Monday, May 25, 2009

June 11 Rally in Harrisburg, PA for State Single Payer Bills, HB 1660 and SB 400

Join hundreds of single payer supporters across the state of Pennsylvania who support the Family and Business Health Security Act (HB 1660 and SB 400) which would create a single payer bill in the Commonwealth. All of the other plans have been band aids on a failed insurance system. We need single payer now!

Gather at the outside steps facing the river at the State Capitol in Harrisburg at 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Thursday, June 11.

Guest speakers,
Donna Smith from the California Nurses Association and fresh from her appearance on Bill Moyers Journal,
Bill George, President, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO,
Chuck Pennachio, Executive Director, Health Care for All Pennsylvania,
Patty Eakin (President of PASNAP),
Jeff Garis of Penn Action,
Sandra Strauss (Pa. Council of Churches. Sandra will do the invocation and also will speak
Walter Tsou, MD (Nationally recognized consultant on public health and healthcare reform; Former Philadelphia Health Commissioner)
Tom Murt (Republican member of the Pa. House, representing parts of Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties)
Janice Horn (Healthcare Specialist, Pennsylvania League of Women Voters)

for more information, contact Jerry Policoff (717-295-0237) or Pedro Rodriguez (215-300-5902)

Next HCAP meetings in June

Next Steering Committee meeting, June 2: Temple Campus, Room 614 Gladfelter Hall (on 11th Street, between Berks and Norris)

General Membership meeting, June 9 will be held on the Philadelphia Community College Campus, Bonnell Bldg at 17th and Spring Garden, Room BG17

Tim Lachman

Monday, May 11, 2009

Rally for Single Payer, May 30, 12 noon, CIGNA in Philadelphia

Rally For Guaranteed Single-Payer Healthcare For All
May 30th - Philadelphia, PA

Join thousands of single-payer supporters in a nationwide week of action to supportimproved Medicare for all (HR 676). Single-payer activists will be gathering all over the country to say, "Healthcare, yes; Insurance companies, no," and to show solidarity with demonstrations at the AHIP (American Health Insurance Plans, a private health insurance lobby) conference in San Diego.

Sponsored by:
The Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care - www.guaranteedhealthcare4all.org | Healthcare-NOW! - www.Healthcare-Now.org Progressive Democrats of Americca - www.PDAmerica.org | CNA/National Nurses Organizing Committee - www.calnurse.org Physicians for a National Health Program - www.PNHP.org | Americans for Democratic Action - www.ADAction.org

Join Us!
Place: Cigna’s Headquarters
Two Liberty Place
16th and Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA

Time: Saturday, May 30, 2009
12 Noon to 1:30 PM
C o n t a ct: Jeff@Healthcare-Now.org
267-515-2400
www.PhillyHealth.org


Guaranteed Healthcare: We can do it! 47 million Americans are uninsured. Private insurance rates are rising faster than inflation and our incomes. By 2025 the cost of private health insurance will exceed our projected income. A single-payer healthcare system is the only healthcare reform option that will cover every American resident while saving us billions of dollars. The majority of Americans want it. The majority of physicians want it. The only thing missing is the political will in Washington.

Health Care for All-Philadelphia - www.PhillyHealth.org | Healthcare for All-PA - www.healthcare4allpa.org Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals - www.PennaNurses.org