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EVENTS for ALL Residents of Los Angeles
Congress wants your input at L.A. Convention Center !
Saturday, March 4, 2006 is a landmark
Citizens Health Care Meeting
at the LA Convention Center
As part of the Medicare Drug law, Congress
established the Citizens' Health Care Working Group to engage the American public "in an informed national public debate to make choices about the services they want covered, what health care
coverage they want, and how they are willing to pay for coverage."
This group is holding a Los Angeles Health Care Meeting (the ONLY meeting set-to-date for California) at the Los Angeles
Convention Center March 4, 2006. You may REGISTER for the Los Angeles March 4, 2006 meeting,http://www.citizenshealthcare.gov/register/
SPEAK OUT -- fill in their online questionnaire to tell them the kind of health care system you want:
http://www.citizenshealthcare.gov/speak_out/public_comment.php?pguid=e73766d8-f911-4ad1-
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OR USE THIS SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/8hg7j
The Home Page for this group is www.citizenshealthcare.gov/index.php
Hollywood Party - open to all Saturday, April 1, 2006
A fun-filled fund raiser for a Film to Fix HealthCare
Single ticket $35 (tax deductible)
- Congress wants your input at L.A. City Hall !
Citizens Congressional Hearing on HR 676
"Medicare for All - National Healthcare" l
Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Los Angeles City Hall
200 North Spring Street
Los Angeles 90012
The Congressional panel will include Congresswoman Diane Watson and other
members of Congress and their staff.
Unlike the typical Congressional hearing, this event is being organized by citizens to let our Congressional representatives know how we feel about the healthcare crisis in this country.
Dozens of similar events are being organized around the country. Speakers will discuss HR 676--a bill sponsored by Representative John Conyers (D-Michigan) currently before Congress that
would expand Medicare to cover all Americans -- public, non-profit universal health coverage that would guarantee a single standard of quality care for all.
California State Senator Sheila Kuehl will speak about California's example for America,
Calif. Senate Bill 840.
But they want to hear from you. This is your chance to speak out to Congressional representatives about healthcare reform!
Lost your health insurance? Can't afford the premiums? Outraged at prescription drug costs? Struggling to pay off hospital bills? Or maybe you're a caregiver or business owner who has seen
firsthand the human and financial costs of the current system.
If you would like to testify at the hearing, or to simply attend, or to get more information,
call Joe Newlin (818) 637-7115 or e-mail jnewlin@calnurses.org California Nurses Association
Citizen Congressional Hearing Co-sponsors
o The Actors Fund
o All Saints Church
o American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Los Angeles.
o California Council of Churches
o California Federation of Teachers
o California Nurses Association
o California Partnership
o California Physicians Alliance
o Assemblymember Judy Chu
o Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice
o Ecumenical Council of Southern California
o Educational Opportunity Program/Cal State LA
o Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
o Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles CityCouncil President
o Assemblymember Jackie Goldberg
o Health Access California
o Health Care for All - California
o Jewish Labor Committee, Western Region
o Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates
o Senator Sheila Kuehl
o Lifetime
o Move On - Pasadena Chapter
o Music for Charity Productions
o Poets of the Round Table
o Poverty Matters
o Progressive Christians Uniting
o Progressive Jewish Alliance
o Rock-aMole Productions
o Bill Rosendahl, Los Angeles City Council District 11
o So. Cal. Americans for Democratic Action
o United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers (UE) District 10
o UE Local 1421
o United Steelworkers of America Local 675
o United Teachers Los Angeles
o Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
o The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring
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