As an organizer for SEIU's Change that Works Campaign, I am working on building a network of community members who will engage Grand Forks in a conversation about Health Care Reform. I'm interested in hearing your take on one of the principles essential to successful Health Care Reform:
#3:Reducing Waste and Improving Efficiency
Aaron Quaday
Grand Forks Organizer -- Change that Works
aquadaynodak0470@gmail.com
#2: Health Care for All Americans
Why do you think all Americans should be covered by Health Insurance?
Or do you disagree that we will all be better off, if all Americans have access to health care? I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
As an organizer for SEIU's Change that Works Campaign, I am working on building a network of community members who will engage in the Health Care Reform conversation here in Grand Forks.
I'm interested in hearing your take on one of the principles essential to successful Health Care Reform
#1: Ensuring Patient Choice of providers.
Do you have a story about your experiencs during a change in HMO or Health Insurer? Do you understand what needs to happen to ensure that there are no gaps in coverage or access to doctors?
I personally have attained health coverage through three different insurance companies over the past five years. Fortunately, I haven't felt like I needed to go to a doctor during the times that I was uninsured, with one exception. (A dog bite forced me into the ER when I lacked health insurance.) I'm not sure how I would have got through that situation had the dog's owner not had homeowner's insurance to pay for my lost wages and my hospital bills. I suggest you avoid breaking up fights between dogs, in general, although I was worried that my dog was going to seriously harm the other dog (who bit me while I was pulling my dog off him.) For those of you who are wondering: my dog was on leash, the other dog had dug under a fence and escaped its yard.
Since I haven't had a regular doctor for so long, I really don't know what it would be like to have a family doctor forever and then need to find a new doctor because of a change in HMO policy. What kind of complications arise? I'm interested to hear from you if you've ever found yourself in those circumstances.
My fellow North Dakotans,
I've completed my training to be an organizer for the Change that Works Campaign and am starting my new job on Monday. I will be working to promote an agenda for a Uniquely American Solution to the Health Care Crisis. In order that I may understand even more deeply how this system. I personally have been without health insurance for half of the past six years, and know how disconcerting that can be, but I want to hear about what other people are experiencing. If you would like to learn more about how you can get involved in making sure our delegation hears how important Health Care Reform is to you, please contact me.
Please write to me describing your experiences that are pertinent to our current health care crisis.
-Aaron
I've accepted a job as an organizer for the SEIU in Grand Forks, ND.
I am very excited about returning to Grand Forks, ND to work for health care for all and advocating for the employee free choice Act. I hope you will join me in this effort to ensure workers will have the right to collaborate. People working together to improve their own living and working situation -- we must ensure that right is protected.
I look forward to working with you on these issues. Let me know if you are interested in learning more about the work we are doing in North Dakota.
North Dakotans!
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I very much enjoyed the Economic Recovery Plan meeting I attended last weekend. I can't say that I was influential in the bill's passage or construction in any way. But, on a personal level, I found myself reacquainted with the desire to engage the community. Special circumstances dictated that I be more a visitor to the meeting I attended than a full participant, but I do feel optimistic that upon returning to North Dakota (as it looks like I may do by next weekend) I will be ready to advocate for community action.
