Description: Health care reform has been one of the defining issues of the current U.S. presidential campaign. Both candidates agree that America's current health care system is broken, but their ideas for how to fix it differ drastically. Representatives for Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican candidate John McCain will face off on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora on Tuesday, Oct. 28, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. to debate reform proposals in detail.

Economist and Senior Fellow at the Independence Institute, Linda Gorman will represent the McCain Campaign and the Republican perspective.

Dr. Irwin Redlener, a senior health care advisor to the Obama campaign, will offer the Democratic perspective.

The University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine's LEADS program will sponsor the debate. http://culeads.uchsc.edu/

After the debate, campaign representatives will take questions from the audience, which is expected to include medical students, physicians and members of the public. Representatives will also be available for media interviews following the debate.

Who: Linda Gorman, Senior Fellow at the Indpendence Institute and Obama Senior Health Care Advisor Dr. Irwin Redlener

What: Presidential Health Care Reform Debate

Where: Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Education Building 2 South Auditorium L-28 1102

When: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, 12:30-1:30 p.m., followed by question/answer period

Why: National health care reform is one of the most critical issues facing the next president.

How: Anschutz Medical Campus is near the intersections of Colfax and Peoria and Colfax and I-225. Park in the Georgetown Lot at the intersection of Victor Street and East 19th Avenue. The red brick Education Building 2 complex is across the street to the southwest. Education Building 2 South is the southern-most building in the two-building complex. Auditorium is on the first floor.

Contact: Jim Spencer 303-315-0554; 720-346-4242 jim.spencer@uchsc.edu