Dr. George Till (D-Jericho, Underhill) will be one of six panelists at a public forum in Burlington, according to an announcement from Jake Perkinson, chair of the Chittenden County Democratic Committee.

The forum is at Burlington’s City Hall (Contois Auditorium) April 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m., and is being cosponsored by the Franklin County Democratic Committee.

The panelists include:

Anya Rader Wallack, PhD., Health Care Advisor to Governor Shumlin; Policy Director and Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Howard Dean; ran the Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care 1995-1998. Dr. Wallack earned her PhD in social policy from Brandeis University.

Deborah Richter, MD, Co-Chair of Vermont Health Care for All, a doctor with Family Practice Associates in Montpelier, former president of Physicians for a National Health Program, years of experience caring for the uninsured, and extensive knowledge of the Canadian health care system. Dr. Richter attended SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and trained at Highland Hospital.

Representative Mark Larson, (D-Chittenden 3-2) Chair, House Committee on Health Care, has served in the Vermont House since 2000 and on the Vermont Health Care Reform and Vermont Health Care Access Commissions.  He was instrumental in achieving passage of H.202 in the House.

Representative George Till, (D-Chittenden-8), Member, House Committee on Health Care,  Assoc. Prof. of Ob/Gyn at UVM and a hospitalist at FAHC; received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981. He is serving his second term in the Vermont House.

Senator Sally Fox, (D-Chittenden), Member, Senate Committees on Health and Welfare and Finance, has been Director of Family Court Operations, Policy Director for VBSR, and involved in the Burlington Community Justice Center, VT State Colleges, and a member of the Vermont Children’s Hospital advisory board. She also served 7 terms in the Vermont House.

Senator Hinda Miller (D-Chittenden), Member, Senate Committees on Health and Welfare and Appropriations. Sen. Miller is serving her 5th term in office. She was recognized as Legislator of the Year (2010) by Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility. Prior to politics, she was a successful entrepreneur. She received a BFA from Parson’s School of Design & MFA from New York University.

I’m not at all sure that 2 hours will be enough. I am sure that it’s going to take a stern moderator’s hand to cut off self-serving, political blather and allow questions from actual healthcare consumers.