Middlebury Institute of International Studies presents a lecture by Dr. Dean Baker entitled Budget Horror Stories: Health Care and the Future of the National Deficit on Wednesday, February 27, 6pm-7:30pm at Irvine Auditorium in the McCone Building on the campus of MIIS. This event is free but advance registration is requested.

We continually hear horror stories about future budget deficits in the United States. What we don't hear, overlooked by press and policy makers alike, is that future deficits are driven largely by projections of rising health care costs. If health care costs are stabilized, we won’t have serious budget problems. If they are not stabilized, then we will face serious economic problems regardless of what happens with the deficit.

Join Dr. Dean Baker, Senior Economist & Co-Founder, Center for Economic and Policy Research as he discusses his research on the future of health care costs and the national budget. ollowing his talk, Dr. Jason Scorse, Director of the Center for the Blue Economy and Chair of the International Environmental Policy program at the Middlebury Institute, will moderate a discussion on a wide range of economic and social issues. The public will have an opportunity to ask questions and be part of the discussion as well.