U.S. Senator Ken Salazar

Member: Finance, Agriculture, Energy, Ethics and Aging Committees

 

2300 15th Street, Suite 450 Denver, CO 80202 | 702 Hart Senate Building, Washington, D.C. 20510

 

 

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

CONTACT:Michael Amodeo – 303-455-7600
Matt Lee-Ashley – 202-224-5852

 

Sen. Salazar, Sen. Daschle to Speak at Colorado Health Care Summit

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, December 5, 2008, leaders in the health care reform debate from across Colorado and across the country will converge in Denver to take part in the 2008 Colorado Health Care Summit. The 2008 Colorado Health Care Summit will serve as the culminating event of Senator Salazar’s 2008 Health Care tour, which took him to over thirty-one Colorado counties to discuss the condition of our nation’s health care system with elected officials, business owners, health care providers, and community members.

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, an influential voice on health care policy and reform and adviser to President-Elect Barack Obama, will be the keynote speaker at the 2008 Colorado Health Care Summit. For a full list of speakers and agenda for 2008 Colorado Health Care Summit, please click here.

“I am looking forward to our state and our nation’s leading voices on health care reform, including former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, coming together at the Summit,” said Sen. Salazar. “Senator Daschle would be an excellent choice for HHS Secretary. I look forward to working with him and President-elect Obama to fix our broken health care system.”

Members of the public who would like to register for the event should visit this website. The event will be open to the press.

WHAT: 2008 Colorado Health Care Summit
WHERE: Donald R. Seawell Grand Ballroom, Denver Center for Performing Arts
WHEN: Friday, December 5, 2008; 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM Mountain

As a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Salazar is in a key position to help develop solutions to America’s health care crisis in the 111th Congress. At the 2008 Colorado Health Care Summit, Senator Salazar will join physicians, providers, and other key figures in Colorado’s health care community for in an in-depth discussion of how we can fix America’s broken health care system. The input and ideas from the Health Care Tour and the 2008 Colorado Health Care Summit will help guide Senator Salazar as he works to fix America’s broken health care system in the 111th Congress.

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