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Greetings!
The Affordable Care Act, affectionately known as "Obamacare," will be fully enacted come January 1, 2014. The new California Health Benefit Exchange will be open for enrollment before that - in October. What will be the impact on you and yours? Find out at our next meeting.
Joni Eisen, President
Potrero Hill Democratic Club
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NEXT PHDC MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 7th
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 Health care reform is coming!
We are excited to welcome a wide-ranging panel of experts:
- Patricia McGinnis, Executive Director of California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
- Bonnie Preston, MSPH, Outreach & Policy Specialist at the US Department of Health & Human Services
- Sumi Sousa, Officer of Policy Development and Coverage Programs at San Francisco Health Plan
The discussion will include: basics of the Affordable Care Act; California's first-in-the-nation Health Benefit Exchange, through which individuals and small businesses can compare plans and buy insurance; possible effects of reform on seniors and other vulnerable populations; federal reform in relation to San Francisco's existing health plans; and, of course, your particular concerns.
You are invited to participate in what promises to be an illuminating and timely conversation.
WHEN: Tuesday, May 7 at 7pm
WHERE: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro St
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April meeting followup
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The future of our water + other updates
Conversation-starters Jennifer Clary of Clean Water Action, Ellen Levin of SF Public Utilities Commission (Water), and Adam Scow of Food & Water Watch opened the program, followed by breakout groups and a final Q&A session.They spoke of water issues in our city and in the state, including: the dangers fracking in California; ways that San Francisco is slowly mitigating its practice of treating rainwater runoff as if it were wastewater; chemicals in drinking water in other parts of the state; a proposal to tax fertilizer to offset the contamination it causes. Earlier in the meeting, PHDC members updated the group on past topics: the CA DISCLOSE Act (first State Senate committee hearing is tomorrow 4/30), gun safety legislation (outrageous disappointment at the federal level, but the states are making progress), and saving City College. Click on each subject for details of what's happening now. |
| Upcoming Sunday, June 9th | |
 Sunday Streets Bayview/Dogpatch!We love Sunday Streets. PHDC members will be out there again with a table, probably near Esprit Park - registering voters, selling 94107 t-shirts and bragging about our Club. Join us for car-free fun June 9th from 11 to 4. |
