"The Healthcare Movie" Free Public Showing, Wed. Dec. 10, 2014, 7 pm, Iroquois Library
2014-12-10 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Free public showing of “The Healthcare Movie”
Sponsored by Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014
7:00 pm
Auditorium, Iroquois Library, 601 W Woodlawn Ave, Louisville, KY (502) 574-1720
636-1551 nursenpo@aol.com
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Single Payer Mtg. Thur. Dec. 18, 2014, 5:30 pm, Library, 301 York
2014-12-18 17:30 - 19:00
Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care will meet:
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014
5:30 PM
Board Room on the Mezzanine
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York St.
Downtown Louisville
Everyone welcome!
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Happy New Year! No meeting because of the holiday.
2015-01-01 17:30 - 19:00
No single payer meeting because of the holiday. Looking forward to a new year of educating and fighting for health care for all! Peace, Joy, Health, Justice
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The Healthcare Movie, Mon. Jan. 5, 2015, 7 PM, Bon Air Library, 2816 Del Rio Pl., Free
2015-01-05 19:00 - 20:30
Free public showing of The Healthcare Movie.
Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, 7:00 PM
Bon Air Library, 2816 Del Rio Pl., Louisville, KY 40220, Ph. 574 1795
Dir: From downtown Lou. go South on Bardstown Rd. After you pass under the Watterson (264), turn left on Goldsmith Lane which becomes Del Rio Pl.

Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, this documentary reveals the personal and emotional impact on Canadians who now have access to universal health care and the continuing struggle in the United States for quality health care for all people.
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Thur. Jan. 15, 2015, Single Payer Mtg. 5:30 PM, Library
2015-01-15 17:30 - 19:00
Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care will meet at 5:30 PM on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015.
We meet the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month in the Board Room on the Mezzanine, Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York St. downtown Louisville.
January 15 is the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.
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Single Payer Mtg. Thur. Feb. 5, 5:30 PM, Library
2015-02-05 17:30 - 19:00
Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care Meeting
Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015
5:30 PM
Board Rm. on the Mezzanine
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York St.
Everybody welcome!
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"The Healthcare Movie" Thur., Feb. 12, 7 PM, Crescent Hill Library
2015-02-12 19:00 - 20:30
Free public showing of The Healthcare Movie.
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, 7:00 PM
Followed by Q & A and discussion
Crescent Hill Library, 2762 Frankfort Ave., Louisville, KY 40206, Ph. 574 1793
More about The Healthcare Movie
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Single Payer Mtg. Thur. Feb. 19, 2015, 5:30 PM, Library
2015-02-19 17:30 - 19:00
Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care Meeting
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015
5:30 PM
Board Rm. on the Mezzanine
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York St.
Everybody welcome!
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Single Payer Mtg. Thur. March 5, 2015, 5:30 PM, Library
2015-03-05 17:30 - 19:00
Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care Meeting
Thursday, March 5, 2015
5:30 PM
Board Rm. on the Mezzanine
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York St.
Everybody welcome!
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The Healthcare Movie, Th., March 12, 6:30 PM, Fairdale Library, 10620 W. Manslick Rd.
2015-03-12 18:30 - 20:00
Free Showing of The Healthcare Movie
Thursday, March 12, 6:30 PM,
Fairdale Library,
10620 W. Manslick Rd,
Louisville, KY 40118 ,
(502) 375-2051
Map of Fairdale Library location
Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, this documentary interviews Canadians and Americans about health care in their countries and examines Canada’s single payer system from the point of view of the patients who use it.
Followed by discussion and Q&A
Further info on The Healthcare Movie
Additional showings of “The Healthcare Moveie”:
Thursday, April 9, 2015, 7:00pm to 8:30pm, Fern Creek Library, 6768 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40291, (502) 231-4605
Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 7:00pm, Highlands-Shelby Park Library, 1250 Bardstown Rd., #4, Louisville, KY 40204, (502) 574-1672
Wednesday, June 10, 2015,7pm-8:30pm, Jeffersontown Library, 10635 Watterson Trail, Louisville, KY 40299, (502) 267-5713
Thursday, July 9, 2015, 7pm-8:30pm, Newburg Library, 4800 Exeter Ave., Louisville, KY 40218, (502) 479-6160
Wednesday, August 19, 2015,7pm, Okolona Library, 7709 Preston Highway, Louisville, KY 40219, (502) 964-3515
Thursday, Sept.10, 2015, 6:30pm-7:45pm, Portland Library, 3305 Northwestern Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40212, (502) 574-1744
Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, 7pm, St. Matthews Library, 3940 Grandview Avenue, Louisville, KY 40207, (502) 574-1771
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, 7pm, Shawnee Library, 3912 West Broadway, Louisville, KY 40211, (502) 574-1722
Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, 7pm, Southwest Library, 9725 Dixie Highway, Louisville, KY 40272, (502) 933-0029
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, 6:30pm-7:30pm, Western Library, 604 South Tenth Street, Louisville, KY 40203, (502) 574-1779
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Single Payer Mtg Thur March 19, 2015, 5:30 PM, Library
2015-03-19 17:30 - 19:00
Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care Meeting
Thursday, March 19, 2015
5:30 PM
Board Rm. on the Mezzanine
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York St.
Everybody welcome!
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Th. March 26, 8AM, "Why Doctors Support Single Payer," Grand Rounds, Garrett Adams, MD, MPH, ACB Bldg., 550 S. Jackson
2015-03-26 08:00 - 09:00
Grand Rounds: “Why Doctors Support Single Payer”
Presented by Garrett Adams, M.D., M.P.H.
Thursday, March 26, 2015, 8:00 AM
Auditorium, Lower Level
Ambulatory Care Bldg.
550 S. Jackson
U of L Health Sciences Campus
Louisville
Sponsored by: Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine
Grand Rounds function to share educational information within the medical community.
The events are open to the public.
Abbreviated Bio of Garrett Adams, M.D., M.P.H.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee
Training:
B.A., M.A., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
M.D., Wake Forest School of Medicine (Bowman Gray)
Pediatric Residency, Vanderbilt University Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
Master of Public Health (Epidemiology), Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health (Bloomberg School of Public Health)
Selective Service:
Pediatrician, Pine Ridge Indian Hospital, Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Personal: Married, four children, and nine grandchildren
Dr. Adams is a specialist in Infectious Diseases of Children and Infectious Disease Epidemiology.
He is recently retired from the full-time faculty of the University of Louisville School of Medicine where he was Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Medical Director of Communicable Diseases at the Louisville Metro Health Department.
For forty years he attended the health care needs of sick children and their young families. During his career he witnessed deterioration in health care access and health care delivery in the United States and now is working for health care reform. He is Past President of Physicians for a National Health Program (www.PNHP.org).
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Single Payer Mtg., Thur. Apr. 3, 2014, 5:30 pm
2015-04-03 17:30 - 19:00
Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care Meeting
Thur. April 3, 2014
5:30 pm
Board Room on the Mezzanine
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York St.
Downtown Louisville
Everyone welcome.
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The Healthcare Movie, Thur. April 9, 2015, 7 pm, Fern Creek Library
2015-04-09 19:00 - 20:30
Free public showing of The Healthcare Movie.
Thursday, April 9, 2015 7:00 PM,
Fern Creek Library, 6786 Bardstown Rd., Louisville, Kentucky 40291, Phone: (502) 231-4605,
Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, this documentary interviews Canadians and Americans about health care in their countries and examines Canada’s single payer system from the point of view of the patients who use it.
Followed by discussion and Q&A
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Single Payer Mtg. Thur. May 7, 2015, 5:30 pm, Library
2015-05-07 17:30 - 19:00 | KSPH Meeting, Board Rm on the Mezzanine, Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York St, Louisville, KY, United States
Join us for the regular meeting of Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care
Board Rm on the Mezzanine
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York St.
Downtown Louisville
Everyone welcome!
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Wed. May 13, 2015, Healthcare Movie, 7pm, Highlands-Shelby Park Library
2015-05-13 19:00 - 20:00 | Free Public Showing of “The Healthcare Movie”, Highlands Shelby Park Library, 1250 Bardstown Rd., Mid City Mall, Louisville, KY, United States
Free public showing of The Healthcare Movie.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 7:00 PM,
Highlands-Shelby Park Library, 1250 Bardstown Road, Suite 4, Louisville, Kentucky 40204 | (502) 574-1672, located in the Mid-City Mall.

Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, this documentary interviews Canadians and Americans about health care in their countries and examines Canada’s single payer system from the point of view of the patients who use it.
Followed by discussion and Q&A
Everyone welcome!
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Single Payer Mtg. Thur. May 21, 2015, 5:30 pm, Library
2015-05-21 17:30 - 19:00 | KSPH Meeting, Board Rm on the Mezzanine, Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York St, Louisville, KY, United States
Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care
Regular meeting.
Thur. May 21, 2015, 5:30 pm
Board Rm. on the Mezzanine
Louisville Free Public Library
Downtown Louisville
Everyone welcome.
We meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month.
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Thur. June 4, 2015, 5:30 pm, Single Payer Mtg. Downtown Library
2015-06-04 17:30 - 19:00 | KSPH Meeting, Board Rm on the Mezzanine, Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York St, Louisville, KY, United States
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Wed. June 10, 2015, 7:00 pm, The Healthcare Movie, Jeffersontown Library
2015-06-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Unnamed Venue, Louisville
Free Public Showing of “The Healthcare Movie”
Jeffersontown Library
10635 Watterson Trail, Louisville, Kentucky 40299 | (502) 267-5713
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Thur. June 18, 2015, 5:30 PM, Single Payer Mtg. Downtown Library
2015-06-18 17:30 - 19:00 | KSPH Meeting, Board Rm on the Mezzanine, Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York St, Louisville, KY, United States

Single Payer Mtg., Thur, July 2, 2015, 5:30 pm, downtown library
2015-07-02 17:30 - 19:00 | KSPH Meeting, Board Rm on the Mezzanine, Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York St, Louisville, KY, United States
Join us. Everyone Welcome!
Thur. July 2, 2015
Board Rm. on the Mezzanine
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York St.

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The Healthcare Movie, Thur. July 9, 2015, 7 pm, Newburg Library
2015-07-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Newburg Library, 4800 Exeter Avenue, Louisville, KY, 40218
Free public showing of “The Healthcare Movie”

Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, this documentary interviews Canadians and Americans about health care in their countries and examines Canada’s single payer system from the point of view of the patients who use it.
Followed by discussion and Q&A
Thursday, July 9, 2015
7:00 pm
Newburg Library
4800 Exeter Avenue Louisville, Kentucky 40218 | (502) 479-6160
http://www.lfpl.org/branches/newburg.htm

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Single Payer Mtg., Thur, July 16, 2015, 5:30 pm, downtown library
2015-07-16 17:30 - 19:00 | KSPH Meeting, Board Rm on the Mezzanine, Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York St, Louisville, KY, United States
Join us. Everyone Welcome!

Thur. July 16, 2015
Board Rm. on the Mezzanine
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York St.

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Celebration: Medicare's 50th Anniversary, Thur., July 30, 6:30 pm, Downtown Library
2015-07-30 18:30 - 20:30
Join us to celebrate the 50th Birthday of Medicare.
Centennial Room, Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York St., Louisville, KY
Here are a few good things the public may not know about Medicare.
In addition to bringing health care coverage to seniors and later to the disabled and those in kidney failure, Medicare desegregated our hospitals, reduced infant mortality, and funded physician residency programs.

Medicare As A Catalyst For Reducing Health Disparities

June Eichner and Bruce C. Vladeck

http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/24/2/365

As the nation’s largest purchaser and regulator of health care, Medicare is positioned to be a leader in reducing racial and ethnic health disparities. Its leverage was demonstrated in 1966—the year of Medicare’s inception—when hospitals desegregated as a condition for receiving Medicare reimbursement. Since then, Medicare has contributed to dramatic improvement in the health of the elderly and disabled minority population, although disparities between minority and white beneficiaries remain….

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, Hospital Desegregation and Black Infant Mortality in Mississippi
Douglas V. Almond, Kenneth Y. Chay, and Michael Greenstone
March 2008

http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/paper/chay.pdf
The gains in black access to hospitals coincide with a striking reduction in black post-neonatal death for causes considered preventable with timely hospital care. The location and timing of the racial convergence across Mississippi’s counties correspond with when their hospitals received certification for reimbursement from the Medicare program, which required compliance with Title VI. We calculate that this came at a small increase in costs to Mississippi’s hospitals and conclude that the financial incentives of Medicare were crucial to achieving hospital desegregation.

Medicare’s role in funding residency programs in teaching hospitals

See article by Suzanne Sataline and Shirley S. Wan, Wall Street Journal-Health, April 12, 2010 http://tinyurl.com/2w8kzke
“There are about 110,000 resident positions in the U.S., according to the AAMC. Teaching hospitals rely heavily on Medicare funding to pay for these slots. In 1997, Congress imposed a cap on funding for medical residencies, which hospitals say has increasingly hurt their ability to expand the number of positions.
Medicare pays $9.1 billion a year to teaching hospitals, which goes toward resident salaries and direct teaching costs, as well as the higher operating costs associated with teaching hospitals, which tend to see the sickest and most costly patients.
Doctors’ groups and medical schools had hoped that the new health-care law, passed in March, would increase the number of funded residency slots, but such a provision didn’t make it into the final bill.”
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Single Payer Mtg. Thur. Aug. 6, 2015, 5:30 pm, Library, 301 York St.
2015-08-06 17:30 - 19:00 | Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York St., Louisville, KY
Everyone welcome! Join us to organize for national single payer health care.
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The Healthcare Movie, Wed. Aug. 19, 2015, 7 pm, Okolona Library
2015-08-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Okolona Library, 7709 Preston Highway, Louisville, KY
Free public showing of The Healthcare Movie
Posted on June 3, 2015 by Kay Tillow

The Healthcare Movie
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
7:00 PM
Okolona Library
7709 Preston Highway, Louisville, Kentucky 40219 | (502) 964-3515

Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, this documentary interviews Canadians and Americans about health care in their countries and examines Canada’s single payer system from the point of view of the patients who use it.
Followed by discussion and Q&A

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Single Payer Mtg. Thur. Aug. 20, 2015, 5:30 pm, Library, 301 York
2015-08-20 17:30 - 19:00 | Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York St., Louisville, KY
Join us. Everyone welcome.
Board Room on the Mezzanine
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York St.
5:30 pm
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Single Payer Mtg., Thur. Sep. 3, 2015, Library, 301 York
2015-09-03 17:30 - 19:00
Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care Meeting
Thursday, Sep. 3, 2015
5:30 pm
Board Room on the Mezzanine
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York St.
downtown Louisville
Everyone welcome!
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The Healthcare Movie, Thurs. Sep. 10, 2015, 6:30 pm, Portland Library
2015-09-10 18:30 - 19:45
Free public showing of The Healthcare Movie

The Healthcare Movie
Thursday, September 10, 2015
6:30 PM
Portland Library
3305 Northwestern Parkway Louisville, Kentucky 40212 | (502) 574-1744

Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, this documentary interviews Canadians and Americans about health care in their countries and examines Canada’s single payer system from the point of view of the patients who use it.
Followed by discussion and Q&A

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Single Payer Mtg., Thur. Sep. 17, 2015, 5:30 pm, Library, 301 York
2015-09-17 17:30 - 19:00
Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care Meeting
Thursday, Sep. 17, 2015
5:30 pm
Board Room on the Mezzanine
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York St.
downtown Louisville
Everyone welcome!
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