Saturday, March 10, 2007

Rep. John Conyers Headlines Community Meeting

On March 25 from 1:30-3:30 PM, the Philadelphia Area Committee to Defend Health Care will host a community meeting on single payer health care at the Penn Newman Center, 3720 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Highlighting the meeting will be the Honorable Congressman John Conyers, Jr., (D-MI) who represents the 14th District of Michigan (Detroit). Rep. Conyers is the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee and is the prime sponsor of HR. 676. the US National Health Insurance Act.

Also joining the community meeting will be:
Steve Larchuk, JD, chief author of Pennsylvania SB 300, the state single payer bill
Chuck Pennachio, PhD, Exec Director of the Health, Education and Legislative Progress Fund of PA
Walter Tsou, MD, MPH, Phila Area Committee to Defend Health Care
Joel Segal, Health Legislative Aide to Congressman John Conyers
Fabricio Rodriquez, Director of Philadelphia Jobs with Justice, moderator

Congressman Conyers will be speaking about the need for a single payer health care bill in America.

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