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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Santa Barbara, CA
Progressive Democrats of America will hold a Healthcare NOT Warfare Forum on Thursday, April 23, at the Unitarian Society Social Hall beginning at 5:30 p.m., in support of HR 676 by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) that would set up a single-payer healthcare system in the U.S.
PDA’s executive director, Tim Carpenter, board chair Mimi Kennedy and southern California state coordinator Dr. Bill Honigman will be featured at the event, which is co-sponsored by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee.
Carpenter notes that experience in other countries has shown that single-payer is the only system that can provide universal coverage while lowering costs, and it would create an estimated 2.6 million jobs in healthcare and related industries in the U.S.
Other reform plans under consideration in Congress and the Obama administration are basically expansions of the current system of private health insurance, Carpenter said, “but healthcare corporations exist to make profits for their shareholders, not to provide healthcare. As long as they are part of the equation, real reform will elude us.”
“PDA remains committed to the single-payer solution, and we will continue to push for it inside and outside the beltway,” said Carpenter.
The Santa Barbara forum is one of several PDA-sponsored events in California this week, leading up to the state Democratic Party’s annual convention, which will begin April 25.
Progressive Democrats of America is one of the nation’s fastest-growing grassroots political organizations; it has active chapters in 45 states. PDA is dedicated to reviving the progressive tradition of the Democratic Party through grassroots organizing and working with elected Democrats to advance peace, justice and social, economic and environmental responsibility. More information is available at: http://pdamerica.org
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Laura Bonham, PDA Communications Coordinator
Phone: 435-336-2123
Tim Carpenter, Executive Director
Toll Free: 877-239-2093
