The Fight for Our Health
Building the Movement for Single-Payer
Saturday, October 15, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration from 9:00 am
CSU Long Beach
University Student Union, Beach Theater
Long Beach, CA
The conference will explore the current state of healthcare in the United States with an emphasis on California. We will address the need for additional healthcare reform in the wake of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, and learn what is currently in the works to provide universal coverage to all Californians. Experts in the field will provide training on legislative advocacy and how to effect change in California. There are also many leadership opportunities available -- this is a chance to make history!
The conference will take place at the CSULB Beach Theatre in the University Student Union from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm on Saturday, October 15. Registration will be open from 9:00 - 9:45 am. Sessions will begin promptly at 10:00 am, please allow enough time for travel and registration. After the conference we will head to the Beach Club for a No-host Mixer and After-Party. Join us to meet and network with CaHPSA members from across Southern California. For more information, check out our Facebook page or register for the conference here!
The tentative agenda for the 2011 CaHPSA SoCal Healthcare Conference is as follows:
9:00 - 9:45: Registration
10:00 - 10:10: Welcome Remarks
10:15 - 12:15: Morning General Session, Introduction to Single Payer Health Financing, The 2010 Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Inequities in the United States
12:15 - 1:15: Catered Lunch (Included)
1:15 - 2:45: Breakout Sessions
1. How to Effectively Frame a Message
2. Responding to Conservative Myths and Arguments about Single-Payer Healthcare
3. Alternative Healthcare Delivery Models: The VA and Kaiser
4. Health Provider Panel: Challenges of Working in the Current System
3:00 - 5:00: Afternoon General Session, Question & Answer Session, Women's Health Issues, Working for Universal Healthcare as a Student, Legislative Update and Moving Ahead, Closing Remarks
5:30 - ?:??: No-host Mixer and After-Party at the Beach Club
Speakers are subject to availability.
The California Health Professional Student Alliance (CaHPSA) is a statewide non-profit organization that aims to cultivate leadership and advocacy skills among health professional students to effect change in the health care system, primarily through legislative advocacy efforts in support of publicly-financed, privately-delivered healthcare guaranteed for all Californians. We are guided by the principle of healthcare as a fundamental right and the firm belief that current and future health professionals have a responsibility to ensure this right. CaHPSA is constantly growing with approximately 3,000 current members.
We are affiliated with the non-profit organization Physicians for a National Health Program-California (PNHP-CA).
For more information, please send an email to joey@pnhpcalifornia.org or visit the CaHPSA website.
