This year’s summit explores two important & timely topics: bipartisan market-based approaches to healthcare reform, and the need for civil discourse in a free and virtuous society.
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Session 1 | The Value of Free Markets and Competition in Delivery of Healthcare: Building on a Wisconsin Experiment, and a Disruptive Proposal for National Reform by Author David Goldhill
Location: Collaboratorium
8:00 | A bipartisan way to implement markets and competition in healthcare - Dr. Daniel Sem, Author of Purple Solutions: A Bipartisan Roadmap
8:30 | Morning Keynote: The Catastrophic Care Approach to Healthcare Delivery - David Goldhill, Author of Catastrophic Care
9:30 | Strategies to do insurance in Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Health Plan (WHP) and a look to the future for how best to provide universal healthcare - Dr. Tim Bartholow, VP/CMO of WEA Trust and Health Tradition
9:45 | The free market economist reaction to the WHP and how best to do universal healthcare - Dr. Scott Niederjohn, Senior VP, Lakeland University
10:00 | Revisiting the past: Wisconsin’s prior attempt at universal healthcare, and how best to use markets and competition for insurance - David Riemer, Author of Putting Government in its Place: The Case for a New Deal 3.0
10:30 | Panel on future strategies for market-based approaches to healthcare reform - Riemer & Niederjohn, moderated by Daniel Sem
Session 2 | The Importance of Civil Discourse and Rights of Conscience to a Free and Virtuous Society
11:00 | Civil Discourse, Freedom of Conscience, and their Enemies: A History - Dr. Angus Menuge, Chair of Philosophy, Concordia University
Location: Todd Wehr Theater
12:00 | Lunch Keynote: Civil Discourse and Rights of Conscience - Robert P. George, Author of Conscience and Its Enemies, Professor Princeton University
12:20 | Interview of Robert George by Sam Gregg
12:40 | Q&A, questions fielded by Sam Gregg
1:00 | Truth as the Foundation of Civility and Conscience -Sam Gregg, Research Director, Acton Institute
Lunch: Grab a free boxed lunch on your way into the Collaboratorium
Location: Collaboratorium
1:45 | Student panel demonstrating civil discourse on contemporary and controversial topics, such as the handling of lock-downs, the cancel culture, face masks, etc.
2:45 | Essay contest winners announced; Closing remarks from Concordia and Acton - Dan Churchwell, Director of Program Outreach, Acton Institute
3:00 | Private session with students; essay contest winners
This event will be held in a hybrid manner with capacity for 35 in-person guests and limitless capacity on Zoom. Only CUW students and faculty are permitted to attend in person due to COVID restrictions. The public is invited to attend virtually. Register here.
Click here for the 2020 Liberty, Virtue and Economics Summit agenda.