Summit will discuss health care in Washington

Published 10:32 pm Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Lynnwood: Health care summit set

LYNNWOOD — Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon and the Puget Sound Health Alliance are meeting for a summit Tuesday on ways to reform health care in Washington.

More than 160 people from local business, government and the medical professions plan to discuss how to improve employee health and health care through keynote speakers, panel discussions and possible courses of action.

The free event at the Lynnwood Convention Center follows other summits on the building industry, local entrepreneurs and aerospace. It is scheduled for 8 a.m. to noon. The address is 3711 196th St. SW, Lynnwood.

The Puget Sound Health Care Alliance is a regional partnership of employers, physicians, hospitals, patients, health insurance providers and others in Snohomish, King, Pierce, Kitsap and Thurston counties. To see the Alliance’s Community Checkup report, go to www.WACommunityCheckup.org.