Single-Payer Rally at Occupy Philly – Tuesday, Oct. 18
October 14, 2011
Join Healthcare for All Philadelphia and Healthcare-NOW! at Occupy Philly to rally for single-payer, Medicare-for-All!
Tuesday, October 18th, 5:00pm-6:30pm
Dilworth Plaza/The Peoples’ Plaza, City Hall
We believe healthcare is a human right. Our health and well-being should not be controlled by for-profit Wall Street corporations and their moguls. Healthcare should be nonprofit, comprehensive, and cover everyone from birth to death.
Instead, 50 million people are uninsured and 30 million are under-insured. 45,000 people die each year from lack of access to healthcare. Most bankruptcies are due to medical bills/illness.
This is unacceptable! Lets make it known at City Hall this Tuesday!
For more information, contact Vanessa@healthcare-now.org or call 1.800.453.1305.
Important Upcoming Events
October 14, 2011
Attend DRBC in Trenton on Nov 21 from 10 to 12 to oppose fracking in Delaware River watershed. Bus from 30th St. Station, $20.00.
Attend a labor film series entitled “Americans in Struggle” and sponsored by PUP, CBTU, AFL-CIO and CLUW. They are on 5 Tuesday nights. Email Diane at dianemohgo@aol.com for list.
On December 6, we decided to attend the Paul Farmer lecture at the main library in place of our steering committee meeting. He’ll speak about Haiti Post Earthquake.
Next meeting, Nov 1 at Temple – 7PM. Dec 13 at PCC – 7PM: Meeting canceled Nov 8 election day.
Email Linda at beckman5@verizon.net for leaflets to use when you do outreach (including one in Spanish) and for dates and places for outreach events.
Dinner with Dr. Hsiao
October 1, 2011
Dr. Bill Hsiao came to Philly to speak about single payer in Vermont, but also share some of his life experience shaping the health systems in nine countries!! He was a humble speaker given his unique background and spoke with both wisdom and humor. One consistent theme though was that in analyzing all of the health systems and best practices, single payer consistently comes out on top. We were fortunate to have him come.
An Evening with William Hsiao, PhD, Sept. 27, 2011
August 5, 2011
An Evening with William Hsiao, Ph.D
Dr. Hsiao is the designer of Taiwan’s successful single payer plan and the designer of the Vermont single payer plan. Come out to have dinner with Dr. Hsiao. Seating is limited and advance reservations is recommended.
William Hsiao, PhD
K.T. Li Professor of Economics
Harvard School of Public Health
Designer of Taiwan’s single payer health system
Designer of Vermont’s single payer health plan
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
6 – 9 PM
Tazia Restaurant
101 N. 11ths St. (11th and Arch Street), one block from Market East Station
Philadelphia, PA
Dinner $60 includes tax and tip
Menu
Sampler
Duck Dumpling, Vietnamese Spring Roll, Pot Sticker, Pouches sevred with Baby Green Salad
(For the vegetarian guest that cannot have sampler they have a choice of: Miso Soup or Organic Greens )
Entrée (choose one)
Vietnamese Wok Tossed Filet Mignon
Tilapia
Combination Kung Pao
Teriyaki Chicken
Wok Tossed Vegetables with Tofu
Vegetables Pad Thai with Tofu
Dessert
Choice of Chocolate, Carrot or Cheesecake
Drinks
Complimentary water, soda
Iced tea, coffee, tea – $2.50
Cash Bar
Please register online by clicking here.
If you would prefer to register offline, please call PSR at 215-765-8703 or send checks payable to Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility to 704 N. 23rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130. Please indicate HCAP dinner on the memo line of the check.
Seating limited. Advance reservations recommended.
Upcoming Single Payer Outreach Events, July 20 and August 13!
July 7, 2011
Join us for our schedule of public leafletting and petition signing for single payer health care reform. The Health Care for All Philadelphia public relations committee seeks volunteers to join us by contacting the lead person on any of the following dates:
Wed, July 20, 2011, 5:30 PM Movie showing “Sick Around the World” at the Coleman NW Regional Library at Chelten and Greene St in Germantown. Movie is one hour followed by a brief discussion. Contact Linda Beckman (215 242-3849)
Saturday, August 13, 2011. Time 10 AM to 12 noon. Leaflet in Spanish and English at 5th and Lehigh.
Contact Sylvia Metzler (215 423-9375) and Linda Beckman (215 242-3849)
Monday, September 5, 2011 Leaflet at the Labor Day parade. Time TBA
Contact Kay Lasker (215 983-5531)
“Sick Around the World”, July 20, 5:30 PM
June 29, 2011
“Sick Around the World”
Come learn how other countries provide guaranteed health care for ALL their citizens, and how we can advocate for health care reform.
Wednesday, July 20th
5:30 PM
with a discussion to follow (till 7:15)
Coleman Branch of the Free Library
68 West Chelten Avenue, in Germantown
Health Care for All Philadelphia (HCAP) is providing this one-hour Frontline documentary and discussion to raise awareness of what US health care could be like and the need for continuing pressure for reform.
For more information contact Linda at beckman5@verizon.net
Join us on Saturday, June 25
June 16, 2011
Join us for our schedule of public leafletting and petition signing for single payer health care reform. The Health Care for All Philadelphia public relations committee seeks volunteers to join us by contacting the lead person on any of the following dates:
Saturday, June 25, 2011 Table and leaflet at Clark Park, 43rd and Chester Ave.
11AM to 6 PM . Contact Cheshire Agusta (267 973-7246)
Sat., July 2, 1 p.m. – 3:30pm, Declare Peace Fair
Independence Visitors Center (lawn area), 6th & Market Sts, Phila., PA.
Contact Contact Kay Lasker (215 983-5531)Cheshire Agusta (267 973-7246)
Wed, July 20, 2011, Movie showing “Sick Around the World” at the Coleman NW
regional library. Chelten and Greene St in Germantown. Contact Linda Beckman (215 242-3849)
Saturday, August 13, 2011 Leaflet in Spanish and English at 5th and Lehigh.
Contact Sylvia Metzler (215 423-9375) and Linda Beckman (215 242-3849)
Monday, September 5, 2011 Leaflet at the Labor Day parade. Time TBA
Contact Kay Lasker (215 983-5531)
Will you Cry for Me, John Boehner? Save Medicare/Medicaid
June 11, 2011
*Will you Cry for Me, John Boehner?* link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z-L6Gltg94
In D.C., I had the honor of participating in (and videotaping) an action at
Speaker of the House John Boehner’s office. Katie Robbins of Healthcare-Now
collected hundreds of testimonials from people who have suffered under the
present profit –driven system – and will suffer more if Medicare and
Medicaid are further defunded and privatized. These stories made us cry, and
since John Boehner has a tendency for weepiness, we each came armed with a
box of Kleenax. Boehner wasn’t there, and his aide called the security
guards, so we had to read the testimonials in the hall.
But we left behind the stories – and the Kleenax.
Alison McLeod, RN, BSN
Southern Arizona Field Organizer
Progressive Democrats of America
*”The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics
whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities.”
*–John F. Kennedy
Private Insurance Death Panel
April 24, 2011
It is hard to imagine the tragedy that could occur if Scott Poole, a young man with ALS and recently married in 2006 finds that he would be faced with death because his COBRA insurance runs out. Welcome to the American health care system! You can read about how Scott came to the attention of Health Care for All Pennsylvania, which incidentally, would not allow a single payer plan to simply end someone’s life. There is a PayPal site which is trying to raise the $160,000 needed to maintain Scott’s existence. So far it has raised $200.
http://www.squidoo.com/let-scott-live
Is Massachusetts the Health Care Model for America?
April 15, 2011
Come out to hear the second in our series of free lectures on health care reform. Benjamin Day is the Executive Director of Mass-Care, a Massachusetts based organization that has helped shape the political debate in their state. Massachusetts health care reform is now five years old and is the model upon which the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obama health plan) is based. What lessons can we learn from Massachusetts about our future health plan?
Monday, May 16, 2011, 7 PM, Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Branch, 1901 Vine Street, Montgomery Auditorium
For more information, email us at macman2@aol.com.
Sponsored by Health Care for All Philadelphia (HCAP), Healthcare NOW!
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