PNHP-NY Metro Monthly Forum:

The Politics of Hospital Closures in New York

Leon Bell, Political Director, New York State Nurses Association;

Robert Padgug, PhD, Board member, PNHP-NY Metro

When: Tuesday, November 26 – 7:30pm – 9pm

Where: Beth Israel’s Phillips Ambulatory Care Center, 10 Union Square East (btw 14th & 15th St), 2nd Floor, Manhattan

RSVP not required, but greatly appreciated! Click here to RSVP.

All PNHP-NY Metro monthly forums are free and open to the public.

Join Healthcare-NOW! NYC for our next coordinating meeting! This meeting will be for volunteers to report back and discuss plans for organizing for single-payer health care. We will also be discussing some exciting upcoming events including the 6 week Off-Broadway run of Michael Milligan’s one-man play Mercy Killer’s coming to NYC in Jan & Feb.

All are welcome!

Let us know you’ll be coming at hcn.nyc@gmail.com.

Upcoming Events

Nov 26th: PNHP-NY Metro’s Monthly Forum:  The Politics of Hospital Closures in New York
Dec 10th: Human Rights Day: An Evening in Honor of Vermont Human Rights Leader Peg Franzen
Dec 10th: PNHP-NY Metro Membership Meeting

Michael Milligan will be performing Mercy Killers in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Saturday, October 12th. This performance is a part of the Northside Town Hall’s Arts Happening Series.

Join us at 6PM at 134 Wythe Ave (N8 & N9)

Mercy Killers is a one-man play by Michael Milligan. Joe loves apple pie, Rush Limbaugh, the 4th of July and his wife, Jane. He is blue-collar, corn-fed, made in the USA and proud, but when his uninsured wife is diagnosed with cancer, his patriotic feelings and passion for the ethos of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are turned upside down.

This event was sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).

Performances are free and open to the public.

Wheelchair Accessible

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Tuesday, Sept 17 @ 5pm: Rally and March to Restore and Expand Vital Public Services for the 99%

Rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in front of the UN (2nd Ave and 47th St, NYC)

March to Bryant Park

Tues, July 30th is Medicare’s 48th Anniversary!

A majority of Americans support Medicare For All. Now, is your chance to have your voice heard. Share your story, tell us why you want Medicare For All.

We’re asking people from across the country to submit one-minute videos showing their support for expanding Medicare For All.

Tell us:
1) Your name
2) What city and state you live in
3) What is your profession? Are you affiliated with a particular group – political, volunteer, faith-based, or other?
4) Why YOU support the right to health care and expanding Medicare For All.

Like the ‘I Want Medicare For All’ Video Project on Facebook and YouTube.

To participate, upload your video on YouTube and send a link to Jeff@healthcare-now.org.

For more information or to volunteer for this project, contact Ben@healthcare-now.org

To support the cause: Donate here

Join Healthcare-NOW! NYC for the next coordinating meeting! This meeting will be for planning events on the summer calendar for the campaign to win single-payer universal health care in New York State. We will also hear an update on the fight to save Brooklyn hospitals and discuss plans for Medicare’s Anniversary.

Healthcare-NOW! NYC Meeting
Thursday, July 25, 7 pm
220 5th Ave, 2nd Floor
Manhattan
Subway: F/M to 23rd St; N/R to 23rd or 28th St

Let us know you’ll be coming at hcn.nyc@gmail.com.

In solidarity for single-payer healthcare,
The Healthcare-NOW! NYC Team

Join patients, community supporters, elected leaders, NYSNA & 1199SEIU to mourn the death of healthcare in Brooklyn.

Several Brooklyn hospitals, including Interfaith Medical Center and Long Island College Hospital, are under threat of closure.

Meanwhile, health disparities in our borough are climbing at alarming rate. Low income, people of color, and the uninsured have fewer and fewer options for receiving care.

We’ll meet at Cadman Plaza at 4pm and march over the bridge and then hold a rally at City Hall in Manhattan at 5pm.

Make no mistake – if any of our hospitals close, people will die.

Let’s march and mourn to stop the death of Brooklyn healthcare!

Wear black!

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Mercy Killers, the one-man show on the health care crisis, is returning to NYC and will be performed at 59e59 this month!

If you purchase tickets using the coupon code HCNOW, a portion of the ticket sales will be donated to Healthcare-NOW! NYC’s work of organizing for single-payer universal health care.

Don’t miss this incredibly moving show! It’s a great opportunity to bring a friend, family member or colleague to an event that has received wide mass appeal highlighting the health care crisis.

MERCY KILLERS
Joe loves apple pie, Rush Limbaugh and the fourth of July. But when his wife is diagnosed with cancer and loses her insurance, his patriotic feelings are brought into question as he struggles with losing your health in the land of plenty. Michael Milligan stars.

$15 (MEMBERS $10.50)
July 9 at 8:30; July 10 at 6:30; July 13, 14 at 2:30

Buy tickets for MERCY KILLERS.

Don’t forget the coupon code HCNOW to donate to Healthcare-NOW! NYC.

Join Healthcare-NOW! NYC for the next coordinating meeting!

This meeting will be for planning events on the summer calendar for the campaign to win single-payer universal health care in New York State.

Healthcare-NOW! NYC Meeting – Thursday, June 27 @ 7 pm

220 5th Ave, 2nd Floor Manhattan
Subway: F/M to 23rd St; N/R to 23rd or 28th St

In solidarity for single-payer healthcare
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The Left Forum hits town this weekend! June 7-9th at Pace University, 1 Pace Plaza, NYC

There are going to be a number of great panels discussing issues all across the board. Below is a list of Healthcare related panels.

See the full list here. Ticket info here.