[NPInfo] Fwd: Raising Women's Voices for Universal Health Care

[Paula Sumner]

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nwhn at nwhn.org wrote:  Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:39:46 -0400
From: nwhn at nwhn.org
Subject: Raising Women's Voices for Universal Health Care

  September 24, 2007
  Webinars on Health Care Reform for Women’s Health Providers and Advocates
  Register Today!
  There is much at stake for women’s health care in the current debate over how to reform the health care system in the United States. But some of us in the women’s health community are unfamiliar with the terminology and concepts commonly used in health reform discussions. Many of us are unsure about which strategies to achieve universal health care would be best for women’s health care, or how to evaluate the proposals made by health policy experts and political candidates. It’s time to catch up, and dive into the debate!
  The National Women’s Health Network has teamed up with the Avery Institute for Social Change and MergerWatch Project of Community Catalyst to create and produce a three-part series of ‘webinars’, seminars accessible on the web. The first webinar will take place this week on Thursday September 27th at 2PM EST. For more information and to register please read the descriptions below.
  Webinar #1: Primer on the Basics of Health Care Reform
  This introductory webinar will provide a basic primer on health care reform, including important terminology and concepts such as “single-payer” health insurance, health savings accounts, employer assessments and individual mandates. No question will be too basic to ask! Presenters will be Susan Sherry, Deputy Director of Community Catalyst, who has more than 25 years of experience as a consumer health advocate; and Nancy Turnbull, Associate Dean at the Harvard School of Public Health. Click on this link to register for the Primer on the Basics of Health Care Reform
  Webinar #2: Strategies for Achieving Universal Health Care
October 11 at 3PM EST
  What are the strategies being discussed -- and tried in some states -- to get to universal health care? How are these strategies being influenced by public opinion polls indicating what types of change Americans are likely to support? Experts will discuss the single-payer approach vs. more incremental strategies and state action vs. federal strategies, We will learn how the American public views health care reform and what the major players (such as employers, unions, insurers, hospital associations and physicians) are doing. Presenters will include Michael Miller, Director of Policy at Community Catalyst; and Martha Livingston of Physicians for a National Health Plan. Click on this link to register for Strategies for Achieving Universal Health Care
  Webinar #3: Where Should Women’s Health Advocates Put Our Energy?
November 15 at 1PM EST
  Women’s health care providers and advocates must become engaged in the health care reform debate if we want to ensure that “health care for all” include affordable access to the health services and options that we and out families need. Of course, we want comprehensive reproductive health care and real choice in childbirth options, such as the option to use a midwife. We want better support for women who are caring for ill family members and we need end-of-life options that allow us to remain at home. We believe that health care must be sensitive to difference in our culture, ethnicity, race, class and sexual orientation. How can we best become involved in fighting for universal health care? Presenters will include Amy Allina, NWHN Program Director; and Debbie Reid of the National Health Law Program. Click on this link to register for Where Should Women’s Health Advocates Put Our Energy?
   



  
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