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On May 13, Speaker Newt Gingrich and PBS corre-spondent Susan Dentzer spoke to an audience of 2,500 in the Elmen Center on the topic of the current crisis in health care in America. The timeliness of their presentations, giving a clearer understanding of the issues involved in achieving high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for Americans, is underscored by a recent Kaiser Foundation survey that reported that health care is the greatest concern of Americans—above all other issues. Mr. Gingrich, whose new book Saving Lives and Saving Money was published on the eve of his appearance here, has long been committed to a better system of health care for this country. His leadership helped to save Medicare from bankruptcy, prompted FDA reform to help the seriously ill, and led him to direct a research team’s lengthy study of ways to bring significant improvement to health care in the 21st century. Among the key strategies Mr. Gingrich presented to the Boe Forum audience were the following: Increase patient knowledge, choice and control Improve access by all to quality care Foster innovation and improvement in health and health care, and Find ways to improve the value of health care and lower overall costs Among Gingrich’s most specific proposals were to make available electronically to each person his or her com-plete medical record, and to increase speed, accuracy, and economy by carrying all prescriptions electronically and by making drugs available competitively on-line. The Center for Western Studies Newsletter Before the Thirty-fifth Annual Dakota Conference con-cluded on Saturday evening with an address by Stephanie Herseth, president of the South Dakota Farmers Union Foundation, on ensuring the future of family farming, near-ly 230 participants from 15 states had met to examine the cultural, demographic, and economic change on the prairie and other topics of regional interest. Over the two days of the conference, April 25-26, more than 85 papers were pre-sented in 34 sessions. The conference theme “The Prairie in Transformation” was inspired by the writings of Joseph Amato, founder of the Center for Rural and Regional Studies at Southwest State University. In his address at the Friday dinner, Amato deliv-ered a rousing call to rethink our writing of local and region-al history. Rural historian and author of two books on Laura Ingalls Wilder, John E. Miller (SDSU) spoke at Saturday’s luncheon on the way our perception of the prairie is influ-enced by the creative collaboration between Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane in the writing of the Little House stories. Seeking to attract more young scholars to the confer-ence, the Dakota Conference moved in 2003 from late May to late April. In so doing, the conference returned to its tra-ditional time. The Dakota History Conference, as it was known during the years it was sponsored by Dakota State University, was first held in February 1969. The following year, it moved to April, where it remained until 1990, when CWS began sponsoring the conference with support from the South Dakota Humanities Council. Prairie Region Examined at Dakota Conference (continued on page 2) (continued on page 3) Vol. 23 Number 2 SUMMER 2003 Eighth Boe Forum Addresses Health Care President Bruce Halverson, Susan Dentzer, Board Chairman Gerry Berger Law and Newt Gingrich
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Title | CWS Newsletter - Summer 2003 |
Coverage | v. 23, no. 2 |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |
Publishing Agency | Center for Western Studies, Augustana University, 2001 S. Summit Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57197 |
Date | 2003-06 |
Type | Newsletter |
Medium | text |
Format - Digital | |
Language | English |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Center for Western Studies--Newsletters |
Rights | This image may not be reproduced without the express written consent of the Center for Western Studies, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. |
Collection | CWS Newsletters |
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Title | Page 1 |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |
Date | 2003-06 |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Center for Western Studies--Newsletters |
Text | On May 13, Speaker Newt Gingrich and PBS corre-spondent Susan Dentzer spoke to an audience of 2,500 in the Elmen Center on the topic of the current crisis in health care in America. The timeliness of their presentations, giving a clearer understanding of the issues involved in achieving high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for Americans, is underscored by a recent Kaiser Foundation survey that reported that health care is the greatest concern of Americans—above all other issues. Mr. Gingrich, whose new book Saving Lives and Saving Money was published on the eve of his appearance here, has long been committed to a better system of health care for this country. His leadership helped to save Medicare from bankruptcy, prompted FDA reform to help the seriously ill, and led him to direct a research team’s lengthy study of ways to bring significant improvement to health care in the 21st century. Among the key strategies Mr. Gingrich presented to the Boe Forum audience were the following: Increase patient knowledge, choice and control Improve access by all to quality care Foster innovation and improvement in health and health care, and Find ways to improve the value of health care and lower overall costs Among Gingrich’s most specific proposals were to make available electronically to each person his or her com-plete medical record, and to increase speed, accuracy, and economy by carrying all prescriptions electronically and by making drugs available competitively on-line. The Center for Western Studies Newsletter Before the Thirty-fifth Annual Dakota Conference con-cluded on Saturday evening with an address by Stephanie Herseth, president of the South Dakota Farmers Union Foundation, on ensuring the future of family farming, near-ly 230 participants from 15 states had met to examine the cultural, demographic, and economic change on the prairie and other topics of regional interest. Over the two days of the conference, April 25-26, more than 85 papers were pre-sented in 34 sessions. The conference theme “The Prairie in Transformation” was inspired by the writings of Joseph Amato, founder of the Center for Rural and Regional Studies at Southwest State University. In his address at the Friday dinner, Amato deliv-ered a rousing call to rethink our writing of local and region-al history. Rural historian and author of two books on Laura Ingalls Wilder, John E. Miller (SDSU) spoke at Saturday’s luncheon on the way our perception of the prairie is influ-enced by the creative collaboration between Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane in the writing of the Little House stories. Seeking to attract more young scholars to the confer-ence, the Dakota Conference moved in 2003 from late May to late April. In so doing, the conference returned to its tra-ditional time. The Dakota History Conference, as it was known during the years it was sponsored by Dakota State University, was first held in February 1969. The following year, it moved to April, where it remained until 1990, when CWS began sponsoring the conference with support from the South Dakota Humanities Council. Prairie Region Examined at Dakota Conference (continued on page 2) (continued on page 3) Vol. 23 Number 2 SUMMER 2003 Eighth Boe Forum Addresses Health Care President Bruce Halverson, Susan Dentzer, Board Chairman Gerry Berger Law and Newt Gingrich |
Collection | CWS Newsletters |
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