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What is the FORUM?

The FORUM is a non-partisan, inter-disciplinary, educational program dedicated to providing informed discussion on current health policy issues. It is directed by Dr. Marilynn M. Rosenthal and is a division of the Program in Society and Medicine at the University of Michigan Health System

Inspired in 1992 by the presidential election debates on health care reform, the FORUM brings nationally known experts together with knowledgeable University of Michigan faculty and experts from the region for timely, informed presentations. The FORUM format tries to juxtapose the voices of different interest groups, scholars, social science researchers, policy makers, and program implementers.

Other general objectives include but are not limited to the following:

1. To provide a non-partisan, educational opportunity for the University of Michigan faculty, staff, students, and the citizens of southeast Michigan to study health policy: the substantive issues, the legislative process and the political dynamics;
2. To strengthen the ties and working relationship between the University of Michigan, health-related organizations, the U.S. Congress and the State of Michigan;
3. To help shape public and private debate on critical aspects of proposed health care reform;
4. To provide information on the impact of change and new opportunities it may present to the State of Michigan, the University of Michigan and its health care system.

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