Conference call on single payer health care

[eridani]

lease join our PDA Issue Organizing Team for...

Health Care for All/Single Payer conference call today!
Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Time: 9:00 pm EDT, 8 pm CDT, 7 pm MDT, 6 pm PDT
Conference Call #: [phone] Code: 968483#


Proposed Agenda
I. Legislative Update: lobbying reports

II. Health Care NOT Warfare-- Building out our strategy: a demand that the Democratic Party put single payer health care at top of the National Party Platform by demonstrating significant support from voters for national health care.

III. Congressional Candidates for Single Payer--update

IV. Health Care Now! and California Nurses Association (our Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care allies): Update -

June 19 - National Day of Protest Against Health Insurance Industry: 38,000 Health Insurance Executives are coming to San Francisco's 2008 "AHIP" Health Insurance Convention, Moscone West Convention Center, Howard @ 4 Street., San Francisco. Join patients, nurses, doctors, and all who demand comprehensive health care for everyone in the U.S. and who protest in memory of the countless victims of the insurance industry.

V. New Strategies: "Single payer health care reduces property taxes,"
connecting with labor unions endorsing HR 676 in your district.

Questions, comments or concerns, please call Diane at 845-661-3754 or email [e-mail].

Talk to you tonight!

Diane

[eridani]

1. Another one in June

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State Health Care Justice Leaders Conference Call

hosted by Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN)

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 · 12:55 - 2 pm (E)
Please use a land line phone when possible for better reception.
Press 6 to mute your line; press 6 again to be heard. Thank you!

Call: 517/417-5000 · Access code: 2800520#

Initial Agenda

NATIONAL

** Unity Initiative Takes Off!

Mark Hannay, Chair, UHCAN and Director, Metro NY Health Care for All metrohealth@ igc.org


** Equity an Emerging Issue in Efforts to Achieve Health Care for All

Jennifer Ng'andu, National Council of La Raza jngandu@nclr. org
Rea Panares, Families USA rpanares@familiesus a.org
New report by Families USA and Opportunity Agenda - "Identifying and Evaluating Equity Provisions in State Health Care Reform" - download from www.familiesusa. org

** Developing a Health Care Narrative to Overcome Barriers to Building the Health Care Base
Information available and sign-up for presentations at www.herndonalliance .org .

Robert Crittenden, MD, Director, Herndon Alliance <[e-mail] .edu>


** Help for States to Establish A Voice for Small Businesses Supporting Health Care Reform

Terry Gardiner, Small Business for Affordable Health Care <terry@solutionsthat endure.org>


Updates and Announcements:

· Multi-cultural Interfaith Health Care Reform Meeting (6/2-4/08) Develops Action Plan to Engage Faith Communities
Linda Walling, Director, Faithful Reform in Health Care walling@faithfulref orm.org

· June 11: Conference call (2-3:30 pm E) - "Small Business and Health Reform - Making It Work"
Hosted by Community Catalyst - to sign up email Jacquie Anderson at qnguyen@communityca talyst.org

· June 19: National Day of Action Protesting Insurance Company Denials and Rejections
Protests being organized at the san Francisco convention of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and other cities
For information: www.singlepayernow. net or www.healthcare- now.org

· June 26: Conference Call (3 - 4:30 pm E) - Raising Women's Voices for the Health Care We Need to announce next steps following April national conference
For information email: Lois Uttley <lois@mergerwatch. org>

· July 8: Official Launch of HCAN campaign
Lots happening between now and big coalition announcement in DC and 35 state capitals - for information www.healthcareforam ericanow. org
Melinda Gibson, Operations Director, Health Care for America Now! campaign <mgibson@healthcaref oramericanow. org>

· July 17: Global Day of Action Targets Corporate Buyout Firms
Actions and petition campaign organized by Americans for Health Care and SEIU and others in the U.S. and 25 countries to demand accountability for corporate buyout firms that maximize profits at expense of patient care and staff working conditions - for information www.americansforhea lthcare.org

STATES

**Minnesota: New Coordinated Campaign and "Health Care Advocacy Table"
Liz Doyle, Policy Director, Take Action Minnesota liz@takeactionminne sota.org


**Oregon: Small Business Organization Expanding Voice of Business in HC Reform
Christine Chin Ryan <ccryan@synergyhq. com>


** West Virginia: Universal Health Care Studies Underway


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Rachel DeGolia, Director
Universal Health Care Action Network
degolia@uhcan. org
216/241-8422, x-14

Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN)
2800 Euclid Avenue, Suite 520
Cleveland, OH 44115