April 3rd Healthcare Public Forum

HEALTH CARE FOR ALL- HOW DO WE GET THERE!
Join us for a public forum and debate
Friday, April 3rd at 7 pm
at St. John's Episcopal Church
207 Albany Ave. Kingston (just north of Colonel Chandler Drive)
This is an extraordinary time. At last, the possibility of the US joining the rest of the industrialized world by making health care available to all is here!
Finally we have a President committed to health care for all Americans. However, the issue is complex and difficult and there are real differences about how we get there.
And the forces opposing universal health care are still strong.
In order to be the most effective force to support real health reform, we must be critical and informed. And so we invite you to join a debate between committed, good hearted, progressive forces on which way do we go.
In this corner is Jessica Wineski, Legislative Campaign Director for Citizen Action of New York, representing the perspective of Health Care for America Now, the champions of the Obama health plan and in the other corner is Len Rodberg, PhD from Physicians for National Health Plan, who advocate for a single payer universal system of health insurance. Let the Debate begin!

for information call: Sue Rosenberg @ 246-3449 or Lanny Walter @ 246-4668

HCANNY Event Details

Town Hall Event
Saturday, April 18th
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Join us to call for a solution to America’s
health care crisis that guarantees quality,
affordable health care we all can count on.
Representatives John Hall and Maurice Hinchey have been invited.
Enjoy performances by the SUNY New Paltz Drama Club and the
Beulah Gospel Choir.
Beulah Baptist Church
92 Catharine St
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
VISIT WWW.HCANNY.ORG
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
CITIZEN ACTION OF THE HUDSON VALLEY
HUDSONVALLEY@CITIZENACTIONNY.ORG

Health Care Advocacy

Monday (March 16th's) meeting featured an interesting presentation from Citizen Action of New York about a national coalition promoting "quality, affordable healthcare for all in 2009".

Their site is healthcareforamericanow.org

Our discussion there was lively and while I think everyone pretty much agreed with the general premise, i.e. "that the window of opportunity to pass a real health plan is now", clearly not everyone had the same ideas.

Share your ideas in the comments!