The SICKO road team is coming to Birmingham, Alabama, on Tuesday Nov. 20.

A short version of Michael Moore’s newest Documentary, with a focus on HR 676, will be shown at the Church of the Reconciler downtown at 5:30 p.m., followed by a discussion with the members of the SICKO road team.

Then, on Wednesday Nov 21 at 10 a.m., the full movie will be shown, according to organizers.

In an e-mail press release, the group says you can be one of the first to watch the newly released DVD and learn how you can get involved in the growing Sicko-Cure movement. After the film, the discussion will be what the next steps are in fixing the broken system, how you can become active and where your local politicians stand.

For more road show information please visit HealthCare-Now.org or call J. Martens @ 205-492-1976.

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., will take part in a local congressional hearing on universal health care Saturday, Oct. 22, at The Carver Theater Jazz Hall of Fame, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m, according to an advocacy group called Healthcare NOW.

Conyers, who is the senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, is scheduled to join healthcare providers, physicians, nurses, social workers, parents, children, seniors, seasonal workers, farmers, people with disabilities, union workers, veterans, business owners as well as local politicians to discuss the issue critical to voters. There are more than 40 million Americans and more than 100,00 children in Alabama with no health coverage.

If you would like to attend or testify, RSVP by September 15 by sending an email message to Sabrina-Marie Wilson at: sabrinamariew@aol.com.

Also visit the event Websiteat: http://tinyurl.com/aahxy

This just in from Sabrina-Marie Wilson of Healthcare NOW Alabama:

There will be a statewide hearing on universal healthcare on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Carver Theater, Jazz Hall of Fame.

The Honorable John Conyers (D-Mich.), senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, will be in attendance, along with other Alabama state leaders.

So far 20 cities in Alabama, 105 groups and 4 states have committed to attending, she said.

The Birmingham Congressional hearing as part of a national movement to discuss and support Universal Healthcare.

“Join us to hear testimony from healthcare providers, physicians, nurses, social workers, parents, children, youth, college, employed, unemployed, sensational seniors, seasonal workers, farmers, people with disabilities, pre-existing health conditions, union workers, veterans, rural citizens, business owners, politicians and members of Congress,” Ms. Wilson said.

“Millions of Americans have no healthcare Insurance,” she said. “More than 100,000 children in Alabama have no healthcare Insurance.”

If you would like to attend, testify and/or your organization would like to be a supporter/sponsor of the Healthcare NOW Birmingham Hearings, please RSVP Ms. Wilson by September 12.

E-mail: sabrinamariew@aol.com
Phone: 334-215-0767 or 334-279-0551

The state of Health Care in the richest industrialized country in the world is a disgrace. More than 45 million Americans do not have health care coverage, including many poor women, children and the aged.

A bill was introduced in Congress in February of this year that would provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all U. S. residents. It is cited as the “United States National Health Insurance Act (or the expanded and improved Medicare for All Act), aka, HR 676.

The bill was introduced by Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan, who will be the keynote speaker at the Birmingham event, according to Sabrina-Marie Wilson. The bill faces major opposition from the Republican controlled Congress and the White House.

Hearings are being conducted around the country for citizens to tell their personal stories as to the impact of the lack of health insurance on their lives, according to an organizer of the local public hearing to be held Saturday, August 20, 1-6 p.m. on the University of Alabama Birmingham Campus.

The event is being organized and sponsored by a group called Healthcare Now.

“Two years ago, most people in the U.S. believed that we could not get a single payer national healthcare system in the United States. But now the people are becoming more sophisticated,” the group says on its Web site. “Together, we are building a large movement for a national, universal, comprehensive single payer healthcare system that will provide excellent healthcare for every person in this country.”