Universal Health Care Lobby Day - Jan 28, 2008 - Sacramento, CA
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. The generous support of the California Physicians Alliance (CaPA) has brought the cost of attendance down to only $25 per student.
What?
Universal Health Care Lobby Day will mobilize advocates to demonstrate the need for universal coverage and to urge their representatives to support SB840, in order to implement statewide single-payer health insurance, a system that is predictable and affordable, automatic and guaranteed, high quality and comprehensive for ALL Californians.
When & Where?
Join us on Monday, January 28, 2008 in Sacramento. We will leave Los Angeles early Sunday, January 27 and return to Los Angeles on Monday evening. For a detailed schedule, click here.
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. "If not us, then who? If not now, then when?" -John Lewis, activist in Civil Rights Movement
How?
Keck AMSA and CSPHR are mobilizing a coalition of Keck Medical Students, USC MPH students, and other interested health professional students. Transportation to Sacramento will be via chartered bus, leaving early on January 27. Lodging will be provided near the capitol (shared hotel rooms). Student organizers have arranged a training in Sacramento on January 27 with other California student lobbyists and your Lobby Day appointments with your representatives.
Deadline to sign up & pay online is now extended to Jan 14. Here's what you need to do:
(1) Signup and pay online (select the $25, all-inclusive option).
(2) Send electronic receipt to Rebecka Lopez, who will keep track of USC attendees.
(3) Attend the Southern California Lobby Day Training THIS SATURDAY, JAN 12 - info below:
Lobby Day Training Session
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, 1-6pm
Led by Vanessa Calderón, former AMSA Jack Rutledge Fellow
Training is free; cost of dinner (5-6pm) ~$7-9.
All are welcome, including those not confirmed to attend Lobby Day.McKibben Hall Room 249
1330 San Pablo St.
Los Angeles, CA 90033
For directions to the Keck School of Medicine, click here.
Please RSVP and send any questions to Cindy Xi
(4) Join our Google Group to stay up-to-date (below)
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(5) In the meantime, check out the resources below to learn more about SB840 and single-payer insurance.
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.
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. Teams in more than 365 California cities are conducting grassroots educational and public awareness "action" events - one event per day, in a different city, for one year--to demandquality, affordable healthcare for all Californians."
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
Single issue organization advocating a universal, comprehensive single-payer national health program
California Student Physicians for Healthcare Reform (CSPHR)
USC student group advocating for the 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.