The Vanishing Oath, 7-9 PM, Dec. 11
December 11, 2012
Tonight’ film, The Vanishing Oath. THE VANISHING OATH
Did you know that 60% of doctors today are dissatisfied with their practice of medicine? Our first feature length film is borne out of the dark frustrations of a Boston doctor who refused to ignore that, every day, we are losing good doctors.
Dr. Ryan Flesher’s raw and unscripted look at himself and his own place in medicine provides a unique revelation that our modern day healers have long held silent.
Being a physician today carries a complexity and responsibility, known only to those whom are expected to tend to the ills of society. But when doctors are suffering themselves – who really cares? We are all patients and come the day that we allow for money to supersede humanity, we all become collateral damage.
Dr. Flesher, driven by the altruism that brought him into medicine, with camera in hand, will pull back the curtain. In so doing, he becomes both observer and participant in this unique exploration into the psyche of physicians today.
Using High Definition Video cameras we have captured over 200 hours of footage that has brought out from Boston to San Francisco to Denver and from Ecuador to Maine and back.
Community College of Phila, 18th and Callowhill St., Center for Business and Industry Bldg, Room C3-13.
Cancelled, Nov 13 HCAP general meeting
November 10, 2012
Because some key leaders of our group are away this Tuesday, we will delay our next general meeting to Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 7 PM. Please mark your calendars. Thanks for your interest.
October 9 – The Health Care Movie
October 4, 2012
On Tuesday, October 9 at 7 PM, we will show the Health Care Movie at our general meeting of Health Care for All Philadelphia. All are invited.
The meeting is at the Community College of Philadelphia, Center for Business and Industry, 18th and Callowhill Streets, Room C3-13 (3rd floor, turn left after getting off the elevators).
This documentary looks at the US vs. Canadian health care systems and dispels many myths about single payer.
Health Care Reform: We’re Not Done Yet
July 9, 2012
By Walter Tsou –
The Supreme Court has spoken. The Affordable Care Act, briefly on the ropes, has been blessed as the law of the land.
Too many feel that health reform is finally finished and we can move on to the big three issues: the economy, jobs and the deficit. However, because health care is the 800-pound gorilla of the economy, those issues cannot be solved without more far-reaching health reform.
Sorry, lawmakers, but you are going to need to get back in the ring to answer a fundamental question: what is the most cost-effective and constitutional way to finance health care so that we can have quality, affordable health care for everyone? Read more
Meet Michael Moore, Wendell Potter together in Philly!! Fifth Anniversary of SICKO
June 14, 2012
Still SiCKO After All These Years
Saturday, June 30th, 2012. – 7 PM
Plays and Players Theater, 1714 Delancy Street, Philadelphia, PA
$40 Minimum Donation. Tickets Available On-line. First Come, First Served.
Go Here: http://tiny.cc/sicko5
Michael Moore’s documentary SiCKO was released in 2007 to widespread acclaim. A straight-from-the-heart portrait of the crazy and sometimes cruel U.S. healthcare system, SiCKO is told from the vantage of everyday people faced with extraordinary and bizarre challenges in their quest for basic health coverage.
Join Filmmaker Michael Moore, Health Insurance Industry Whistleblower and Deadly Spin author Wendell Potter, and American SiCKO’s Donna and Larry Smith, Reggie Cervantes, Billy Maher, Julie Pierce, Lee Einer, Dawnelle Keys, Adrian Campbell Montgomery, and more for a Q&A about the film’s impact and their lives five years after its release.
See Michael Moore and Wendell Potter on the same stage face-to-face for the first time since Wendell spied on the film’s release back in 2007 while working for Cigna. Celebrate how SiCKO changed the conversation on healthcare reform in America, and hear the latest on the movement for healthcare justice from leaders around the country.
Proceeds to benefit Vermont Public Assets Institute (publicassets.org) and Healthcare-NOW! (healthcare-now.org).
Tickets available here: http://tiny.cc/sicko5
Questions? 802-223-6677 or sarah@publicassets.org.
The Plays and Players Theater is wheelchair accessible, however the bathrooms are not.
Come & Share a Special Evening with Dr. Margaret Flowers & Kevin Zeese
June 1, 2012
Noted Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Washington DC and Single Payer Healthcare movement activists.
When: Friday, June 22, 2012 at 7 pm
Where: Yardley Friends’ Meetinghouse, 65 North Main Street, Yardley, PA 19067 (Close to Yardley Exit 51 off I-95)
As socio-economic inequality climbs, share new perspectives on Activism & the Occupy Movement. Discuss the creation of communities based on human compassion, cooperation & respect for our planet as necessary answers to our complex issues.
Sponsored by: Healthcare for All Philadelphia, Physicians for National Health Program, and Buxmont Coalition for Peace Action
The program is free and is open to everyone.
Contact Henry D’Silva at henrydsilva@comcast.net OR 267-679-0617.
Please note – new meeting location at Community College
May 7, 2012
We are moving again. The new location will be a block away. We meet the second Tuesday monthly from 7-9 PM at the Community College of Philadelphia, Rm. C3-13, Center for Business and Industry, 18th and Callowhill Streets. A campus map can be found here: http://www.ccp.edu/site/about/locations/pdfs/CampusMap.pdf. Please note the new location!
Event: Ending Wall St. Healthcare with Dr. Margaret Flowers
April 12, 2012
Dr. Margaret Flowers is a nationally recognized health care activist who supports single payer, national health insurance. Dr. Flowers is one of the Baucus 8 who disrupted the Senate Finance Committee hearing during the creation of the Obama health plan because they failed to consider single payer as an option. She has spoken on PBS’s Bill Moyers Journal, Democracy NOW and numerous progressive health events. Currently, she has organized NOW DC, which supports people power to create a sustainable planet and to change the corporate influence on our politics.
When: Wednesday April 25, 2012 – 6:45-9:00pm
Where: William Way Center, 1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA
A Memorial Lecture for Harold Cohen & Ann Weir. Harold Cohen and Ann Weir were long time members of Health Care for All Philadelphia and ardent supporters of single payer health care. They passed away in 2011.
For more information call 215.983.5531.
Fundraiser letter
March 19, 2012
If you got the fundraising letter, please consider joining us on the second Tuesday of the month at Gladfelter Hall, Temple University, Room 614. If you wish to contribute to us, look at the Donate button on the upper right corner of this home page or send checks to HCAP/PSR, 704 N. 23rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130.
Thanks for your help
Happy Valentine’s Day and Fundraiser next month
February 13, 2012
Share your love for others by fighting for single payer health care. Best present I can think of for this nation! Watch out for our fundraiser letter in March and please give generously by clicking on the donate button.
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