AUGUST 2006
- August Health Care Events
- Health Care Reform In the News
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The Center for American Progress Action Fund, Americans for Health Care, the Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN) of Ohio, the Coalition for Affordable Health Care in Ohio, and community-based health activists across the country will be promoting health coverage issues at public events – including candidate forums, policy speeches, and public rallies – throughout the month of August. Please consider raising your voice on this issue before the summer ends.
AUGUST HEALTH CARE EVENTS
August 17 – Columbus, Ohio - The Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN) of Ohio and the Coalition for Affordable Health Care in Ohio (CAHO) will highlight the effect of health care costs on small businesses and their employees at a public event. Ohio small business owners will call for federal and state policymakers to focus on health reforms that will control costs and provide affordable coverage.
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: Katzinger's Delicatessen
475 S. 3rd Street, Columbus, OH
August 22, 2006 - Americans for Health Care, a project of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is organizing Chalk it Up, a National Day of Health Care Action. Using chalk as a creative unifying theme, Americans for Health Care is hosting rallies, house parties, and public events across the nation. To find a local event, or create your own, go to: www.ImAHealthCareVoter.org
August 22nd – Manchester, New Hampshire – The Center for American Progress Action Fund is hosting a candidate forum on health care reform for United States House of Representative candidates in the New Hampshire 1st Congressional District.
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: To be announced.
Check New Hampshire for Health Care for updated information.
August 31st – Cleveland, Ohio – If It’s Broke, Fix It: Health Care Providers and Health Reform. This Center for American Progress Action Fund event will explore the challenges the current health care system poses for health professionals, patients and policymakers, and how doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals can use their unique insight and real-life experiences to steer the nation towards a solution. Featured Speaker: Senator Tom Daschle, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress.
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 p.m.
Location: HealthSpace Cleveland
8911 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106
HEALTH CARE REFORM IN THE NEWS:
Senator John Kerry calls for bold action on health care.
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) wrote in a Boston Globe opinion piece that “We need big ideas and bold solutions, not more of timid Washington tinkering around the edges.… We don't want to reinvent the wheel on healthcare; we need to take what's already working for those of us who are lucky and make it work for the millions of Americans being passed by. And we need to improve quality and lower costs for those with coverage today.”
Andy Stern, President of the Service Employees Union, calls on the business community to force Congress to act on the health care crisis.
Andy Stern, the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), wrote in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece: “The problem isn't policy, it's leadership. And I don't mean Washington, D.C. The political class in both parties is full of words and bereft of action. They are not going to provide the answers until they are forced to. That force must come from the business community.”
Readers without a subscription to The Wall Street Journal can download SEIU’s press release.
Former Senator and Center for American Progress Distinguished Senior Fellow Tom Daschle reinforces Andy Stern’s call for the business community to provide leadership on health reform.
In The Wall Street Journal, Sen. Daschle said Stern was "exactly right on the need for business leadership to push for health reform” and calls on shareholders and board members “to take a stand as well." Kaiser's Daily Health Policy Report has a segment of Senator Daschle’s Wall Street Journal piece.
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Affordable health coverage for all Americans would provide a basic level of economic security for American families and allow them to save for retirement, plan for their children’s education, or buy a home. It’s wrong for anyone who works hard and plays by the rules to go without health care or be driven into economic hardship by health care costs.
The Center for American Progress Action Fund is dedicated to advancing affordable health coverage for all Americans by bringing public focus, media attention, and policy community engagement to this issue. Become a health champion today to join our efforts and track our progress.
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