On Wednesday October 6 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm PT, The League of Women Voters Davis Area will be hosting a virtual Community Forum, “Health Reform & Social Justice: Opportunities for Reducing Inequity and Addressing Health Disparities”.

For this event, the League will be hosting an evening with Dr. Susan Rogers, President of Physicians for a National Health Plan (PNHP). Dr. Rogers’s presentation will include an overview of the U.S. health care system through a social justice lens, followed by a discussion highlighting disparities resulting from our current policies and opportunities to improve inequities through health reform. The forum will conclude with an audience Q&A.

Dr. Rogers is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Rush University. She has recently retired from her hospitalist practice in Chicago at Stroger Hospital of Cook County. She has previously served as co-director of medical student teaching at Stroger and as Medical Director of Near North Health Service Corp, a Chicago FQHC. Most recently, Dr. Rogers spoke at the June California League of Women Voters Annual Convention, providing the presentation: “Health Care: Inequities and Opportunities”.

This forum aims to educate voters about our current healthcare model and how it impacts local care access, affordability, quality and equity. Our guest speaker provides insights into how health reform can improve each of these to optimize community health and wellness. The LWVDA supports the National League healthcare positions in support of an affordable, accessible, quality, and equitable health care system, critical for the health, safety and economic security of all communities. Becoming an informed voter is fundamental to ensuring the engagement needed to affect meaningful reform. The future of our community health and healthcare systems will rely upon votes cast by those with a better understanding of current needs and resources and our opportunities to enact needed change.

To help speakers best address your concerns, questions, and issues, we encourage attendees to please submit them in advance to komalh [at] lwvdavisarea.org before October 4.

The Davis Area LWVC Health Care Committee thanks co-sponsors LWV of Washington DC, LWV of Vermont, LWV of Amherst Massachusetts, LWV of Greater Hartford Connecticut, LWV of Tompkins County New York, LWV of Mid-Hudson County New York, LWV of Broome and Tioga Counties New York, LWV of Teaneck New Jersey, LWV of Ashville-Buncombe North Carolina, LWV of Charlotte Mecklenberg North Carolina, LWV of Macon/Bibb Georgia, LWV of Manatee County Florida, LWV of Hillsborough Florida, LWV of Miami-Dade County Florida, LWV of Collier County Florida, LWV of East Alabama, LWV of Louisiana, LWV of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, LWV of Bucks County Pennsylvania, LWV of Lower Merion & Narberth Pennsylvania, LWV of Copper County Michigan, LWV of Dearborn-Dearborn Heights Michigan, LWV of McDonough County Illinois, LWV of Johnson County Kansas, LWV of Licking County Ohio, LWV of Tarrant County Texas, LWV of Richardson Texas, LWV of the State of Washington, LWV of Tacoma-Pierce County Washington, LWV of B enton-Franklin Washington, LWV of Seattle-King County Washington, LWV of Klamath County Oregon, LWV of Central Yavapai County Arizona, LWV of NW Maricopa County Arizona, LWV of Butte County California, LWV of Mother Lode California, LWV of Napa California, LWV of Alameda California, LWV of Berkeley/Albany/Emeryville California, LWV of Eden Area California, LWV of Southwest Santa Clara Valley, LWV of San Luis Obispo County California, LWV of Santa Barbara California, and the LWV of Long Beach California.

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