News & Events
News
UofM/UHCAN-MN Study Shows Most
Minnesota Physicians Endorse Single-Payer Universal Health Insurance - View
Press Release (pdf)
The
study, published in the February 13, 2007 issue of the Minnesota
Medicine, found that 63.4 percent of state physicians believe that a single-payer
universal health insurance system would offer the best health care to
the greatest number of people. Almost 25 percent (24.6) of Minnesota physicians
thought Health Savings Account (HSA) systems were best, and 11.8 percent were
in favor of managed care. The link to the article is: http://www.mmaonline.net/publications/MNMed2007/February/Clinical-Albers.cfm
Upcoming Events
Sunday, February 10:
Low-Cost Health Screenings
Sunday, February 10
4pm, Arise Bookstore
Come for the health screening and stay to watch a FREE showing of Michael Moore’s “Sicko” at 5 p.m. Discussion about ways to change the health care system at 7 p.m.
To pre-register, call 612.384.0973, email joel@uhcan-mn.org, or fill out the sign-up sheet, below.
View Flyer Print Sign-up Sheet
Check back for UHCAN events. Also see, our Yahoo! calendar.
Monthly Meetings
First Monday of every month, 7-9 pm, unless otherwise stated on list serve. Meeting location usually at Walker Church Basement, 3104 16th Ave. S., Mpls. (near Lake St. and Bloomington Ave). To confirm, call 612-384-0973.
Past Events
Monday, January 21
MLK Day is a great day of community unity, networking, inspiration
for action, and celebration.
We need more volunteers for UHCAN-MN on MLK Day Mon Jan 21 in the following areas:
-the 4 different African-American church breakfasts,
-tabling at Concordia Univ after the program
-the March ( flyering, hold signs, hold banner)
Please contact: 612-384-0973, or joel@uhcan-mn.org.
UHCAN-MN is working with the Council of Black Minnesotans and St Paul Area Council of Churches, and anyone else we can network with on MLK Day to publicize the tremendous health care disparities between populations of color and American Indians as compared with whites. See the flyer below. We will be distributing over 3,000 flyers on the 21st, at the march, breakfast, and tabling, calling for a unified, government-funded health care system as a fundamental human right without discrimination based on one's skin color or ethnicity. We will have signs and a banner saying "publicly-funded health care for all". I will be promoting MLK Day and the fact that health care is the lifeline of a community, tonight on KFAI news at 6PM, as we build this diverse social movement. Feel free to contact UHCAN-MN (contact info on bottom of flyer), and distribute the flyer.
see you in the streets.
Building a Grassroots Health Care Media Campaign:
Government-Funded Health Care as a Human Right
December 9, 2007, 1:00-4:30pm
Rondo Library, MPR Rm, University Ave & Dale Str., St.Paul ( I-94 to Dale
near Capitol)
Free and Open to the Public
Objectives for Forum:
• Establishing an Effective Framework and Messaging to create debate
• Grassroots Groups’ Experiences w/ Media so far on Single-Payer Universal
Health Care
• Listing Types of Media: Independent, Corporate, Print, Electronic (Including
the Internet)
• Changing the Visual Landscape Through Street Art, Creativity, Visibility,
becoming the Media
• Brainstorming a Media Strategy: Press Releases, Press Conferences, Op/Eds,
Direct Action
• Building Grassroots Health Care Media Attention: Networking and Skills
Sharing
June 29, 2007 - Michael Moore's film "Sicko" premiers - Come help Flyer!
The film "Sicko", a scathing indictment of the U.S. health care non-system, premieres Friday June 29, 2007 at the Uptown Theater (Lake St. and Lagoon, Mpls.) and runs for 1 week. Showings are at 1PM, 4PM, 7PM, and 9:30PM. The film then moves to the Lagoon Theater (825-6045) don the street for 3 weeks to a month. It may play at other theaters too.
UHCAN-MN will be flyering extensively outside the theaters throughout the month of film showings. We expect to distribute 20,000 flyers to "Take Action to Cure the Sicko System!" during that time, and get the word out.If you can do some flyering at the Theater, or anywhere else, or would like to get involved in organizing generally, please email joel@uhcan-mn.org or call 612-384-0973.
Also personal stories are powerful. Please submit your story of HMO, insurance company denial of care or coverage, see personal story section of website.
For more info about the film "Sicko", visit Michael Moore's website
August 22, 2006 - Protest at Bush Fundraiser, Minnetonka, MN
WCCO TV Channel 4 Coverage:
Evening Report: "Bush Pushes Better Health Care At Minnetonka Visit"
President Bush's visit to Minnetonka to talk in a health care panel and to fundraise for congressional candidate Michele Bachmann was met with protestors, Pat Kessler reports (view video, 3:27 minutes)
Noon Report: "Bush
Visits Minnesota to Talk Health Care, Fundraise."
President Bush visited MN to talk about health care and for a fundraiser Tuesday, Karla Hult reports. (view video, 2:08 minutes)
Coverage of the protest took up 42 seconds of the 2:08 minute noon report. Here is the transcript:
“Not everyone is happy about Bush’s health care trip. The President has critics of course on that issue, including some who plan to protest today. They say we need single-payer, publicly-funded health care for all. (Then it shows Joel speaking in pharmacist coat with a tie on, the caption reading Joel Albers, MN Universal Health Care Action Network): “What’s at stake is that, I’m a practitioner and I feel I have a moral and ethical obligation to speak out about this on behalf of my patients. Because I see this on a daily basis where seniors have to choose between food and rent or their prescription drugs and the situation is getting worse.” Now Joel Albers, who you just heard from is with the MN Universal Health Care Action Network. They are holding a protest right now very close to where the President is expected to speak shortly after his arrival here in MN.”
May 2, 2006 - Demonstration at United Health Group Headquarters, Minnetonka, MN
Annual shareholder meeting of the 2nd largest HMO in the U.S.
This demo marks a breakthrough in media coverage. Nearly all major TV, Print, and some radio covered it and got our message out. View KSTP news story & video: Protesters aim ire at McGuire
Theme: Minnesotans Want Single-Payer Health Care for ALL. Chants included McGuire Your fired, single-Payer your Hired. William Mcguire is the highest paid CEO in the history of the state of Minnesota while 66,000 Minnesotan children are uninsured.
