Healthcare-NOW! NYC invites you to a speakers’ forum and volunteer panel:
Inspired by Vermont: The New Single Payer Movement in the Age of the Affordable Care Act
Wednesday, August 10th, 7-9pm
The Commons
388 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Thanks to the success of Vermont’s single payer movement, a fresh new approach to Medicare-for-All activism is sweeping the nation – state by state. Come find out about it!
Speakers will include:
TBA, PNHP Speaker
Volunteer Coordinator, Healthcare-Now NYC
on the limitations of the ACA and the viability of state level single payer systems
Katie Robbins
National Organizer, Healthcare-NOW!
on state single payer movements across the country
Laurie Wen
Executive Director, Physicians for a National Health Program, NY Metro
on the New York State single payer bill
Josh Starcher and Omar Kutty
Volunteer Coordinators, Healthcare-NOW! NYC
on organizing for the state bill in NYC
RSVP to let us know if you will be attending.
RSVP not required for entry into the event, feel free to bring a friend.
Available via the following Train Lines:
A,C,G – Hoyt-Schermerhorn
F,G – Bergen St
D, N, R, B,Q, 2,3,4,5 – Atlantic Ave
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We have two flyers for this event: this one and this one.
