Health Care for All/Single Payer conference call

[and-justice-for-all]

Please join us for our Health Care for All/Single Payer conference call this Tuesday!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

~NOTE SPECIAL TIME FOR THIS CALL~

8:50 p.m. ET, 7:50 p.m. CT, 6:50 p.m. MT, 5:50 p.m. PT

Phone Number: [phone], Access Code: 968483#

Please do not announce yourself when you come on the call. We are expecting more callers than usual for this call, because of the special guests and the heightened public attention single payer is receiving. Please RSVP below.


Guests:

Dr. Michael Rachlis, Canadian private consultant in health policy analysis. He is currently leading the fight to keep Canada’s public Medicare system public, in the face of calls for privatizing aspects of the system.


Larry Rousseau, Public Service Alliance of Canada union executive and friend of PDA, has personal and professional experience with the Canadian Medicare system.

We expect a higher than usual number of participants for this. To help grassroots participation, please go to the PDA chat room a few minutes before you dial in. On the top right side of the dialog box you'll find a "gear" icon. Click on that and type in your real name so we know who we're talking to! This will enable you to type questions and comments to the moderator during the presentation.


Agenda -

1) Tim Carpenter will update everyone on recent events in DC. People can ask questions via PDA Chat 10 minutes


2) Tim will give a brief summary of how myths about the Canadian healthcare system, Medicare, are used to fight healthcare reform and single payer to introduce the guests.


3) Dr. Michael Rachlis will help PDA dispel the myths promulgated by the Right and allies of the private, for-profit insurance companies (such as the recent testimony by Dr. David Gratzer before the House Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee) about the Canadian health-care system. 15 minutes


4) Q&A with Dr. Rachlis. Submit questions via PDA Chat, and Dr. Rachlis will answer as many as possible.


5) Larry Rousseau will address the myths about the system from the point of view of a patient. He will also address the advantages of union negotiations without healthcare as an issue. 10 minutes


6) Q&A with Larry Rousseau. Submit questions via PDA Chat, and Mr. Rousseau will answer as many as possible.

Please RSVP here https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/309/personalopt1.asp?formid=meet&c=1274004

(We are currently using the same form for paid and free events while we save up to acquire separate forms. There is no fee to participate in this call--once the form is filled in and submitted, it will auto-fill for you next time.)

Check out our new Healthcare For All webpages http://pdamerica.org/iot/iotpage.php?page=Healthcare%20for%20All

Make sure to order your Healthcare NOT Warfare merchandise for your OFA meetings.

In solidarity,

Roberta McNair, Healthcare IOT Coordinator,

Tim Carpenter, National Director and

Conor Boylan, National Field Director.

https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/309/personal2.asp?formid=healthpet

[John Q. Citizen]

1. I'll be listening! Thanks.

[John Q. Citizen]

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[ej510]

3. Keep this thread kikced to the top!

K&R!

[avaistheone1]

4. Count me in. This issue is not going away.

Single-payer NOW.

[crazylikafox]

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