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BOISE STATE NEWS RELEASE: October 4, 2007

Louis Sullivan to Speak Oct. 16 at the Morrison Center for the Distinguished Lecture Series

Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, former U.S. secretary of health and human services under President George H.W. Bush, will speak as part of the Boise State University Distinguished Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Oct. 16, in the Morrison Center. The lecture is free and open to the public. Limited seating is available on a first-come basis. Doors open at
6 p.m. and parking is free.

In his presentation titled “Healthcare 2007: Managing the Future,” Sullivan proposes a two-pronged approach to improving the nation's health-care system — changing people’s personal health habits and fine-tuning the overall system. In June, Sullivan embarked on a nationwide campaign to discuss the consequences of “cost-over-care” health delivery.

Sullivan’s lecture is sure to provide a thought-provoking discussion on an issue that affects the lives of all Americans. He will discuss how health facilitators must educate the American public to be a part of the solution through healthy lifestyles and making prevention a top national priority, and the role government can play to improve the overall system. He recommends curbing malpractice suits via tort reform, ensuring that our national health-care strategy supports primary care as a principal means of expanding access to the underserved, and reorienting our systems of health insurance (public and private) to reduce the number of uninsured citizens.

Sullivan is a founder and former president of Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, and host of the public television series “Frontiers of Medicine.”

Since 2001, the student-funded Distinguished Lecture Series has brought speakers to Boise State who have had a major impact in politics, the arts, science, business or in another realm of contemporary significance. More information on the series is at www.boisestate.edu/distinguishedlectures/.

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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

For the 10th time in the last 11 years, Boise State University has set an all-time record for Idaho higher education institutions with an enrollment of 19,540 – an overall increase of 3.5 percent. A record freshman class of 2,280 students is also the most academically talented group ever to enter Boise State, including 12 National Merit finalists.
 

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Last reviewed on Thursday, October 04, 2007