Showing posts with label Events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Events. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Healthcare-NOW! GA 2nd Strategy Meeting: Wed, Nov 18 - 5pm at AFSC
We will be having the second part of our Strategy Session this Wed Nov 18 at 5pm at the American Friends Services Committee in Decatur at at 189 Sams St. Decatur, GA 30030.
We will be continuing our discussion on strategy by brainstorming which groups we can expect to become allies for our campaign. Also we will discuss tactics we will use to educate people about single-payer healthcare to build a base of organizers and allies and tactics to exert power over those who can enact a single-payer health system.
So we ask everyone to come with a list of:
1. potential allies for our Single-Payer Campaign
2. tactics to conduct popular education to build a movement and tactics to exert our power to enact reform
We will be continuing our discussion on strategy by brainstorming which groups we can expect to become allies for our campaign. Also we will discuss tactics we will use to educate people about single-payer healthcare to build a base of organizers and allies and tactics to exert power over those who can enact a single-payer health system.
So we ask everyone to come with a list of:
1. potential allies for our Single-Payer Campaign
2. tactics to conduct popular education to build a movement and tactics to exert our power to enact reform
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Patients Not Profits Protest - Tuesday, Nov 17th - Cancelled
The Patients Not Profits Protest is canceled for Tuesday, November 17th. Look back here for more upcoming events.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Patients Not Profits - Protest & Press Conference Nov 4th 10AM
Patients Not Profits - Protest & Press Conference
Healthcare-NOW! Georgia: Mobilizing for Healthcare Atlanta Style
Wednesday, Nov 4th 10 AM
At BCBS GA Headquarters - 3350 Peachtree Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30326
Next to the Buckhead MARTA Station/N-7 Red Line (Map/Directions)
Email healthcarenowga@yahoo.com if you have any questions about the event.
Click here for the event on Facebook
Health insurance companies are subverting democracy and sabotaging health care reform, a citizens health care group will charge at a PRESS CONFERENCE at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 in front of Blue Cross/Blue Shield’s Buckhead office, 3350 Peachtree Road, NE.
“The insurance companies use our own premiums to lobby against us,” said Margie Rece of Decatur, a retired nurse and coordinator of HealthcareNow-GA. “This year alone, insurance companies and other vested health care interests have spent $263 million to oppose any reform which would threaten their obscene profits and power.
“Unfortunately, they have bought enough members of Congress to kill for now the most logical, cost-effective type of universal health care, Medicare for All, and substitute instead a system which transfers hundreds of billions more taxpayer dollars to the insurance giants.”
A recent Harvard study concluded that 45,000 Americans died last year because they could not get health insurance, Rece noted. “These companies hold the power of life or death over most Americans. That’s why we call them death panels.”
After the press conference, the group will attempt to deliver a letter to BC/BS president Monye Connolly. They will demand that BC/BS use its policyholders’ premiums on health care, not lobbying; and stop denying coverage for “pre-existing conditions,” a death sentence for many.
“The half-hearted reforms dictated by the insurance companies will never solve our health care crises,” Rece said. “We will continue our work until all Americans are automatically covered by Expanded and Improved Medicare from birth to death, with no co-pays, deductibles or lifetime maximums. Everybody in, nobody out!”
Healthcare-NOW! Georgia: Mobilizing for Healthcare Atlanta Style
Wednesday, Nov 4th 10 AM
At BCBS GA Headquarters - 3350 Peachtree Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30326
Next to the Buckhead MARTA Station/N-7 Red Line (Map/Directions)
Email healthcarenowga@yahoo.com if you have any questions about the event.
Click here for the event on Facebook Health insurance companies are subverting democracy and sabotaging health care reform, a citizens health care group will charge at a PRESS CONFERENCE at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 in front of Blue Cross/Blue Shield’s Buckhead office, 3350 Peachtree Road, NE.
“The insurance companies use our own premiums to lobby against us,” said Margie Rece of Decatur, a retired nurse and coordinator of HealthcareNow-GA. “This year alone, insurance companies and other vested health care interests have spent $263 million to oppose any reform which would threaten their obscene profits and power.
“Unfortunately, they have bought enough members of Congress to kill for now the most logical, cost-effective type of universal health care, Medicare for All, and substitute instead a system which transfers hundreds of billions more taxpayer dollars to the insurance giants.”
A recent Harvard study concluded that 45,000 Americans died last year because they could not get health insurance, Rece noted. “These companies hold the power of life or death over most Americans. That’s why we call them death panels.”
After the press conference, the group will attempt to deliver a letter to BC/BS president Monye Connolly. They will demand that BC/BS use its policyholders’ premiums on health care, not lobbying; and stop denying coverage for “pre-existing conditions,” a death sentence for many.
“The half-hearted reforms dictated by the insurance companies will never solve our health care crises,” Rece said. “We will continue our work until all Americans are automatically covered by Expanded and Improved Medicare from birth to death, with no co-pays, deductibles or lifetime maximums. Everybody in, nobody out!”
Sunday, October 25, 2009
PROTEST Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Georgia Wed, Oct 28 at 4:30 to 6:00 pm
PROTEST Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Georgia
at Blue Cross & Blue Shield Georgia HeadquartersWednesday, October 28 at 4:30 to 6:00PM
Next to the Buckhead MARTA
Wear costumes reflecting denial of pre-existing conditions, sick patients and other healthcare horror stories. Examples: the Skeletons, Ghosts, Grim Reaper, R.I.P., coffins, blood soaked, bandaged patients etc. Use your creativity to create your costume and/or signs!
Signs and costumes are not necessary to participate in on-going demonstrations against health insurance companies. We will provide some signs and banners.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Protest at Blue Cross Blue Shield Georgia - Oct 15 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Stop the Healthcare Horror Stories! Thursday, Oct 15 4:30 - 6:00 pm
At BCBS GA Headquarters
3350 Peachtree Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30326
Next to the Buckhead MARTA Station/N-7 Red Line (Map/Directions)
Health insurance companies such as Blue Cross Blue Shield are preventing thousands of Americans from receiving the healthcare they rightfully deserve.
We will converge upon Blue Cross Blue Shield Georgia on Thursday, October 15th to demand an end to the profiting off the sick and the consistent denial of healthcare by the insurance companies.
We demand that our government establish Medicare for All, a new system of health insurance that eliminates the greed, waste, and callousness of the health insurance companies.
We will meet at 4:30 pm outside the Blue Cross Blue Shield building located at 3350 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta, GA right next to the Buckhead Marta Station. (Map/Directions)
Healthcare-NOW! Georgia: Mobilizing for Medicare For All!
Email healthcarenowga@yahoo.com if you have any questions about the event.
Event Flyer in .PDF Format
Link for the event on FacebookHealthcare-NOW! Georgia: Mobilizing for Medicare For All!
Email healthcarenowga@yahoo.com if you have any questions about the event.
Event Flyer in .PDF Format
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Healthcare-NOW! GA Meetings - Every Week Mondays at 5:30 pm
Healthcare-NOW! Georgia has its meetings every week on Mondays at 5:30 pm at the American Friends Services Committee located at 189 Sams St. Decatur, GA 30030. Come join us to help fight for a right to health care for all
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
HEALTHCARE PICNIC PANEL: Saturday, Sept 12th 11am-2pm
HEALTHCARE PICNIC PANEL
Saturday SEPT 12th
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:
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.
Saturday SEPT 12th
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 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.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Rally for Medicare for All: Sept 3rd - 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Capitol
Rally for Medicare for All Sept 3 - 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Capitol (Washington Street side).
Do you believe health care is a basic human right, not a commodity to be bought and sold by profiteering, parasitic health insurance companies? Then join HealthcareNOW-GA at what is being billed as "the biggest rally of the year [in Georgia] for health insurance reform" this Thursday, Sept. 3 at the Capitol (Washington Street side).
Although this rally was called by "public option" advocates, we will be there to raise the banner of REAL health care reform -- Improved and Expanded Medicare for All, as codified in Rep. John Conyers' bill, H.R. 676, and Senator Bernie Sanders' companion bill, S. 703.
We (HealthcareNOW-GA) will meet at the corner of Washington St. & Martin Luther King Dr. at 11:30. Wear orange if you have it. Bring handheld signs & banners (signs or banners on sticks not permitted at the Capitol). We will have plenty of flyers. Suggested sign slogans: "Medicare for All - H.R. 676"; "Health Care is a Human Right -- H.R. 676"; "Health Care YES -- Insurance Companies NO," "Everybody In, Nobody Out -- H.R. 676." For more ideas, see the attached 2-sided flyer or a brief summary of H.R. 676 at http://www.healthcare-now.org/hr-676/.
If you would like to join the ongoing struggle for Medicare for All, join HealthcareNow-GA and receive regular action alerts and educational articles. Email healthcarenowga@yahoo.com and you will be added to the listserv.
If you would like to join the ongoing struggle for Medicare for All, join HealthcareNow-GA and receive regular action alerts and educational articles. Email healthcarenowga@yahoo.com and you will be added to the listserv.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Healthcare-NOW! GA Organizing Meetings
Healthcare-NOW! Georgia has its meetings every week on Mondays at 5:30 pm at the American Friends Services Committee located at 189 Sams St. Decatur, GA 30030. Come join us to help fight for a right to health care for all
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