[Chat] Fwd: Study group on single payer health insurance system- #7

JUDY BERLIN jdydee at verizon.net
Wed Jul 2 23:28:45 EDT 2008


I am passing this info along for Bill Harvey who helped me  obtain the 
deed to my land.
Judy

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> From: Bill Harvey <bharvey at smart.net>
> Date: July 1, 2008 1:30:08 AM EDT
> To: JUDY BERLIN <jdydee at verizon.net>
> Subject: Study group on single payer health insurance system- #7
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> Judy,	Please help spread the word- how about the Chas Village list? 
> Thanks,  Bill
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> PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DAY- this month's session will be held on 
> TUESDAY,
> July 8
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> RSVP	RSVP
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>    SEVENTH SESSION: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
>    St. John's United Methodist Church
>    St. Paul St. at 27th St., Baltimore
>    7:30
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>    WHAT: One time study sessions on what a single payer health 
> insurance
> system could look like in the United States. Each month the topic will
> be the same and we'll cover pretty much the same ground.
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>    THE TOPIC: "Single payer" is a technical sounding term that simply
> means that only one agency will pay for medical services- this in
> contrast to the roughly 1500 insurance companies now operating in the
> US. Private insurance companies would be effectively eliminated from 
> the
> medical market. The rough model for most single payer advocates in the
> US is the Canadian system. Another way of simplifying: An expanded and
> enhanced "Medicare for All."
>    The main national vehicle for single payer is HR 676 whose principal
> sponsor is Congressman John Conyers of Michigan. www.healthcare-now.org
>    Among presidential candidates only Dennis Kucinich was a single 
> payer
> advocate. There are also single payer bills in many state legislatures,
> including Maryland.	www.mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/billfile/HB1125.htm
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>    READING: Around 20 pages of basic introductory material. The focus
> reading will be the 8 page "Executive Summary" of THE LEWIN REPORT, a
> 2000 study of the prospects for reform in Maryland.
> www.mdsinglepayer.org/links.htm
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>    THE GOAL: To help dispel some of the fog that surrounds the
> health care reform debate today. Whereas most people are concerned 
> about
> the issue and open to a discussion of alternatives, the advocacy of
> "universal coverage" by politicians with many varied proposals has left
> many of us understandably confused.
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>    WHEN: the first Monday of every month, 7:30 p.m., beginning on
> November 5, 2007 and every first Monday thereafter- December 3; January
> 7, 2008...
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>    WHERE: St. John's United Methodist Church, 2640 St. Paul St., at the
> corner of 27th St.
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>    HOSTED BY: RED EMMA'S/ 2640 www.redemmas.org/2640/
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>    CONVENER: Bill Harvey has been active on this issue since 1989 and
> works with Maryland UHCAN [Universal Health Care Action Network]:
>    www.mdsinglepayer.org
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>    *****
>    At every session we'll pass the hat to help RED EMMA'S/2640 defray
> costs.
>    *****
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> 	RSVP	RSVP
>    If interested, please contact me ASAP. The next session will be in
> less than 2 weeks. I'll need to get you the packet of readings, and
> it would be good to have contact info for anyone who plans to be there
> in case there's a cancellation or other change in schedule. THERE IS
> ALWAYS ROOM for latecomers.
>    If you miss this session, you'll still be able to sign up for a
> later one.
>
>    PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD. Feel free to forward this message to 
> any
> lists or individuals you think might be interested.
>
>
> Bill Harvey
> 410-467-7756
> (You'll get a message for "Ground Rent Services"- that's me)
> bharvey at smart.net
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