The increasing cost of health care impacts each one of us and is forcing both private and public sectors to spend more on these services.  Spiraling costs are forcing changes to a broken system, making a national health care plan a foregone conclusion. What we don’t hear much about is how major health disparities among populations of color and middle and lower social /economic communities drives rising costs. 

Join Shannon Jones, Assistant Director, Health & Human Services for Austin/Travis County as he moderates a discussion among a distinguished panel of leading health care experts. Topics will also include an examination of mental health and veterans health issues as they are affected by this debate. The forum will address these issues and discuss the impact a national health care plan will have on the health of the nation and the Central Texas.

The event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the State parking lot near the ATT Conference Center.

Presented by the Central Texas Chapter of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators and generously supported by the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin.