SF,CA Dec 8 Meeting on Lessons from Taiwan

Health Care Justice: Lessons from Taiwan And send letters to protect Medicare Meeting Saturday 3pm December 8 518 Valencia @ 16th St - San Francisco I hope you can attend a wonderful meeting Taiwan's Healthcare system. We will also be sending letters to legislators to protect Medicare. See leaflet attached and pasted below. We encourage you to forward this alert. We also need help calling our phone tree. Please let us know if you can attend our December 8 meeting. ___ Yes, I plan to attend the Dec. 8 meeting. ___ I can come at 2:30 to help sent up. ___ I can help call our phone tree. I will send you a suggested script and local names. Some people call 10 people and some more. Let me know how many names you can call. ___ I have forwarded this alert. Thank you, Don Bechler Chair - Single Payer Now 415-695-7891 Cell 415-810-5826 Health Care Justice: Lessons from Taiwan Taiwan is a capitalist economy where people value choice, freedom and competition. This is why, back in 1995, confronted with a staggering 43% of the population uninsured, medical bankruptcies, and rising health care costs, they decided that the best solution was a national, publicly funded Medicare for All system, where the people would contribute according to their individual ability to pay, and would receive services according to their medical needs. Today, National Health Insurance in Taiwan offers a comprehensive package of medical services, with fully free choice of doctors, and virtually no waiting lines. With a satisfaction rate consistently close to 80%, the Taiwanese have made it politically unfeasible for politicians to challenge this system. We invite you to learn from the Taiwanese experience and what lessons can be drawn for the United States. 518 Valencia (one block west of 16th St BART and 1/2 block south of 16th St) San Francisco Sat. 3pm Dec 8 Speaker: Claudia Chaufan, MD, PhD, Member, Physicians for a National Health Program. Assistant Professor of Sociology and Health Policy Institute for Health & Aging, UCSF Sponsored by Single Payer Now and the California Universal Healthcare Education Project For more information call 415-695-7891 or email dbechler@value.net www.singleapayernow.net Wheelchair Accessible

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