The 2010 Summer Conference was a lot of fun! We had 150 passionate attendees at our first annual California single payer conference, uniting the leaders and activists of our movement from across organizational and regional boundaries.
We have posted the powerpoints for each presentation, placing them below each corresponding lecture on the agenda. Videos are also available here for many of the tremendous presentations (more videos coming soon so check back).
9:00 – 9:15 AM Welcome
Bill Skeen, MD MPH, executive director PNHP California
Matt Hendrickson, MD MPH, The Summer Conference organizer
HendricksonIntro2010SummerConference
9:15 – 9:45 AM The evidence for single payer- 2010 PNHP Slideshow
Margaret Flowers, MD, PNHP Congressional Fellow
FlowersSinglePayerEvidence2010SummerConference
9:45-10:30 AM Review of the federal health reform legislation: PPACA
The Summer Conference – July 17, 2010 (Walter Tsou) from Matthew Hendrickson on Vimeo. TsouPPACAFederalReformReview2010SummerConference 10:45-11:15 AM 2010 California Single Payer Primer 11:15 – 11:45 AM Transitioning to State Single Payer: the financial and legislative challenges.
11:45 – 1:00 PM Buffet Lunch- State Strategy Group Q&A Breakout Sessions
C Growth: Building the grassroots movement 6:30 – 9:00 PM Buffet Dinner/Evening Session
Walter Tsou, MD, MPH, past president, American Public Health Association
Sara Rogers, Health Policy Consultant to Senator Leno
Michael Lighty, Dir. of Public Policy for the California Nurses Assn.
Andrew McGuire, executive dIrector, California OneCare
Lenny Potash, Labor Task Force for Universal Healthcare
Bill Honigman, MD, State coordinator, PDA California
Don McCanne, MD, PNHP Senior Health Policy Fellow
Sandy Goldfarb, California Alliance of Retired Americans
Breakout sessions are categorized by activism focus
A Education: Outreach to the public and the press
1) Language and Framing: Kathy Rallings, CTA
2) Speaking to physicians: Matt Hendrickson
HendricksonSpeakingToPhysicians2010SummerConference
3) Speaking to the underinsured: Jeoffry Gordon
GordonHealthcareIsAHumanRight2010SummerConference
GordonSpeakingToTheUnderinsured2010SummerConference
4) Speaking to labor: Rose Roach, CSEA
RoachSpeakingToLabor2010SummerConference
5) Outreach to media: Robert Vinetz & Claudia Chauffan
VinetzChauffanMediaTaskForce2010SummerConference
6) Speaking to women: Susie Baldwin
BaldwinWomenAndReproductiveRights2010SummerConference
B Advocacy: Influencing the political debate
1) The Healthy Majority- Dan Hodges, HCA-CA
The Politics of the Healthy Majority Campaign_PNHP-CA Conference
Healthy Majority Target List_Nov-3. 2010
2) Operation Single Payer- Bill Skeen, MD MPH
SkeenLegislativeAdvocacy2010SummerConference
1) Tabling- Don Bechler
2) Reaching out to new groups- Mikuak Rai, Claudia Chaufan
MikuakRaiReachingOutToNewGroups2010SummerConference
3) Rallies- Paul Hochfeld
4) Video Development/Webinars- Don Schroeder
5) Social Networking- Al Saavedra
6) Regional Coalitions- Matt Hendrickson
HendricksonRegionalCoalition2010SummerConference
1) Steve Tarzynski- Reports from Day Session Task Forces
2) Sheila Kuehl, former California State Senator- Where we came from.
The Summer Conference – July 17, 2010 from Matthew Hendrickson on Vimeo.
3) Margaret Flowers, MD, PNHP Congressional Fellow- Where we’re going nationally- Medicare For All
The Summer Conference – July 17, 2010 from Matthew Hendrickson on Vimeo.
Thanks to George Savage for all the terrific photos!
The Summer Conference Flyer- 5 pages
The Summer Conference Flyer- 1 page