[Chat] Study group on single payer health insurance system- #8

[Roderick Fry]

If interested in attending, please RSVP to Bill Harvey as per below.  I
attended the previous session, and my wife and I found it to be extremely
interesting and informative.

Best,

Rod Fry

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bill Harvey <bharvey at smart.net>
Date: Jul 28, 2008 2:03 AM
Subject: Study group on single payer health insurance system- #8
To: Roderick Fry <roderickpsu at gmail.com>

RSVP    RSVP


  EIGHTH SESSION: Monday, August 4, 2008
  St. John's United Methodist Church
  St. Paul St. at 27th St., Baltimore
  7:30


  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.

  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

  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

  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.

  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...

  WHERE: St. John's United Methodist Church, 2640 St. Paul St., at the
corner of 27th St.

  HOSTED BY: RED EMMA'S/ 2640 www.redemmas.org/2640/

  CONVENER: Bill Harvey has been active on this issue since 1989 and
works with Health Care Now of Maryland- formerly Maryland UHCAN
[Universal Health Care Action Network]:   www.mdsinglepayer.org

  *****
  At every session we'll pass the hat to help RED EMMA'S/2640 defray
costs.
  *****

       RSVP    RSVP
  If interested, please contact me ASAP. The next session will be in
just a little more than a week. 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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