Understanding the U.S. Health Care Conundrum

In the view of Dr. Jandel Allen-Davis, the issues concerning health care and health care reform are all about frames of reference.  What we have today, in effect a “sick care” system, is, in some respects the perfect storm of conflicting interests:  Interests of consumers (users), businesses (employers) and providers.  There is no common definition of the problem(s) we are trying to solve with reform, no agreement on desired outcomes. And a very real part of the problem is that whatever else is true, some one of these constituencies is always winning.

Dr. Allen-Davis has a sense of how to begin to bring order to the chaos.  Come hear her talk about how to tame the dragon.

About Jandel Allen-Davis

Dr. Allen Davis has responsibility for Kaiser Permanente Colorado’s community benefit investment, local and national government relations, internal and external communications and brand management.  She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School.  She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and prior to joining Kaiser she was an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.  She also spent four years in the Indian Health Service in Tuba City, Arizona.

She is currently serving her second term as a member of the Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners and was named President of the Board in May, 2009. She was a member of the Provider Task Force of the 2008 Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Reform and served as co-chair of the Colorado Medical Society Physician’s Congress on Health Care Reform.

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Mixed Green Salad with Condiments
Herb Vinaigrette and Ranch Dressing

House Made Pizza
Pepperoni and Cheese
Vegetarian and Cheese