The Gerber Institute for Catholic Studies

The Gerber Institute, together with Via Christi Health, will present a series of panel and participant discussions on the topic of health care reform on April 8, 15, and 22. All discussions will take place over breakfast at Newman University: the sessions on April 8 and 22 will be in the Tarcisia Roths Alumni Center, inside the Dugan Library and Campus Center; the session on April 15 will be in the Cardinal Newman Room, on the lower level of Sacred Heart Hall. Breakfast will be served beginning at 6:45 a.m., with panelists speaking at 7:15 a.m. and discussion to follow. Sessions will conclude at 8:15 a.m.

April 8, 2010 | Session One: Whose Responsibility Is Health? Whose Responsibility Is Healthcare?

What are the relationships between individual responsibility and social responsibility with regard to health and healthcare? What are the advantages/disadvantages of single payer and multi-payer systems?

• Panelists

Beverly Gossage

Beverly Gossage, the Director of HSA Benefits Consulting, is a Consumer Driven Healthcare Consultant and HSA specialist.

In addition to training and writing HSA policies for individuals and the self-employed, she helped pioneer them for businesses in Kansas and Missouri. The first small business that Beverly helped with one of these plans was a plumbing company in Lawrence owned by her family. Since that time, she has reduced health insurance premiums for individuals and businesses across the Midwest.

As a consultant and trainer for businesses with self-funded health plans, Beverly advises HR departments in all areas of health benefits, including the plan designs and premium comparisons, HSA contribution levels, anticipated participation percentages, account custodian and TPA evaluation, strategies for mitigating trend in utilization, and implementation of employee benefit education.

For more information about Beverly Gossage and HSA Benefits Consulting, please visit their website: http://www.hsabenefitsconsulting.com/about/

Msgr. Robert Hemberger, Vicar General, Diocese of Wichita

Msgr. Robert Hemberger

I attained a Masters in Theology from the Catholic University of America in 1970.  Ordained to priesthood in 1970.  I served in hospital chaplaincy from 1973-1982 at St. Francis and Halstead Hospital.  I attained a Licentiate in Canon Law in 1985.

I have served at the diocesan ministries as Chancellor, Vicar General, Judicial Vicar, Moderator of the Curia, Liaison for Health Affairs, on the Boards of Catholic Care Center since 1998, Via Christi Health System since 2001, and Newman University since about 2005.

.

.

.

Chris Fox, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy, Newman University

Chris Fox, Newman University

Professor Fox received his masters and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Memphis. Since arriving at Newman in 2004, he has published articles and translations in areas related to contemporary Continental philosophy, Hegel, globalization, and the philosophy of religion. He is the 2006-07 recipient of the Newman University Teaching Excellence Award. In addition to Vital Issues of Philosophy and Ethics, Fox also teaches God and Cosmos, Social and Political Philosophy, History of Modern Philosophy, and Existentialism.