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  • Public Program: "Policy, Politics and the Affordable Care Act" with Jim Blumenstein

    October 28, 2015

    The Affordable Care Act expands access to affordable care and enhances the quality of care by increasing Medicaid coverage for millions of low-income Americans. The Affordable Care act was signed into law on March 23, 2010 by President Barack Obama and is often called “Obamacare.” In a momentous decision, the Supreme Court upheld the Act in June 2015 and also ruled in favor of ACA in the June 2012 NIFIB v. Seleblius Case.

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  • Public Program: "Strategies for State Economic Prosperity" with Mike Kennealy '90

    October 12, 2015

    Mike Kennealy '90 will be discussing the challenges in using business principles to run a state government. While much of today's political discourse revolves around our national economic climate, each individual state faces unique challenges in its pursuit of job creation and financial prosperity. Striving for economic development on the state level can be much like running a business, as policymakers engage with companies to promote job growth and long-term economic success.

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  • Robert Odawi Porter gave the Thurlow M. Gordon 1906 Lecture at the Rockefeller Center

    October 10, 2015

    Robert Odawi Porter is an innovative and results-driven attorney, scholar and political leader who has devoted his professional career to advancing the rights of sovereign American Indian nations and tribes in the United States. Currently, he represents tribal governments, organizations, and businesses in Washington, D.C. at Dentons, the world’s largest law firm. Porter gave the Thurlow M. Gordon 1906 Lecture, “Indigenous Peoples, Economic Recovery, and the Reform of U.S. Federal Indian Law,” on October 8, 2015. Before his talk, Nikita Bakhru ’17 sat down with Mr.

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