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Medicaid forum in Oak Ridge on Jan. 17

Posted at 9:05 pm January 3, 2023
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

There will be a Medicaid forum in Oak Ridge on Tuesday, January 17. It will feature a family physician, health care campaign director, pastor, and health care economics professor.

The forum will be presented by the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge.

The forum will be moderated by Zack Buck, associate professor of law at the University of Tennessee who specializes in health law, bioethics, and tort law.

Other guests will include:

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Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Health Tagged With: Derrick Hammond, Judy Roitman, League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, Matthew Harris, Medicaid, Medicaid forum, William Culbert, Zack Buck

Dr. William Culbert to discuss Affordable Care Act on Aug. 22

Posted at 11:29 am August 6, 2016
By Kay Brookshire Leave a Comment

William Culbert

William Culbert

William Culbert Jr., MD, a family practice physician who is an advocate of the Affordable Care Act, will be the guest speaker at the Monday, August 22, dinner meeting of the Anderson County Democratic Women’s Club. The club meets at 6 p.m. in the Club Room of the Clinton Community Center at 101 South Hicks Street in Clinton.

Dr. Culbert will speak on “Progress with the Affordable Care Act and Next Step.”

Culbert has written several guest newspaper columns supporting the Affordable Care Act and the comprehensive health insurance reforms that the federal law, also known as Obamacare, brings.

Board certified in family practice medicine, Culbert has been a physician with Covenant Health Systems in Anderson County for 17 years. He is a 1996 graduate of Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, Tennessee, receiving his MD degree. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Government, Health Tagged With: Affordable Care Act, Anderson County Democratic Women’s Club, Ann Mostoller, Betsy Speed, Clinton Community Center, Democrats, MD, William Culbert

Dr. William Culbert to speak on Affordable Care Act on Thursday

Posted at 2:36 pm November 6, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 2 Comments

William Culbert

William Culbert

William Culbert Jr., MD, a family practice physician who is an advocate of the Affordable Care Act, will be the guest speaker at the Thursday meeting of the Anderson County Democratic Women’s Club.

“The ACA, an Idea Whose Time Has Come,” is the topic of Dr. Culbert’s talk. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the Club Room of the Clinton Community Center.

Vernon’s Burnins will serve Vernon Long’s award-winning, slow cooked barbecue, and the dinner costs $10 per person. For reservations, e-mail Ann Mostoller at [email protected] or call Mary Matheny at (865) 483-8937. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Clubs, Community, Front Page News, Health Tagged With: ACA, Affordable Care Act, Anderson County Democratic Women’s Club, Ann Mostoller, Clinton Community Center, Covenant Health Systems, health insurance, Mary Matheny, Obamacare, William Culbert

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