SDPB Conversation on Health Care

Americans are talking about health care. South Dakota Public Broadcasting and AARP bring the topic to the state with a series of CONVERSATIONS ON HEALTH CARE programs and reports. The events include a town hall-style meeting in Aberdeen, one-hour programs on SDPB Radio and SDPB Television, and news reports on SDPB Radio.

CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
The views of South Dakota's Congressional Delegation - U.S. Sens. Tim Johnson and John Thune, and U.S. Rep Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin will be part of an hour-long program that also features some of the healthcare struggles and stories of ordinary South Dakotans.

The program will be presented on air on Thursday, Aug. 27 at noon CT/ 11 a.m. MT on SDPB Radio. Listen live

SOUTH DAKOTANS' STORIES
SDPB Radio will look into the healthcare stories of ordinary South Dakotans throughout the week of Aug. 24-28.
---DAKOTA DIGEST news reports at 7:35 a.m. CT/ 6:35 MT and 5:30 p.m. CT/ 4:30 MT.
---DAKOTA MIDDAY featured South Dakotans' stories and healthcare experts on Monday, Aug. 24, and Wednesday, Aug. 26, both at noon CT/ 11 a.m. MT.

TOWN HALL MEETING
The first event was a public town hall-style meeting held Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 7 p.m., in Northern State University's Johnson Fine Arts Center. The event was moderated by SDPB Radio News Director Cara Hetland and included a panel of experts, including former U.S. Sen Tom Daschle; David Hewitt, President of the South Dakota Association of Health Care Organizations; David Owen, President of the South Dakota Chambers of Commerce & Industry; and others in the healthcare and business fields.