Healthcare Reform UAH Event – Sept. 30, 2009
Hi all,
Great crowd tonight! We were happy to see almost 90 people come out for Dr. Pippa Abston’s talk on Universal Single Payer (Medicare for All) on the UAHuntsville campus.
She is a fantastic presenter and handled the questions with ease — even those from the 10 or so people in the audience who are against all reforms. We were glad to have a very civil audience.
We had a good mix of people attending this event … including quite a few students! (Thanks to the efforts of Tommy Watts, president of the UAHuntsville College Democrats group which hosted the event.)
All four TV stations came out (19, 31, 48 and 54) plus the Huntsville Times. I’ll post their coverage when it’s available… unless someone beats me to it. 
[The Huntsville Times article is below]
Here are links to event photos on our Yahoo page and our Facebook page.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthAlabamaHealthcareForAll/photos/album/412201952/pic/list
http://www.facebook.com/NorthAlabamaHealthcareForAll
We thank Dr. Abston for her continued commitment to spreading the word about Medicare for All and bringing affordable, quality healthcare to all Americans!
Linda
Health Care Reform: Can We Have Universal Coverage,
Quality Care and Controlled Costs? – Aug. 25, 2009
Below is media coverage on last night’s healthcare forum in Huntsville from Channel 48/WAFF and the Huntsville Times. Channel 19/WHNT hasn’t posted their video to the website … I’ll send that when available.
Special thanks go to Sherry Walker who brought the signs “Respect” and “Healthcare Reform: Discussion not Disruption.” These signs were featured in both media pieces.
It was fun watching the 10 PM newscast segments on my television last night … I saw friends in those who I didn’t know came … I guess that will happen with almost 300 people in the room!
I was also pleasantly surprised to see about 20 local doctors stand up when asked to by our accomplished moderator.
If you attended the event, please share your thoughts … what new information you learned, what stood out for you about what our distinguished panelists and/or moderator had to say, or other general comments about the event.
Thank you, everyone!
Linda