[nndl] Fw: "Sick Around the World" Sunday March, 22 @ First Unitarian Universalist Church

From: Health Care for All Texas < [at] >
Subject: Health Care Reform Program this Sunday March, 22 @ First Unitarian Universalist Church
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Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 12:38 PM

Sick Around the World - PBS Documentary and Discussion
March 22, 2009, Sunday, 11:30am-12:30am
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4700 Grover, Austin 78756
 
HEALTHCARE REFORM is coming. Are you informed on your healthcare options?
·         We are the only developed country without Universal Healthcare. One-third of our population either has no insurance or is severely underinsured.  
·         Our system denies coverage to those who have pre-existing conditions. It makes premiums and other medical costs unaffordable for many individuals and businesses.
·          The US ranks among the lowest in life expectancy and among the highest in infant mortality of developed countries. Yet we pay more than twice per person for healthcare as compared to other developed countries..
·         Medical bills are responsible for more than half the bankruptcies in the US, and we are the only developed country where this happens.
 
We will view some examples of other healthcare systems, and there will be a short slide presentation and Q and A with physicians. Contact Gaye Kopas at [at] or [at] for further information.
 

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