HEALTHCARE PICNIC PANEL: Saturday, Sept 12th 11am-2pm

HEALTHCARE PICNIC PANEL
Saturday SEPT 12^th
11am-2pm @ FIRST ICONIUM BAPTIST CHURCH
542 Moreland Ave SE: Click for Map/Directions 
HEALTHCARENOWGA - Contact: denisewoodallksu@yahoo.com

WHAT DO WE WANT? HEALTHCARE!!  WHEN DO WE WANT IT? NOW!!

Please reply to this post with your  "must haves" ideas. Let me know what you demand in healthcare reform. So far we have:

• A strong public option that extends to EVERYONE in America who wants it one that honors patient choice
• No more pre-existing condition clauses
• Ending incentives for employers to fire their sick workers (to lower premiums)
• A plan that does not cut into medicare or medicaid
• Restriction of the insurance companies profit motives
  
• No mandatory purchasing of insurance (not increase the insurance companies client base) 
• Reduction of the administrative costs created by the different procedures of 1300 insurance companies.
• A focus on prevention (provide incentives for preventative healthcare)

We will  also be tallying who is for a single payer system, who is not, and who thinks the public option will lead to single payer. The Weiner amendment will be up for a vote which replaces the entire section A of HR3200 with single payer text. If you support that ... wonderful. Let us know on our tally boards.

We will be discussing and tallying everyone's ideas surrounding all these issues on this day.

In regards to legislation that is currently in Congress (items that are not single payer) we want to have some minimum requirements as a community... these are a few of the 'must haves' that we collected from some folks at the sept 3rd rally at the capital. So glad for everyone who was there to support!!
Our goal of the picnic panel  (besides to eat, to have fun, learn and to mingle among the progressive community) is to build a list 10 - 15 points and demands for healthcare legislation that we (as a community) will support. 

Send me your ideas and we'll put them on a big community board at the picnic...we'll tally up the responses at the end and see what items are most important to our community in regards to our healthcare. Email these to denisewoodallksu@yahoo.com

Bring your questions for our diverse panel!!! See you on Saturday. Stay tuned for more updates

Unifying to bring Healthcare to all. 
Bring your questions, your input, and your appetite for lunch and a unique panel of guests: 
Jeff Ingram with Organizing for America
Henry Kahn with Physicians for a National Health Program
Rita Valenti with Grady
& Debra Greenwood with ABLE.