SAVE THE DATE - MichUHCAN 5th Annual Health Care Heroes Dinner
Friday June 11, 2010
Keynote Speaker Tony Iton M.D.
MichUHCAN Expands the scope of our Mission to include include advocacy for equitable health outcomes. Watch this clip to learn more about health equity and creating healthy communities.
See MichUHCAN Member Sister Mary Ellen Howard in action here!
Rallys in Flint and Grand Rapids:
Flint March 11:
We will meet at the Parking lot next to Rally's Hamburgers at 855 East 5th Ave, Flint, MI 48503-1712. After people are given updates, we will then walk 2 blocks south to the Northbank Center at 432 N. Saginaw St, Flint, MI 48502. If people can't walk the two blocks, rides will be available.
Questions? Call Val at 734-812-0664
Grand Rapids March 13
Saturday, March 13
March at 2 PM; Rally at 2:30
March Starts at:
Eberhard Center at GVSU,
301 Fulton Street West,
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Rally at:
Gerald R. Ford Fed.
110 Michigan St.,
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Questions? Call Margie Mitchell at 248-880-2526
GIVE UP? CAVE IN?
NO WAY!
"Here’s what I ask Congress, though: Don’t walk away from reform. Not now. Not when we are so close. Let us find a way to come together and finish the job for the American people.
Let’s get it done. Let’s get it done."
President Obama State of the Union January 27, 2010
Nothing has changed, too many of us die prematurely due to lack of access to affordable care, we go bankrupt and businesses small and large are dropping coverage left and right. Without reform things will only get worse.
Call your Representative 1-888-801-4426
Call the White House 1-202-456-1111
Tell them: The people of Michigan need affordable quality health care. It's time to put our health care ahead of politics and pass real reform that guaranteees us good coverage we can afford.
STAY TUNED IN AND STAY INVOLVED
Sent an email to michuhcan@sbcglobal.net with your name, address, phone and preferred email address will get you on the team and send you regular alerts
Michigan Reform Initiatives
UPDATE: State Bills are scheduled to be introduced in February
Michigan Takes a Front Seat in National Health Care Reform Advocacy
MichUHCAN has teamed up with other organizations - Citizen Action, Health Care for America Now, Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network and others to coordinate an effective campaign to promote reform on the national level. We are working together to make sure our representatives in Washington know that we expect comprehensive health care reform in 2009. We're getting busy all across Michigan!
CENSUS MATTERS!
Envelopes with the 2010 Census questionaires will be coming in your mailboxes soon. Please complete and return it promptly. The information is totally confidential and .by law, cannot be used against you in any way.
Why complete it? Michigan loses $1000 per year for 10 years for each resident that does not return the information……that is $10 MILLION for every 1000 residents who do not comply. Completing the census brings more of our tax dollars back to Michigan to meet our pressing needs, such as health care. Census figures are used to allocate federal tax dollars to states. For years we have been a “donor” state with our tax dollars, helping other states with their problems. We should help each other, but Michigan must bring more federal dollars back to the state to address our own financial crisis.
What can you do????
- Complete and return the questionaire for your household.
- Encourage your friends and families to complete their questionaires.
- Use your facebook and twitter accounts to get the word out that the Census matters to Michiganders.
- Call your local government offices and find out how you can volunteer to see that everyone in your communmity is counted.
Together this is something we can do to help our state in these difficult times. Let’s not disappoint her. Make sure your Census information is counted for Michigan’s future.