Chapter update: 2008 past and future
Some of our activities so far in 2008
Chapter member have already participated this year in the following events (and probably more):
1/3 Sicko film showing and discussion at Bethlehem Public Library
1/7 Small group discussion about single payer health reform at a Delmar coffeehouse (follow-up to a showing of Sicko)
1/8 People's State of the State rally at the NY Capitol
1/17 Founding of the Syracuse chapter of PNHP, 2 public talks at
Upstate Medical University
1/28 Sicko film showing and discussion in Pine Hills neighborhood of
Albany
1/29 Op-ed by Dr. Propp in Times Union
1/31 Testimony to NYS Insurance Department against merger and
conversion of GHI and HIP to a for-profit health insurance company
1/31 Single payer presentation to >100 Public Employees Federation
union members at the department of Environmental Conservation
Ongoing: Participation in MSSNY task force on health reform
PNHP submitted a New York State single payer proposal for consideration by the Governor's commission that will study methods of attaining universal health coverage in New York.
Upcoming events
Monday, Feb 25, at 6:30 pm: Roundtable discussion of "Why American Needs National Health Insurance" at the Clifton-Park-Halfmoon Public Library, 475 Moe Road, Clifton Park. Panelists: Matt Funicello, owner of Rock Hill Bakehouse in Moreau; Patricia Reed, NP, League of Women Voters; Howard Tanenbaum, MD, ophthalmologist in Canada and the US, vice-chair of our PNHP chapter; Paul Sorum, MD, PhD, chair of our chapter. Moderator: Christy Staats, Clifton Park Single Payer Committee cstaats[at]nycap[dot]rr[dot]com.
Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 11 AM: Single payer press conference, in the LCA press room (room 130), Legislative Office Building, State and Swan Street. To support the resolution introduced by Assemblyman Ortiz (NY Assembly bill K779) to call on the US House of Representatives to pass the single-payer bill HR 676 and to support single payer at state level. Ortiz has confirmed attendance, Gottfried has been invited. SHOW THE PRESS AND THE LEGISLATURE THE STRENGTH OF SUPPORT FOR SINGLE PAYER! Contact Mark Dunlea (the organizer of the press conference) at Hunger Action Network, 434-7371 xt 1# if you want to participate.
Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 pm: the next meeting of the Executive Committee of our chapter. All chapter members are welcome to attend. Please e-mail us if you would like to come.
Thursday, Feb. 28: two different (though overlapping) coalitions of health care reformers are meeting in Albany! In the morning, at 9:30 am, the coalition of groups working for universal health insurance in NY organized by Mark Dunlea will meet at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 85 Chestnut St. (1/2 block from the Capitol) to formulate a legislative agenda and plan of action. In the afternoon, the Health Care for All New York group will be meeting. It is organized by a variety of reformist organizations (including Citizen Action) that reject single payer as politically impossible and is funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. WE NEED TO KEEP REMINDING THESE COALTIONS (ESPECIALLY THE AFTERNOON GROUP) THAT SINGLE PAYER IS THE BEST SOLUTION. CAN ANYONE ATTEND EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE MEETINGS?
Friday, Feb. 29 at 7:00 pm: Showing of SICKO in downtown Troy at Christ Church on State St. and 5th Avenue (on Troy Night Out). Discussion afterwards led by Euthemia Matsoukas. HELP EUTHEMIA RALLY THE AUDIENCE TO WORK FOR SINGLE PAYER.
Sunday, Mar 2, 2:00-5:15 pm, at First Lutheran Church, 181 Western Ave, Albany: forum on health care and hunger, sponsored by Faith and Hunger Network, Capital District Alliance for Universal Healthcare (CDAUH), Interfaith Impact, FOCUS Churches, Bread for the World, and Reform Jewish Voice of NYS.
Agenda:
2:00 Welcome
2:15 Universal Health Care for NYS
a. 20 minutes - presentation from Spitzer administration on their health reform plans
b. 15 minutes - responses by leaders of faith community and CDAUH
c. 20 minutes - Q and A and comments
3:15 Bread for the World presentation on their Offering of Letters (international aid)
3:45 break
4:00 workshops
a. 2008 NYS Legislative Agenda on Ending Poverty - e.g., welfare, other - Mark Dunlea, Hunger Action Network
b. Speaking in the Faith Community on Economic Justice - Andreas Kriefall, ARISE
c. Other
5:00 Closing remarks, next steps
5:15 Adjournment
For more info, contact Mark Dunlea at Hunger Action Network, 434-7371 ext 1#
Saturday, Mar 8, 10:00 am-noon; panel discussion on health reform, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rensselaer County & the New York State Nurses Association. Panelists: Richard Kirsch, Executive Director of Citizen Action of NY (supporting a combined private-public plan); James Sinkoff, CEO Whitney M. Young Health Clinic; a representative from the NYS Nurses Association; and Paul Sorum, MD, PhD, chair of the Capital District Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program
Saturday, Mar 8, all day - PNHP table at the downstate New York American College of Physicians meeting.
Saturday, Mar 8, 10am - 4pm - New York Metro PNHP chapter annual speakers training/leadership meeting - email for details
HOLD THE DATE: Tuesday, May 6: lobby the state legislators on single payer
Chapter member have already participated this year in the following events (and probably more):
1/3 Sicko film showing and discussion at Bethlehem Public Library
1/7 Small group discussion about single payer health reform at a Delmar coffeehouse (follow-up to a showing of Sicko)
1/8 People's State of the State rally at the NY Capitol
1/17 Founding of the Syracuse chapter of PNHP, 2 public talks at
Upstate Medical University
1/28 Sicko film showing and discussion in Pine Hills neighborhood of
Albany
1/29 Op-ed by Dr. Propp in Times Union
1/31 Testimony to NYS Insurance Department against merger and
conversion of GHI and HIP to a for-profit health insurance company
1/31 Single payer presentation to >100 Public Employees Federation
union members at the department of Environmental Conservation
Ongoing: Participation in MSSNY task force on health reform
PNHP submitted a New York State single payer proposal for consideration by the Governor's commission that will study methods of attaining universal health coverage in New York.
Upcoming events
Monday, Feb 25, at 6:30 pm: Roundtable discussion of "Why American Needs National Health Insurance" at the Clifton-Park-Halfmoon Public Library, 475 Moe Road, Clifton Park. Panelists: Matt Funicello, owner of Rock Hill Bakehouse in Moreau; Patricia Reed, NP, League of Women Voters; Howard Tanenbaum, MD, ophthalmologist in Canada and the US, vice-chair of our PNHP chapter; Paul Sorum, MD, PhD, chair of our chapter. Moderator: Christy Staats, Clifton Park Single Payer Committee cstaats[at]nycap[dot]rr[dot]com.
Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 11 AM: Single payer press conference, in the LCA press room (room 130), Legislative Office Building, State and Swan Street. To support the resolution introduced by Assemblyman Ortiz (NY Assembly bill K779) to call on the US House of Representatives to pass the single-payer bill HR 676 and to support single payer at state level. Ortiz has confirmed attendance, Gottfried has been invited. SHOW THE PRESS AND THE LEGISLATURE THE STRENGTH OF SUPPORT FOR SINGLE PAYER! Contact Mark Dunlea (the organizer of the press conference) at Hunger Action Network, 434-7371 xt 1# if you want to participate.
Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 pm: the next meeting of the Executive Committee of our chapter. All chapter members are welcome to attend. Please e-mail us if you would like to come.
Thursday, Feb. 28: two different (though overlapping) coalitions of health care reformers are meeting in Albany! In the morning, at 9:30 am, the coalition of groups working for universal health insurance in NY organized by Mark Dunlea will meet at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 85 Chestnut St. (1/2 block from the Capitol) to formulate a legislative agenda and plan of action. In the afternoon, the Health Care for All New York group will be meeting. It is organized by a variety of reformist organizations (including Citizen Action) that reject single payer as politically impossible and is funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. WE NEED TO KEEP REMINDING THESE COALTIONS (ESPECIALLY THE AFTERNOON GROUP) THAT SINGLE PAYER IS THE BEST SOLUTION. CAN ANYONE ATTEND EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE MEETINGS?
Friday, Feb. 29 at 7:00 pm: Showing of SICKO in downtown Troy at Christ Church on State St. and 5th Avenue (on Troy Night Out). Discussion afterwards led by Euthemia Matsoukas. HELP EUTHEMIA RALLY THE AUDIENCE TO WORK FOR SINGLE PAYER.
Sunday, Mar 2, 2:00-5:15 pm, at First Lutheran Church, 181 Western Ave, Albany: forum on health care and hunger, sponsored by Faith and Hunger Network, Capital District Alliance for Universal Healthcare (CDAUH), Interfaith Impact, FOCUS Churches, Bread for the World, and Reform Jewish Voice of NYS.
Agenda:
2:00 Welcome
2:15 Universal Health Care for NYS
a. 20 minutes - presentation from Spitzer administration on their health reform plans
b. 15 minutes - responses by leaders of faith community and CDAUH
c. 20 minutes - Q and A and comments
3:15 Bread for the World presentation on their Offering of Letters (international aid)
3:45 break
4:00 workshops
a. 2008 NYS Legislative Agenda on Ending Poverty - e.g., welfare, other - Mark Dunlea, Hunger Action Network
b. Speaking in the Faith Community on Economic Justice - Andreas Kriefall, ARISE
c. Other
5:00 Closing remarks, next steps
5:15 Adjournment
For more info, contact Mark Dunlea at Hunger Action Network, 434-7371 ext 1#
Saturday, Mar 8, 10:00 am-noon; panel discussion on health reform, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rensselaer County & the New York State Nurses Association. Panelists: Richard Kirsch, Executive Director of Citizen Action of NY (supporting a combined private-public plan); James Sinkoff, CEO Whitney M. Young Health Clinic; a representative from the NYS Nurses Association; and Paul Sorum, MD, PhD, chair of the Capital District Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program
Saturday, Mar 8, all day - PNHP table at the downstate New York American College of Physicians meeting.
Saturday, Mar 8, 10am - 4pm - New York Metro PNHP chapter annual speakers training/leadership meeting - email for details
HOLD THE DATE: Tuesday, May 6: lobby the state legislators on single payer
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