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Beginning in June, Congress will launch the latest round of an Obama administration-supported effort to overhaul and transform the U.S. health care system through complex, comprehensive, and controversial legislation. The five core elements within this health reform plan include mandates for universal coverage, a national health insurance exchange, a new public plan option for individuals not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid, revenue increases and spending offsets amounting to at least $1 trillion over the next ten years, and limits on the future scope and scale of medical treatment options.

At this event, several panels of AEI scholars, health industry experts, and health policy researchers will examine the likely impact, feasibility, and support for such policy reforms and the context within which they will be debated in the months ahead. During a luncheon address, Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, will provide a preview of this summer's proceedings on Capitol Hill, as well as his own proposal for improving the affordability, accessibility, and accountability of patient-centered health care. AEI resident fellow Thomas P. Miller will moderate.