“Holding Our Applause: What’s Wrong With the New Healthcare Law and How We Can do Better”
| Jun |
| 8 |
| 7:00 pm |
Tuesday, June 8 @ 7 PM
Speaker: Pippa Abston, MD, PhD
Optimist Park Recreation Center, 703 Oakwood Avenue, Huntsville
(near intersection of Oakwood Ave. and Andrew Jackson Way)
FREE and open to the public
Q&A session after the talk
Info: Lahaynes@knology.net 256-489-3884 www.NorthAlabamaHealthcareForAll.org
Many Americans had hopes that Congress would pass healthcare legislation with at least a first step towards real health care reform. Unfortunately, the new law does not provide the pathway we need. Not only does it leave 23 million uninsured, but even the provisions that look good will fail — because of the continued involvement of private insurance corporations.
Come hear how insurers will continue to deny care and raise costs under the new law, putting both our nation’s health and our economy at risk. We’ll also tell you about a better approach: an improved and expanded Medicare for All.
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Pippa Abston, MD, PhD, is a pediatrician and educator in Huntsville, Alabama. She is a founding member of the Society for Equity in Child Health and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Madison County Medical Society. She is also a member of Physicians for a National Health Program and North Alabama Healthcare for All, as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association. Dr. Abston received her medical degree from the University of South Alabama in 1993, where she also earned a national medical student award. Her community work includes serving as a Deacon and Chairperson of Health Ministry at her church. She also received an award from Interfaith Mission Service in 2007 for her instrumental work in founding a local homeless clinic. One of her most recent accomplishments was establishing an Autism Diagnostic Clinic in Huntsville.
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North Alabama Healthcare for All is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization promoting an improved “Medicare for All” type healthcare system to everyone from birth to death. This system would be universal, not-for-profit, and publicly financed, while offering comprehensive health care and free choice of providers. (This is also called universal Single Payer healthcare, government-funded healthcare, or national health insurance.) We believe healthcare is a human right and that no one should be denied healthcare due to a lack of insurance or inability to pay. We are a chapter of the national organization Physicians for a National Health Program. Like our parent group, we are not just physicians — membership is open to anyone. NAHA is a member of the state coalition called Healthcare for Everyone–Alabama.
For more information, to request a speaker, or to sign up for our email list, go to www.NorthAlabamaHealthcareForAll.org You may also call us at 256-489-3884.