what we've been up to lately...
Health Disparities Virtual Forum
Meeting with Congressional candidate Cynthia Wallace
Meeting with Congressional candidate Cynthia Wallace
On Nov 12, Dr. Don Berwick, former CMS Director in the Obama administration, gave a Zoom presentation on health disparities, sponsored by the Greater Charlotte Healthcare Executives Group.
Meeting with Congressional candidate Cynthia Wallace
Meeting with Congressional candidate Cynthia Wallace
Meeting with Congressional candidate Cynthia Wallace
On Oct 8, a number of our members met virtually with Congressional candidate Cynthia Wallace to discuss proposals for reform of the US system, including Medicare for All.
Mecklenburg South Rotary
Meeting with Congressional candidate Cynthia Wallace
Meeting with Congresswoman Alma Adams' staff
On Oct 2, Dr. Bohmfalk gave a virtual Medicare for All update to members of the Mecklenburg South Rotary Club, having spoken to this group 3 years ago.
Meeting with Congresswoman Alma Adams' staff
Meeting with Congresswoman Alma Adams' staff
Meeting with Congresswoman Alma Adams' staff
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.
Charlotte Rotary
Meeting with Congresswoman Alma Adams' staff
Myers Park United Methodist Church
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.
Myers Park United Methodist Church
Meeting with Congresswoman Alma Adams' staff
Myers Park United Methodist Church
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.
Levine Museum of the New South
Levine Museum of the New South
Levine Museum of the New South
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.
Duke SNaHP Chapter
Levine Museum of the New South
Levine Museum of the New South
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.
Power to Heal documentary
Levine Museum of the New South
City Workers' Alliance Press Conference & Rally
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!
City Workers' Alliance Press Conference & Rally
City Workers' Alliance Press Conference & Rally
City Workers' Alliance Press Conference & Rally
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.
Davidson College
City Workers' Alliance Press Conference & Rally
Davidson College
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.
Duke Law School
City Workers' Alliance Press Conference & Rally
Davidson College
On Feb 3, Dr. George Bohmfalk spoke to the Health Law Club at Duke Law School in Durham on Medicare for All.