Single-Payer Events Across the Country
If you have a single-payer related event that you’d like added to this list, please email jeff@healthcare-now.org with the information. Besides listing your event here we will send it out to our supporters in your city or region.
Single-Payer Events in May 2012
May 10, 2012 – Portland, ME
Two Portraits – Message and Messengers in Universal Health Care Reform
An unveiling by Rob Shetterly, Maine Artist and Activist.
An address by Dr. Margaret Flowers, Congressional Fellow, Physicians for National Health Program
Introduced by The Honorable Michael F. Brennan, Mayor of Portland
When: May 10, 2012 at 6:00 pm at the
Where: Rines Auditorium, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, ME 04101
More information: MainAllCare.org
May 11, 2012 – Chicago, IL
Single-Payer at Northside AARP Meeting
Presentation by Anne Scheetz, MD
When: Friday, May 11, 2012, 12:30 to 2:00 pm
Where: John Merlo Branch Library, 644 West Belmont, Chicago
Who: Northside AARP and PNHP Illinois
More information at Illinois Single-Payer Coalition website.
May 12, 2012 – Chicago, IL
Bowling for Single-Payer Chicago 2012
Fundraiser for Illinois Single-Payer Coalition
When: Saturday, May 12, 2012, 2:00 to 5:00 pm
Where: Diversey River Bowl, 2211 West Diversey Parkway, Chicago
Who: Special guest Donna Smith, ISPC, Illinois Media Progressives, and others
More information at the Illinois Single-Payer Coalition website.
May 16, 2012 – Albany, NY
A Practicing Physician Views the Healthcare System
The Capital District Alliance for Universal Healthcare, Inc., of Albany, NY, in association with the Friends of The Albany Public Library, is sponsoring a public forum at the Library, 161 Washington Ave. on May 16 from 5 to 7 pm.
Speaker: Christopher Calder, MD, PHD, of The Neurology Group.
Panel and questions to follow. Free and open to the public.
Contact: Richard Propp, MD – 518-482-0420 or vpropp@verizon.net
May 18, 2012 – Chicago, IL
Nurses, Robin Hood, Prepare to Converge on Chicago May 18
Healthcare-NOW! is proud to be one of more than 85 environmental, labor, and health groups to endorse National Nurses United’s “Protest the Global 1%” march and rally on May 18 in Chicago.
Single-Payer Events in October 2012
October 6, 2012 – Washington, DC
DUH – The Demonstration for Universal Healthcare
Does America need a new healthcare system? DUH.
So what is DUH?
DUH stands for Demonstration for Universal Healthcare. On October 6, 2012, hundreds of thousands of people (we hope) will gather on the National Mall to demonstrate their support of establishing a universal, single-payer healthcare system in the U.S. Anyone who lives with a medical condition of any kind, their family, friends, medical providers; anyone who’s struggled with medical debt and/or bankruptcy; anyone of any political, religious, economic, or racial background; labor and business people; anyone who cares about the health of our nation – everyone will come together to prove to the world and each other that our need, and our unrelenting demand, is “too big to fail!”
When: Saturday, October 6, 2012
Where: The National Mall, Washington, D.C.,
Ongoing
Healthcare NOT Warfare Vigils – Nationwide
More Info: pdamerica.org
ChiSPAN Meetings – Chicago, IL
Meetings every other week. Visit www.chispan.org for more information.
