Drawing upon more than thirty years experience in the healthcare industry, public opinion studies and a background in television and radio as a commentator on healthcare trends, JACK SHAPIRO is a well-known public speaker whose special area of interest is "THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE".

Laced with humorous insights, anecdotes, facts and figures Jack has addressed audiences from coast-to-coast regarding where the American healthcare system is heading as we enter the new millennium. His focus is on five critical areas:

The American public's mood about healthcare at the turn of the century.

Some of the ethical dilemmas we will encounter.

Are we heading towards single-payer healthcare?

The political leadership vacuum in healthcare

Why we are becoming the "The Healthcare Economy"

Jack links these major themes to the poignant story of the death of 58-year old Judy Packevicz of upstate New York and her bitter fight with her HMO for access to care. Jack covered this story in depth on his radio show, "MediPolitics," and has come to see Judy's death as a metaphor of what is right and wrong with the American healthcare system.

Audiences are fascinated as Jack recounts how Judy's case was seized by lawyers and public relations firms, how facts became twisted and the public and media were misled in an unrelenting attempt to paint managed care as a villain in this unfortunate case.

And, yet, Judy's desire to live kept driving her and her family on, raising fundamental questions about how we die and the proper limits of the healthcare system's responsibilities when a case is hopeless.

Judy's case is discussed in the context of a healthcare system which will double in cost in the next ten years and the realization that the United States already spends more on healthcare than any other country in the history of the world. Over 40 million people have no health insurance and another 30 million are underinsured and do not even know it until disaster strikes. Furthermore, the clock is ticking down to 2011 when the Baby Boomers will begin to enter the Medicare system and double it's size in a few decades.

Audiences have responded enthusiastically to Jack's insights about Judy's case and the future of healthcare in America.

"It reinforced my view that healthcare will be the deciding political issue of the next 50 years."

"Quite thought-provoking"

"A great job!"

Jack Shapiro to Host Global Pharma R&D Summit, 13-15 September 2004, Scottsdale Marriott, Scottsdale AZ.

Jack M. Shapiro, Healthcare marketing consultant, author, broadcaster and futurist, will host The Global Pharma R&D Summit which presents a unique occasion in which World leading experts of Research and Development and Drug Discovery can come together to openly discuss today's key issues and address evolving paradigms brought about in today's post genomic, proteomic era. The summit is presented by the World Trade Group.

For more information, please go to
http://www.rdna.worldtradeco.com/gopdf.asp

Please contact us at jack@jackshapiro.com for further information about speaker services

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