It???s a busy day for health care in the Port City.
I???m at the Hilton downtown right now, listening to presentations about how health savings accounts/high deductible health plans work and why for some families they save more money than traditional health plans.
The accounts are one tool being talked about at this luncheon organized by the Raleigh-based John Locke Foundation to discuss consumer-driven health care.
Joseph Coletti (pictured), the think tank???s fiscal and health care policy analyst, spoke to about 50 people who attended. He gave his reasons why consumer products, namely health savings accounts, are a better approach than many of the provisions called for in the current health reform bills that expand government intervention.
Meanwhile, President Obama???s health care strategy forum with several people from the area in attendance is expected to start soon and be streamed online at 2:30 p.m. Read the details here.
Later tonight, the Americans for Prosperity group will hold another Patients First ??? Hands Off My Health Care event in Wilmington.
A rally and buffet supper is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Jungle Rapids, 5320 Oleander Drive. Tickets are $10 and includes dinner.