The Growing Cost of Health Care: Your Health Lecture Series at Michigan Tech

In this election season, the cost-benefit equation of health care is on everyone’s mind.

At a free public lecture at Michigan Tech this week, a public health specialist from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine will discuss the ethical issues related to health care cost reduction efforts.

Dr. Dean Sienko will present “The Growing Cost of Health Care – Can We Endure it Much Longer?” — this year’s Your Health Lecture.

Sienko is associate dean for prevention and public health, director of the Division of Public Health and acting director of the institute for Health Policy at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

He served as commander of the US Army’s Public Health Command and as director and medical director of the Ingham County Health Department.

The lecture series is a collaborative community event sponsored jointly by Michigan Tech, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Upper Peninsula Region Campus and UP Health System-Portage.

The presentation will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Great Lakes Research Center in Room 202.