April 2011
Mad As Hell Doctors Promote Single Payer Health Care on Oregon Tour in April Map
The Oregon Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and Mad As Hell Doctors (MAHD) will follow up on their landmark 2009 national tour and 2010 California tour with spirited rallies in western Oregon counties during February and March. Their program will feature music by local musicians and the audience (singing); documentary videos by Paul Hochfeld M.D.; testimony by physicians and nurses; and “Mad As Heck Minutes” by audience members on screen.
Pendleton Monday Apr 25 Community Room, City Hall 6:30-8 p.m., 500 SW Emigrant Contact: Frank Erickson MD dr_erickson@mac.com Map
La Grande Tuesday Apr 26 Grande Ronde Hospital Mt. Emily Room, 7-8:30 p.m.,900 Sunset Drive Contact: Bill Whitaker Cell 541-805-5681 wwhitak@boisestate.edu Map
Baker City Wednesday Apr 27 Baker City Library, 6:30-8:00 p.m.Contact: Marilyn Dudek clm_marilyn@yahoo.com 541-523-4421 Map
Bend Thursday Apr 28 the First United Methodist Church, 680 NW Bond St, 7-8:30 p.m., Contact: David Stranahan david.stranahan@q.com Map
Madras Friday Apr 29 Rodriguez Annex at the Jefferson County Library, 134 SE “E” St., 6:30-8:00 p.m. Contact: Beth Ann Beamer BBeamer@mvhd.org Map
The Dalles Saturday Apr 30The Dalles Civic Center 7-8:30 p.m. Contact: Jesse Papac jpapac@gmail.com Map
Hood River Sunday May 1 Riverside Community Church 7-8:30 p.m. Contact: Jesse Papac jpapac@gmail.com Map
PNHP is a group of physicians, nurses, ancillary health providers, and other concerned citizens advocating for an improved and expanded Medicare program to provide financially sustainable universal health coverage for all Americans. In September 2009, PNHP doctors traveled 6,000 miles through America’s heartland from Portland, OR, to Washington, D.C., stopping at over 40 venues in 17 states. After appearances on the Ed Schultz Show (MSNBC), Keith Olberman (MSNBC), Democracy Now! and interviews on dozens of other media outlets, the group is continuing its unique approach and activist flair to advocate for Single Risk Pool, Improved Medicare-for-All.
PNHP contends that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P-PACA) does too little to protect the health and livelihood of patients and their families. P-PACA serves to further entrench the current medical-industrial complex with an unsustainable cost spiral within our health care system. PNHP further contends that while the Oregon Health Policy Board, a result of House Bill 2009, has proposed critical improvements in Oregon’s health care system, these improvements will be affordable only under a Single Risk Pool, Improved Medicare-for-All plan.
More information is available at http://www.pnhp.org/states/oregon and www.madashelldoctors.com. You can also interact with 12,000 friends on www.facebook.com/MadDrs.
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Michael Huntington MD Physicians for a National Health Program
mchuntington@comcast P.O. Box 1824, Corvallis, OR 97339