| Events for: Saturday, March 20, 2010 |
| | Press Conference for Health Care Reform |  | | Dates: | Saturday, March 20, 2010 | | Title: | Press Conference for Health Care Reform | | Description: | Golden Valley Health Center
737 W. Childs Ave Merced, CA 95341
Michael Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer, Golden Valley Health Centers
Dr. Silvia Diego, Chief Medical Officer, Golden Valley Health Centers
Hilda Martinez, Communications Director, Central Valley Health Network
(partial list)
If passed, the Health Care Reform Bill would:
• Expand health care to 32 million uninsured.
• Bar the insurance industry from denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions.
• Trim federal deficits by an estimated $130 billion in the first 10 years and $1.2 trillion in the following decade.
• Provide $11 billion of much needed funding for Community Health Centers, the backbone of health care delivery in regions like the Central Valley.
• Offer $1.5 billion for the National Health Service Corps to fund 15,000 new primary care providers
• Expand Medicaid to 133% of the Federal Poverty Level
for more information please contact Lisa Baladad 209-385-5463
| | Times: | 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
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