PRESS ROOM

The office of Media and Public Relations provides notification of ongoing Commonwealth Club events to the public and the press and handles media relations. Please find below press releases and articles regarding program developments and significant events, forums, and lectures at the Club.

Founded in 1903, The Commonwealth Club has played host to a broad and distinctive array of speakers, from Teddy Roosevelt in 1911 to Nancy Pelosi in 2020. Just a sampling of other noteworthy guests includes Martin Luther King, Jr., Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Audrey Hepburn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Walter Cronkite, Milton Friedman, Jane Goodall, Tom Brokaw, Bill Gates, Stacey Abrams, David Brooks, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Reza Aslan, all of whom have delivered landmark speeches and discussions here.

For information and for media credentials, contact:
John Zipperer, Vice President of Media & Editorial
jzipperer@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6715

In the News

While Trump tries to destroy public health care, voters are primed for more government involvement  (Daily Kos)

CMS drops new payment rule  (Politico)

Daily on Healthcare, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association: House delays Obamacare tax, expands HSAs…Azar swipes at Obamacare…  (Washington Examiner)

The Health 202: Some experts think McConnell is playing politics with the opioid crisis  (The Washington Post)

Top Trump Health Official Takes Swipes At ACA, Single-Payer in Enemy Territory  (The Fiscal Times)

Trump administration unlikely to approve single-payer waivers, says CMS head  (Becker's Hospital Review)

Trump's Top Medicare Official Slams 'Medicare For All'  (WUSF News)

Verma Slams Popular Progressive Rallying Cry Saying ‘Medicare For All’ Would Become ‘Medicare For None’  (Kaiser Health News)

Verma: Many providers are holding patient medical records hostage  (Health Data Management)

CMS director delivers broadside at Medicare for All  (Washington Examiner)

Overnight Health Care: Trump official slams 'Medicare for All' | House votes to delay ObamaCare health insurance tax | Senate panel advances bill banning drug 'gag clauses'  (The Hill)

Top Trump health official slams 'Medicare for all'  (The Hill)

Trump’s top Medicare official slams ‘Medicare for All’  (Boston.com)

Verma will reject any single-payer state waivers  (Modern Healthcare)

Leonard Perlmutter: Yoga Science Can Relieve and Prevent Physician Burnout and Enhance Work-Life Balance  (Times Union)