2007 Speakers

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The Honorable Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the House

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich will outline his vision for the future of healthcare. An outspoken leader, Gingrich heads the Center for Health Transformation, an advocate for a market-mediated system that will improve choice and quality while driving down costs. He is well known as the architect of the “Contract with America” that led the Republican Party to victory in 1994 by capturing the majority in the U.S. House for the first time in forty years. Under his leadership, Congress passed welfare reform, passed the first balanced budget in a generation, and passed the first tax cut in sixteen years. Gingrich has authored many books including best sellers Contract with America, To Renew America, Saving Lives & Saving Money and Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America. Widely recognized for his commitment to a better system of health for all Americans, his leadership helped save Medicare from bankruptcy, prompted FDA reform to help the seriously ill and initiated a new focus on research, prevention and wellness. In his book, Saving Lives & Saving Money, Newt describes his vision of a 21st Century System of Health and Healthcare that is centered on the individual, prevention focused, knowledge intense, and innovation-rich.  Today Gingrich serves as a Board Member of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, co-Chairman of the National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care, co-Chair of the UN Task Force and is a member of the Defense Policy Board. He received a bachelor’s degree in history from Emory University and a Master’s and Doctorate in modern European history from Tulane University.