[IMC-Boston-Dispatch] Fwd: PRESS ADVISORY: Rep. John Conyers to attend grassroots hearing on solutions to the health care crisis.

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> From: "Ali Noorani" <anoorani at miracoalition.org>
> Date: August 26, 2005 5:55:19 PM EDT
> To: "'Ali Noorani'" <anoorani at miracoalition.org>
> Subject: PRESS ADVISORY: Rep. John Conyers to attend grassroots  
> hearing on solutions to the health care crisis.
>
>

>
> Press Advisory
>
> For Immediate  
> Release                                                                
>                                  For more information contact:
> August 26,  
> 2005                                                                   
>                                         Carly Burton, MIRA, (617)  
> 350-5480 x208
>                                     Rand Wilson (617) 697-0380
>                                     Ariana Flores (617) 524-8778
>
> Rep. John Conyers to attend grassroots hearing on solutions to the  
> health care crisis.
>
> WHEN:                       Thursday, September 1, 2005
>                                     10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
>
> WHERE:                     Faneuil Hall, Boston
>
> WHO:                         Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) and  
> Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
>                                     Over 20 grassroots organizations
>                                     All members of the  
> Massachusetts Congressional delegation have been invited
>
> WHAT:                       A public hearing to highlight the need  
> for national comprehensive health care reform.  The hearing is part  
> of a campaign to build a stronger movement for a "Medicare for All"  
> solution (HR 676) to the health care crisis.   Passage of HR 676  
> would ensure that everyone would receive high quality and  
> affordable health care.
>
> Congressmen John Olver, James McGovern, Barney Frank, and John  
> Tierney (all D-MA) are co-sponsors of HR 676 along with 45 other  
> members of Congress.  (For more information about HR 676 see:  
> www.house.gov/conyers/news_health_care.htm)
>
> HR 676's lead sponsor Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) will speak at  
> the hearing and local media personality Sarah-Ann Shaw will  
> moderate.  The hearing will have three separate panels where people  
> will share their experience dealing with the issues of skyrocketing  
> costs, deteriorating quality of care and loss of insurance coverage  
> or access to essential services.
>
> For more than three decades, Conyers has been a national leader and  
> coalition builder in efforts to reform the health care system. He  
> is the founder and chairman of the Congressional Universal Health  
> Care Task Force, a 45-member caucus whose mission is to pass health  
> care legislation that would guarantee every American access to  
> affordable, comprehensive, quality health care.
>
> The hearing is organized by Jobs with Justice's Health Care Action  
> Committee and is co-sponsored by: Ad Hoc Cmte. to Defend Health  
> Care, Centro Presente, Communications Workers of America - District  
> 1, CWA Local 1365, Health Care For All, Health Care For  
> Massachusetts Campaign, Health Care-NOW, IBEW Local 2222, Irish  
> Immigration Center, IUE-CWA Local 201, Lynn Health Task Force,  
> MassCare, Massachusetts Home Care Association, Massachusetts  
> Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, Massachusetts Nurses  
> Association, Massachusetts Public Health Association, Massachusetts  
> Senior Action Council, OWL, Physicians for a National Health Plan,  
> Sisters Together Ending Poverty, Somerville-Cambridge Aging  
> Network, United Electrical Workers - District 2, Women’s Health  
> Institute, Women’s Universal Health Initiative.
>
> For more information, visit www.massjwj.net.
>
> ###
>
> MIRA works to advocate for the rights and opportunities of  
> immigrants and refugees. In partnership with its members, MIRA  
> advances this mission through education, training, leadership  
> development, organizing, policy analysis and advocacy.
>