White Dog Cafe - Table Talks - Our Diseased Health Care System

Table Talk

Our Diseased Health Care System

Monday, January 24

with Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele,
Pulitzer Prize-winning authors and acclaimed investigative journalists who write about the complex issues and institutions that profoundly affect American life.

Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business – and Bad Medicine, reveals the horrific state of health care in America and contends that the system is so diseased that we are all on the verge of being infected. The authors expose a managed-care system corrupted by greed and profits, always at the expense of patients. Currently editors-at-large for Time, Inc., Barlett & Steele were former reporters at The Phila. Inquirer, where they first published the series that became, America: What Went Wrong, chronicling the deliberate dismantling of the American working-class during the 80s, now in its 18th printing.

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Table Talk Reservations

DINNER SOLD OUT!!!
Seating for the LECTURE ONLY just $5
(at 7:30pm at the UPenn Law School -
across the street from the White Dog)
Call to reserve your seat.

Table Talks at 6pm include a three course dinner, followed by speaker and discussion from 7:30-9pm. $35 per person, includes tax and gratuity. Cash bar. Senior citizens (over 65) and full-time students $25 with advance notification.

Student Stand By Policy: Students can call (215) 386-9224 between 4 - 5:30pm on event days for available seating at 6pm for dinner ($15) or to attend the discussion only at 7:30 (free).

Please call (215) 386-9224 for reservations before sending payment. Advance payment required by giving a credit card over the phone or sending a check. Single reservations are welcome at Table Talks where you'll be seated at a group table. Vegetarian dishes are always offered.

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