By KHI NEWS SERVICE

TOPEKA — Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger is scheduled to take part in a panel discussion on the pros and cons of the Affordable Care Act, starting at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center on the Washburn University campus.

The luncheon meeting is free and open to the public.
Also scheduled to join the panel:

• Tom Bell, chief executive of the Kansas Hospital Association,

• Kent Palmberg, vice president and chief medical officer of Topeka-based Stormont Vail HealthCare,

• Randy Peterson, chief executive officer of Stormont-Vail HealthCare.

Maynard Oliverius, the former CEO of Stormont-Vail HealthCare, will serve as moderator.

The discussion is sponsored by Washburn University, its leadership center and nursing school.

Oliverius currently is a visiting professor at the nursing school.