Community Conversations


	A series of public meetings held throughout the state to review our health care crisis and identify solutions, including the single payer option that cuts out the insurance middle man, eliminates expensive premiums/copays/ deductibles, and always allows YOUR doctor to be YOUR choice. State legislators will be there to hear your concerns and respond.
	GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ON HEALTH CARE
When?	Sunday, April 29 2-5 pm
Where?	Grand Rapids Area Library 140 NE 2nd Street Grand Rapids, MN 55744	Directions
What?	Welcome!	Ida Rukavina, moderator
	The health care mess: how we got into it and how we will get out of it	Author Kip Sullivan will explain the health care problem
	From the ground up - perspectives on the health care mess	Mike Brandt of Globe Drugstore Sonja Olson, Accountant Evelyn Loidolt, Circles of Support Chad Mckenna, Citizens Federation Glenn Smith, Grand Rapids Hospital
	Response by legislators	Local legislators will attend to hear your concerns and describe initiatives
	Brainstorm actionsteps in small groups
	Where do we go from here?	Moderator and audience
Who?	Presented by the Minnesota Universal Health Care Coalition and the DFL Progressive Caucus	Info: 218-327-3282

"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane." Martin Luther King, Jr.	April is Martin Luther King Jr. National Healthcare Month
This year, Cover the Uninsured Week will include efforts leading up to and during the Week (April 23-29) around the country to promote the importance of children's health coverage	April 23 - 29 is Cover the Uninsured Week

This series of community conversations on health care is coordinated by the Minnesota Universal Health Care Coalition, in partnership with the Great Northern States Health Care Initiative, and the Greater Minnesota Health Care Coalition. Sponsoring partners include AFSCME, Cover the Uninsured, the DFL Progressive Caucus, Minnesota Nurses Association, Physicians for a National Health Plan, the Progressive Democrats of America, SEIU