical School
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA

A light dinner will be served

Dr. Jeffrey S. Flier is uniquely positioned to critique health care reform in Massachusetts and on the national level. Dean Flier is the Caroline Shields Walker Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. An endocrinologist, Dr. Flier served as Harvard Medical School Faculty Dean for Academic Programs and Chief Academic Officer for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). He has authored over 200 scholarly papers and reviews, and received numerous honors from professional medical societies.

This event is invitation only

Please RSVP by March 18 to James Fenton at jfentonpioneerinstitute.org or 617.723.2277 ext. 200.

U.S. History Education and Civic Engagement

Featuring

E.D. Hirsch, Jr. Retired Professor of Education and Humanities, University of Virginia

and

Andrew J. Rotherham Co-Founder and Partner, Bellwether Education and Author of Eduwonk.com

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 — 2:00 p.m. — 4:30pm
Suffolk University Law School
120 Tremont Street
Boston, MA

A panel of education and policy experts will be in attendance to discuss the issue of U.S. History education and civic engagement.

Moderating the panel discussion will be Eugenia Kemble of the Albert Shanker Institute.

Panelists will be Linda Nathan, Lynne Munson and Sandra Stotsky.

This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
A book signing with Professor Hirsch will follow.

Please RSVP by March 24 to Shannon Garber at sgarberpioneerinstitute.org or 617.723.2277 ext. 217.