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Illinois State Senate Candidate Michael Bond

US Health Care Is Broke : How Do We Fix It?

Byron Colby Barn, Route 45 & Jones Point Rd, Grayslake
Saturday, February 04 @ 1:00pm

Affordable and accessible health care is a serious national problem that impacts everyone, yet few politicians want to discuss it. Even if you presently have insurance through your employer, you know that health-care benefits are not only costing more, they are being scaled back as they try to keep pace with escalating costs.

We will have a number of expert speakers who will examine the current situation and propose solutions. This is an open forum for anyone concerned about the future of health care. There will be a question-and-answer session in which you can ask questions and enter into intelligent discussions concerning the alternatives to our present system. Here are some of the exciting and informed speakers you can expect to hear:

Dr. Quentin Young with Physicians for a National Health Care Program (see below). Dr. Young is the former director of Cook County Hospital and a well-known authority on health care. He is a regular commentator on WBEZ-FM.
Joining us from Canada will be Dr. Robert McMurtry, an expert on the Canadian health care program.
We'll also feature a speaker from the Illinois Health Care Referendum 2006, a statewide effort to ask the voters if they want lawmakers to improve our health care system.
Citizen Action Illinois will also be presenting its "Healthy Illinois" proposal, a plan to provide health care to everyone in the state through partnerships with private insurers.
We've also invited representatives from the health insurance industry and large local employers.

You will have an opportunity to inform yourself, create change and tell candidates for public office in person how you feel on the subject as they will be in attendance and later speaking at a forum for the 8th Congressional District GOP primary, immediately following the event in the barn.

If you'd like to help or get the word out, please contact John Wasik at 223-9814.


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