Governor Perdue has taken the stage to start the event

Governor Perdue is welcoming all of the audience members and thanking us for coming to this event. Format for the day s starting out thinking of health care in general. The rising cost of health care, the difficulty of getting health care, the financial burden of health care for states and small business.  President Obama's administration gets the fact that the financing of health care is a federal responsibility.

States need to focus on the delivery system.