Media Advisory for December 18, 2009
Des Moines Forum to Reveal Current State of Health Reform
Former VP of CIGNA is Blowing the Whistle on Insurance Companies
Des Moines, IA -- On Friday December 18th at 7:00 pm, Wendell Potter will be the featured speaker at a health care forum that poses the question, “What is the status of national health care reform now?”
Potter, who has testified before Congress, will discuss how his executive experience at insurance companies CIGNA and Humana can help Americans see through the health insurance smoke and mirrors that leave a growing number of Americans without health care and executives with large salaries and big bonuses.
The public will have the opportunity to ask questions about the realities of American health care, the role of insurance company obstruction tactics and the importance of Iowa’s Congressional delegation in bringing about positive change for Americans. Next steps for health care reform advocates will be revealed.
| Who: | Wendell Potter, former VP at CIGNA; Senator Jack Hatch, chair of the White House Legislative Working Group on Health Care Reform; Betty Ahrens, Executive Director Iowa Citizen Action Network; and Iowans affected by the health care crisis including: Darrell Lewis of Des Moines; Chris Petersen of Clear Lake, Cindy Ramer of Denver, and ReShonda Young of Waterloo. |
| What: | Health Care Forum co-sponsored by the Alliance for Retired Americans, Iowa Change That Works, Every Child Matters, First Unitarian Church of Des Moines, Iowa Caregivers Association, Iowa Citizen Action Network, Iowa Health Care for America Now, Iowa Health Care Working Group, Iowa Main Street Alliance, RESULTS, and Working Families Win. |
| Where: | The First Unitarian Church of Des Moines 1800 Bell Ave, Des Moines, Iowa |
| When: | Friday, December 18th, 2009 at 7:00 PM |
For individual press availability contact Nikolina Lazic at the Center for Media and Democracy nikolinacmd@gmail.com
Health Care for America Now (HCAN) is a national grassroots campaign of more than 1000 organizations representing more than 30 million people dedicated to winning quality, affordable health care we all can count on in 2009. Health Care for America Now and its principles for reform are supported by President Obama and more than 190 Members of Congress.
Contact:
Amy Logsdon
Iowa Citizen Action Network
319-321-7056
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