what we've been up to lately...

On August 14 student chapter presidents Irene Kuriakose & Chiamaka Okonkwo and Drs. Saxe & Bohmfalk had a productive discussion with Rep. Adams' healthcare legislative aide and DC office director. While Rep. Adams is a cosponsor of HR 1384, we encouraged her to support Medicare for All more visibly and mention her support on her website.

On August 5 Dr. Saxe spoke to physicians and other providers and staff of the Elizabeth Family Medicine clinic on how  Medicare for All could have helped with the COVID-19 pandemic.

On July 21 Drs. Saxe and Pressly Gilbert spoke via Zoom to 100 members of the Charlotte Rotary Club on how  Medicare for All could have helped with the COVID-19 pandemic.

On July 6 Dr. Saxe and UNCC chapter president Chiamaka Okonkwo participated in a discussion of Racism and Health Care with the church's weekly Anti-racism Small Group.

On June 25 Dr. Jessica Schorr Saxe participated in a panel discussion on how the pandemic is further revealing the shortcomings of our healthcare system,  barriers to healthcare in the COVID-era and the work required to dismantle them.

On May 6, Dr. George Bohmfalk gave a Medicare for All presentation via Zoom to members of the Duke Medical School's Students for a National Health Program chapter. We're all locked down but still happy to share how Medicare for All can solve so many problems.

On Mar 4, Drs. Jessica Schorr Saxe, George Bohmfalk and Akshay Pendyal discussed  healthcare systems around the world and proposals for reform of the US system, including Medicare for All, with the Novant Family Medicine residents and staff.

On Feb 26, our Queens Univ. student chapter showed Power to Heal, a powerful 60-min documentary describing how Medicare led to hospital integration in 1965. HCJ-NC physician members led a discussion afterward. 

And there was pizza!

On Mar 2, the day before Super Tuesday, Medicare for All supporters stood in solidarity with Charlotte city and county employees to point out how Medicare for All will provide better coverage at lower cost for both employees and government. HCJ-North Carolina Board chair Dr. Jessica Schorr Saxe and Board members Tera Long and Dr. George Bohmfalk spoke to the need for Medicare for All for union workers and everyone else.

On Feb 19, Dr. George Bohmfalk joined Richard Master, producer of the documentary FixIt - Healthcare at the Tipping Point, insurance company whistleblower Wendell Potter, and Washington, DC pediatrician Sanjeev Sriram in Greenville, SC for a discussion on the business advantages of Medicare for All.

On Feb 13 students at Davidson College showed FixIt, the 40-min documentary that makes the business case for Medicare for All. A panel of our physician and other expert members took questions from the very engaged audience, for whom healthcare is a critical issue. 

On Feb 3, Dr. George Bohmfalk spoke to the Health Law Club at Duke Law School in Durham on Medicare for All.