ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT MEETINGS

September 20, 2004

Dear Sponsors and Friends of Rekindling Reform:

We are writing to invite you to attend one of the most important meetings we have ever put together. As you know, the future of health care in America is one of the key issues in this year’s national elections.  The outcome will determine if, when and how we move toward health care for all.

Polls show that the cost and availability of affordable health care are one of voters’ top concerns, and each party and candidate has put forth a package of proposals.  Confused on what they say or mean?   What will these plans deliver?  What’s the forecast for meaningful health care reform if George Bush is elected if John Kerry is elected?  What will be the challenges for moving forward on this important issue under our next President and Congress?

These are but some of the questions we will be posing in our exciting upcoming pre-election forum at NYU Medical Center on Thursday evening Oct. 14, sand we have a stellar line-up of experts who will help us wrestle with and understand them:

• Sara Collins of the Commonwealth Fund will lay out what the candidates are saying and promising.
• Judy Feder, Dean of the Institute for Public Policy at Georgetown University and former official in the Clinton administration’s health reform effort of 1993-4, will deliver the keynote remarks, evaluating the proposals and speculating on their future prospects.
• Len Rodberg, Chair of the Queens College Urban Studies Department and Rekindling Reform leader, will comment on the meaning of the candidates’ ideas for the fight for universal health care.

Please join us at this critically important event. We look forward to seeing you on October 14.   Enclosed is a flyer with all the details – please share it with your friends and colleagues.

To reserve space, please contact us at: email@rekindlingreform.org

See you there!

Aaron Beckerman,  & Lou Levitt,

Members, Steering Committee

Rekindling Reform

A Joint Initiative of Academic Programs, Professional Associations, Unions, Civic Groups, and Faith Communities

THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION’S HEALTH:

A PRE-ELECTION FORUM

Background:

The Major Party Candidates’ Health Care Platforms

Sara Collins, PhD, Senior Program Officer

The Commonwealth Fund

Response:

Implications for Universal Health Care

Len Rodberg, PhD, Associate Professor & Chair

Queens College, Urban Studies Department

Thursday, October 14, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

* Reception at 5 p.m. *

New York University Medical Center

550 First Ave. (at 30th-32nd St.) in Manhattan

Alumni Hall B

RSVP to email@rekindlingreform.org

Info at www.rekindlingreform.org or 212-925-1829