Universal Health Care Lobby Day - Jan 12, 2009 - Sacramento, CA

REGISTER FOR LOBBY DAY HERE!

(yes, this page is almost identical to the Keck AMSA page :)

Wanna support Lobby Day?

Then attend the Universal Health Care Conference

Come watch Dr. Emil's talk:
" Rescuing a Hijacked Profession - American Medicine's Sentinel Challenge" 

September 13th, 2008
UC Irvine School of Medicine
Tamkin Auditorium – Building 831 

LINK TO MAP HERE

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 Irvine if desired. Please e-mail Jennifer at jalloo@uci.edu for accommodations.

Registration is $5.99

To Register visit http://socalconference.eventbrite.com/

Parking at UC Irvine is $7

Please park in Lot 83

(LINK TO PARKING MAP HERE)

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

 

 

REGISTER FOR LOBBY DAY HERE!

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?
Keck AMSA and CSPHR leaders are mobilizing a coalition of Keck Medical Students and USC MPH students. Transportation to Sacramento via chartered bus and lodging near the capitol is provided for January 12 for a flat rate of $25. Our student organizers will also arrange your lobby day appointments with your representatives.

 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)

Google Groups
Subscribe to USC Healthcare Lobby Organizers
Email:
Visit this group


Questions or comments? Contact Cindy Xi & Natalie Ramos.



USC-Keck Co-Sponsors



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.



Universal Health Care Lobby Day Resources

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.