Hopkins radio to air health care debates

Johns Hopkins University's public radio station will broadcast live four town meetings on health care reform, featuring leaders and specialists on the issues, and the public.

The debate and discussion series will air on Wednesdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the Marc Steiner Show on WJHU-FM (88.1).

It begins tonight with a program originating from Lecture Hall 5 at the University of Maryland Baltimore County's Engineering and Computer Science Building and focuses on the economics of health care reform.

The June 15 program, at the Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore and will take up health care reform and delivery; June 22, from St. John's College in Annapolis, examining ethical issues and how much medical care is affordable; and June 29, from the Baltimore Urban League's Fellowship Hall in Baltimore, on how national and state reforms respond to mental health, violence and drugs.

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Listeners may participate in the show by calling 516-9548.