National Affairs Health Care Forum October 7

Oh, Say Can You See USPHC*?
* Universal Single Payer Health Care

A National Healthcare Forum
Hosted by the FCDC National Affairs Committee
Cosponsored by Democratic Committees from Across Virginia
October 7, 7-9pm

Please use this link to register.

The distinguished panel of experts will describe a realistic continuum of steps, a roadmap, that they each believe is the best route to move the United States from where we are now to a destination of universal health care coverage, through single-payer Medicare-for-All or other avenues.

Forum Speakers:

  • Congressman Don Beyer (VA-8), H.R.1976 cosponsor;
  • Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-3), H.R.1976 cosponsor;
  • Donald Berwick, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Lecturer in Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School;
  • Robert Pollin, Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Co-Director, Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University of Massachusetts Amherst;
  • Susan Rogers, President of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP);
  • Judy Feder, Georgetown Professor of Public Policy; and
  • Melinda St. Louis, Director of Public Citizen’s Medicare for All Campaign

Demonstrating to voters before the upcoming election that the Democratic Party is the party that cares about their healthcare, at a statewide, October 7, 7-9pm virtual Healthcare Forum hosted by the FCDC National Affairs committee and cosponsored by Democratic Committees across Virginia, Congressmen Don Beyer and Bobby Scott with a panel of experts will deliberate the best route to move the United States from where we are now to a destination of universal health care coverage.

You are invited to join this critically important discussion.

Medicaid Expansion, Huge Win for Virginia

You may have heard that yesterday the Virginia legislature approved a budget that includes an expansion of Medicaid, making it the 33rd state in the country (including the District of Columbia) to do so since passage of the Affordable Care Act.

It is hard to overstate the impact of this victory. In Fairfax County alone, 15,000 families will be eligible for health coverage. At least 27,000 individuals could receive health care. Throughout Virginia, over 400,000 people are eligible for coverage.

Thank you to every member of the Hunter Mill Democrats for your part in helping make life better for everyone in Virginia. Your work will literally save lives. Check out Fairfax County Democratic Committee Chairman Dan Lagana’s statement on this incredible victory.