April 2016
   
In This Issue:  
 
ZoomCare Clinics refuse to accept patients on Medicare or Medicaid. Join us for this rally to draw attention to their expansion into WA State. Co-s ponsored by PSARA, HCFA-WA, and PNHPWW. 
 
Wed. Apr 20, Seattle, 7:30pm, PNHPWW, monthly meeting: Cuban & US Relations: Family Medicine and Public Health. Carlos Dominguez, MPH, MHA and Holly Park Clinic manager, International Community Health Service. 
 
Thur. Apr 28, West Seattle 11:45am-1:30pm, Lunch and Learn: "Protecting, Strengthening, and Expanding Social Security and Medicare for ALL Generations" 
 
Sun. May 1, Seattle, 2pm rally, 3pm march, May Day March and Rally for Immigrant and Workers Rights: 2pm meet at Judkins Park, 3pm march leaves from St. Mary's church. Bring your friends, family, fliers, signs. 
 
Tue. May 3, GiveBIG Day: For 24 hours on May 3, any donation given to Health Care for All Education Fund, our 501(c3) Foundation, will receive an additional portion from the Seattle Foundation's $1 million set aside. Mark your calendar now! 
For the Month
Medicare for All - Single Payer health care financing has become an important issue in the presidential race and has been dismissed by some commentators as unrealistic and "pie in the sky."
one
Tues. Apr 19, Seattle, 12noon-1pm, Rally: ZoomCare Ballard 2038 NW Market St
Zoom+Care refuses to accept Medicare or Medicaid. Join us to draw attention to their continuing expansion in WA State. They have applied to the WA Office of the Insurance Commissioner to be a recognized insurer in the state. This is a for-profit health care operation that chooses not to serve many who need care. Please join us, bring signs.

Co-s ponsored by PSARA, HCFA-WA, and PNHPWW, among others.
Two
Wed. Apr 20, Seattle, 7:30pm, PNHPWW, monthly meeting: 
Cuban & US Relations: Family Medicine and Public Health.
Carlos Dominguez, MPH, MHA and Holly Park Clinic manager, International Community Health Service. "We'll take a look at Cuba's health care system and what relevance it may have for how we take care of our underserved populations."

Carlos has an extensive experience in the field of public health working with a wide range of diverse and underserved populations in multiple settings and functions...

Location: Swedish Medical Center, Cherry Hill Campus, South East Conference Center, Room A

More info about the meeting: pnhpwesternwashington.org
Three
Four
Sun. May 1, Seattle, 2pm rally, 3pm march, May Day March and Rally for Immigrant and Workers' Rights
2pm meet at Judkins Park, 3pm march leaves from St. Mary's Church, 611 20th Ave S. Bring your friends, families, fliers, signs. 

"Health Care for All = Single Payer" and "Health Security you can Trust, regardless" posters for May Day rally and march are available at  action@healthcareforallWA.org We have posters! Need your voices!
Five
Tue. May 3, GiveBIG Day
A one-day, online charitable giving event, GiveBIG Day is designed to raise money for our region's hard-working nonprofits.  May 3, 2016 will be the sixth year the Seattle Foundation has been helping those in our community who need it most. For 24, hours any donation made to the HCFA Education Fund will get an additional portion from the Seattle Foundation.  Next month an email link will be posted here, good for only 24 hours . Mark your calendars!
REMINDERS:
2016 Video House Parties can be booked at speakers@healthcareforallWA.org. You and a members of the HCFA-WA Speakers Bureau can co-present two short videos, then a discussion of how the presidential campaigns this year open up possibilities for Single Payer both nationally and at the state level. Video resource kits are also available.

The HCFA-WA Spring 2016 Newsletter is out soon with a legislative wrap up. Print copies are available for our members renewing for 2016. Check the mailing label for your most recent contribution.


This HCFA-WA e.Bulletin is provided as a free service to all friends & members of Health Care for All - Washington. If you are not yet a member, see our webpage at www.healthcareforallwa.org and join today!