Health Care Town Meeting
Launch of Voters' Health Care Platform
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Bell Harbor Conference Center, Seattle, Washington
I am excited to invite you to come to our September 18th Health Care Town Meeting with Governors Carlson, R, MN and Lamm, D, CO to explore ways to finally reach bi-partisan reform and to launch our Voters' Health Care Platform, based on four years of talking with the public, meeting with individuals and groups, and backed by solid market research.
We cannot leave the design of our health care system to Congress or the political parties. They play to their base, not the people.
This Voters' Health Care Platform is distilled from grassroots public opinion data collected from more than 7,000 survey participants from across the country, as well as from two market research surveys. This data shows significant public consensus for meaningful health care reform.
Keynote speakers, former governors and health care reform advocates, Arne Carlson, R, MN and Richard Lamm, D, CO, with moderator C.R. Douglas of the Seattle Channel, will discuss barriers and challenges to reform, as well as steps toward effective bipartisan action.
In its Call to Action, CodeBlueNow! will integrate ideas expressed at this Health Care Town Meeting, then carry the Voters' Health Care Platform to federal and state elected officials throughout 2009, to help ensure that health care reform is equitable, sustainable, affordable, accountable, safe, and fair.
Registration: $10 general public; please register by mail (registration form), email, or by phone at (206) 217-9430. Seats also available at door. For more information, please visit www.codebluenow.org.
Sponsors 
Media Sponsors
Seattle Channel; TVW.
Co Presenters
U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, Faithful Reform in Health Care, RESULTS, Artist Trust, CityClub, Foundation for Health Care Quality, King County Executive Alliance, Leadership Tomorrow, Seattle Human Services Coalition, Southwest Youth & Family Services, Washington Artists Health Insurance Project, Washington Medical Case Managers Association, and Washington State Arts Alliance. |
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Meet the Governors
Town Meeting keynote speakers and former governors, Arne Carlson, R, MN, and Richard Lamm, D, CO, introduced health care reform in their respective states. |
| Arne Carlson, R, MN served two terms as governor of Minnesota during which time he became nationally recognized as a leading voice for health care and medical reform, as well as a political leader and consumer advocate. In his first term, Gov. Carlson helped to develop the comprehensive state health care reform program MinnesotaCare which today covers 1,000,000 Minnesotans.
Richard Lamm, D, CO is co-director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies at the University of Denver and a former three-term governor of Colorado. He is a nationally recognized expert on health care issues and author of The Brave New World of Health Care and Condition Critical: A New Moral Vision for Health Care. Lamm has also served as chairman of the Pew Health Professions Commission and a public member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
To learn more about Gov. Carlson and Gov. Lamm, join us at Health Care Town Meeting on September 18th.
Come on the 18th to hear our Platform then act to make a difference. We have invested $1.1 million from donations, grants and in-kind contributions. We invite you to add to that investment so we can spread with word about our Platform to every Governor, Senator and Congressman in America -- and to your local legislators as well. Donate to CodeBlueNow!. Remember, space is limited so please register for Town Meeting today!
Cheers and more later,
Kathleen O'Connor
Founder and CEO
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