So what does health care reform mean to me/community? FLYER

So what does health care reform mean to me/community? FLYER

There has been so much talk in the media about healthcare reform that has left many of us confused.  We know that the US spends so much more money than any other industrialized nation on healthcare (16% of GDP) and yet we have some of the poorest health outcomes.  We know that millions upon millions in this country are uninsured or underinsured and that there needs to be a change in the current healthcare system.  However, the media has turned this debate into a circus and many of us are confused about what the future of healthcare in this country will be and many more of us are left out of the conversation.  On one side you have the Republicans demonizing a plan that would attempt to provide health care for the 47 million uninsured people in this country and on the other side you have Obama and the Democrats putting forward a plan that is supposed to challenge the private health insurance giants yet at the same time saying “No federal payment for undocumented Aliens.”

So what does healthcare reform mean for our community?

What does it mean for our undocumented brothers and sisters?

What are our healthcare needs and which if any of these plans will provide the services?

Come join us in a community discussion about the current healthcare debate.  Let’s talk about the various plans and what it means for our health and the health of our community.

September 17, 2009 @ 6:00pm

Iglesia Del Pacto

2221 S. California Ave, lower level

Speakers:

JESSICA PALS, ORGANIZAR FOR CITIZEN ACTION/ILLINOIS

TOM WILSON, CHICAGO SINGLE PAYER ACTION NETWORK

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The Fierce Urgency of Now: Health Care and Human Rights for All

Why has the debate over health care reform involved partisan politicians, media pundits, corporate interests, and hired agitators rather than the people? Why has the single payer option been demonized on the right, the media, and even the liberal establishment? How does the broader crisis in health care in this country–clinic closings, epidemics of disease related to inequality and inaccessibility to care, indifference to wellness in our schools, our public services, the military–relate to the unwillingness to address growing economic gaps in our society and the abdication of public authority for the sake of private concerns? How can the United States learn from other communities about how to deliver care, promote wellness, and affirm the public interest, in order to achieve human rights, here and around the world?

Saturday, September 19 2-5PM
Access Living, 115 W Chicago

Dialogue with:

Vijay Prashad
Acitivist, Scholar, author of “Darker Nations:A people’s history of the Third World”

Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle
Organizer with STOP, representing the campaign against mental health clinic closings

Dr. Linda Murray
Leading public health advocate, Medical Director, Woodlawn Adult Health Center

Yalda Afshar
Public health advocate and practicioner

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Medical student and rally organizer Yalda Afshar addresses fellow protesters Thursday outside the University of Illinois Hospital. "Healthcare doesn't wait," she said. "We have to serve the community mission." The University of Illinois plans to close a community clinic in Pilsen to save money.

Medical student and rally organizer Yalda Afshar addresses fellow protesters Thursday outside the University of Illinois Hospital. "Healthcare doesn't wait," she said. "We have to serve the community mission." The University of Illinois plans to close a community clinic in Pilsen to save money.

Health care students and community activists protested at the University of Illinois Hospital on Thursday in an effort to keep a Pilsen-based community clinic open for business.

The Center for Women and Families at Pilsen, which serves more than 6,500 patients annually, is slated to be closed by the University of Illinois in June due to budget strains. The clinic, located at 1858 W. 18th St., has lost $1 million since it opened five years ago, according to University of Illinois-Chicago spokeswoman Jeanne Galatzer-Levy.

“The clinic has lost money every year it’s been in operation,” Galatzer-Levy said. “It’s just a way to cut overhead.” She said the hospital provides the same services at an outpatient care center at 1801 W. Taylor St., which is 12 blocks away from the Pilsen clinic.

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