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WASHINGTON, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress kicks off today (April 21) in Washington, D.C. with health care policy advisors for U.S. Presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. John McCain, all of whom will be featured on the Presidential Health Care Agenda forum. The advisors will present and compare both candidates' health care reform plans, the prospect of universal coverage and fiscal stability of Medicare.

The Presidential Health Care Agenda panel will take place on Monday, April 21, 9:50 a.m.
-- Hear the Presidential candidates' platforms for health care reform

-- Compare proposals to address universal coverage and the fiscal

stability of Medicare

-- Reactor panelists provide an in-depth critique by evaluating the

economic and social impact of Democratic and Republican proposals

Panelists:

-- U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), Health Care Policy Advisor to Sen. Barack

Obama

-- Chris Jennings, Health Care Policy Advisor to Sen. Hillary Clinton,

former Senior Health Care Advisor to President Clinton.

-- Thomas Miller, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute for

Public Policy Research, Health Care Policy Advisor to Sen. John McCain

-- George Shutlz, former U.S. Secretary of State, Labor and Treasury, co-

author "Putting Our House In Order: A Guide to Social Security and

Health Care Reform"

-- George Halvorson, Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and

Hospitals

OTHER FEATURED SPEAKERS OF THE APRIL 21-23 CONGRESS INCLUDE:

Michael Leavitt, Secretary, U.S. Depar
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