Clemson students to explain new health-care legislation

Published: March 26, 2010

By Hannah Sykes

CLEMSON — Clemson University students will make two presentations next week explaining recent health-care reform legislation.

Students in the Calhoun Honors College course “The Politics of Health Care Reform” will provide objective, non-partisan information about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law this week.

The first presentation will take place at noon Monday, March 29, at the Rotary Club of Clemson’s meeting at the Clemson Ramada Inn on Tiger Boulevard. Students also will host a presentation at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, in the Student Senate Chambers on the fifth floor of the Edgar A. Brown University Union. The Rotary presentation is open to Rotarians and their guests; the Tuesday evening event is free and open to the public.

Students will explain the legislation and related issues, such as new insurance requirements, its impact on specific groups and how it will be financed. Audience members will be free to ask questions and information cards will be distributed.

“This group of students has been working throughout the semester to track health-care reform legislation, examining the process of policy-making and the impact of policy proposals,” said Windsor Sherrill, instructor of the course. “These forums are an excellent opportunity for the students to share objective and educational content with community and campus constituencies. I am proud that Clemson students are making a difference by providing informed commentary concerning health-care reform.” 

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is an expansive piece of legislation designed to reform the U.S. health-care system, which currently accounts for nearly one-sixth of the U.S. economy. A bill to amend the act, the Health Care Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, passed the House of Representatives and was being considered by the Senate Friday.

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