Universal Health Care Lobby Day - Jan 12, 2009 - Sacramento, CA
(yes, this page is almost identical to the Keck AMSA page :)
Wanna support Lobby Day?
Then attend the Universal Health Care Conference
September
13th, 2008
UC Irvine School of Medicine
Tamkin
Auditorium – Building 831
Dr. Sherif Emil is pediatric
surgeon at UCI MC and is also a member
of Physicians for a National Health Program which advocates for HR 676, a
national health insurance bill based on a single payer funding system. Dr. Emil
will be speaking about why the United
States needs a truly universal single payer
health care system.
Parker Duncan is a fourth year medical student at UC Irvine. He has just completed a Masters in Public Health at Cal State Long Beach. This year he serves as the inaugural California Physician Alliance (CAPA) Fellow to work to educate California health professional students about a truly universal single payer health care system and California’s single payer bill SB 840. Parker will speak about the Institute of Medicine’s fundamental values for a health care system that single payer upholds and encourages. Parker’s presentation will be interactive with mini break-out sessions.
Registration:
12pm-1pm
Conference: 1pm-5pm
Light snacks and coffee provided
Raffle for a great prize!
Tabling:
1pm-5pm
Please visit the tabling session to
learn more about organizations in California
that are working towards health care reform.
There
will also be T-shirt sales!!
Beach
Bonfire and Barbeque: 5:30-7pm
Bar
Night Fundraiser: 9pm-Later
All
proceeds will benefit Lobby Day 2009 (www.calauhc.org)
If you are from out of town please
stay for the Bar Night! You will have a place to stay in
Registration is $5.99
To
Register visit http://socalconference.eventbrite.com/
Parking
at UC Irvine is $7
Please park in Lot
83
Please have exact change ready for
the parking machine!!
Carpooling is Encouraged!!
For
any additional questions please contact:
Jennifer
Alloo, MS2: jalloo@uci.edu
Matt Greenberg, MS2: jaredgre@usc.edu
Who?
Current and future health care professionals, student allies, and community members throughout California. The event is organized by CALA, the California Alliance for Legislative Action.
What?
Convince our California legislators that our healthcare system is need of reform, and we need SB840, the bill that will establish universal healthcare via a statewide single-payer healthcare system. More information on SB 840.
When & Where?
Join us on Monday, January 12, 2007 in Sacramento. We will leave Los Angeles on Sunday, January 11 and return to Los Angeles on Monday evening. Rough schedule to come.
Why?
To demand that our state lawmakers address the crisis affecting the health care system and the 6.6 million who are uninsured in California. Both the Senate and the Assembly have passed this bill, before the Governor vetoed it. Find out how your legislators voted, from our SB 840 page. We are 3 Senate votes and 9 Assembly votes away from a veto-proof margin! "If not us, then who? If not now, then when?" John Lewis, activist in Civil Rights Movement
Want an update? Download Minutes from Nov.30th Lobby Day Meeting.
How?
On a date soon to be announced, we will hold a training session to prepare students for Lobby Day. There will also be a training in Sacramento on January 12 with other California student lobbyists. In the meantime, check out the resources below to learn more about SB840 and single-payer insurance.
(1) Signup & pay online & select the $25, all-inclusive option, plus $0.99 processing fee.
(2) Send electronic receipt to Rebecka Lopez, who will keep track of USC attendees.
(3) RSVP to attend the Southern California Lobby Day training on Jan. 12 by sending email to Cindy Xi. More info available at our events page.
(4) Join our Google Group to stay up-to-date (below)
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Questions or comments? Contact Cindy Xi & Natalie Ramos.
USC-Keck Co-Sponsors
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If your group would like to participate in Universal Health Care Lobby Day, we would love to have you join us as a co-sponsor. Please contact Cindy Xi & Natalie Ramos.
California Alliance for Legislative Action for Universal HealthCare (CALAUHC)
"'CALA' stands for 'California Alliance for Legislative Action.' In response to the growing number of medically-uninsured and underinsured residents of California, CALA was founded in the summer of 2005 by California medical students affiliated with the American Medical Students Association (AMSA), originally to support a state Senate bill proposing the implementation of statewide single-payer health insurance (California Health Insurance Reliability Act, designated SB840). Led by Renu Tipirneni of the UCSF School of Medicine and Parker Duncan of the UCI School of Medicine, CALA quickly grew into a collaboration of dedicated medical and pre-medical students from nearly all California universities."
Senator Shiela Kuehl's site on SB840 and California health policy
"SB 840, the California Universal Healthcare Act, is California’s plan to establish a system of health insurance to cover all residents of the state with comprehensive benefits, stabilize growth in health care spending, improve the quality of care and guarantee the right of every Californian to choose his or her own physician." 
California Physicians Alliance (CaPA)
State chapter of the Physicians for a National Health Program focused on health care reform and bringing single-payer health care to California
One Care Now
"The California OneCareNow Campaign is the nation's first-ever statewide grassroots campaign for universal health insurance."
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
A nonprofit organization of 14,000 physicians, medical students and health professionals who support single-payer national health insurance.
California Student Physicians for Healthcare Reform (CSPHR)
"As future physicians and healthcare professionals, we are committed to reforming the present system so that everyone will have access to comprehensive, high quality healthcare."
American Medical Student Association (AMSA) - Universal Health Care Initiative
"Universal health care refers to the idea that every American should have access to affordable, high-quality health care." Many educational resources to help understand and take action on this issue.