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This is a wiki for posting notes, photos, powerpoint presentations, and video of the August 2014 Single-Payer Strategy Conference hosted in Oakland, CA by Healthcare-NOW!, the Labor Campaign for Single-Payer Healthcare, and One Payer States. To see what other conference participants have shared, click on the workshop or panel below that you're interested in.
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Single Payer Strategy Conference - Oakland, CA - August 22-24, 2014
Friday, August 22
One Payer States track, 7PM - 10PM
- One Payer States Keynote by Dr. Paul Song
- Working with R’s, D’s, and I’s to Win State-Based Single Payer: Chuck Pennacchio, Health Care for All Pennsylvania
- Working With Small Businesses: Dr. Stephen Kemble, Hawaii and Dr. Deb Richter, Vermont Health Care for All
- Entertainment With A Purpose
Labor Campaign for Single Payer track, 6PM-9PM
- Greetings and Brief Remarks: Fred Pecker, ILWU Local 6; Josie Camacho, Alameda Labor Council; Tim Paulson, San Francisco Labor Council; Susan Sachen, California AFL-CIO; Martha Kuhl, CNA; Michael Bilbrey, CSEA; Sal Rosselli, NUHW
- The ACA, Collective Bargaining, and Multi-Employer Plans: Jim McGee, ATU; John Brouder, Boston Benefit Partners; Rich Austin, ILWU
- Crafting A Social Media Strategy: Hannah Roditi, Social Movement Technologies
Saturday, August 23
One Payer States track, 8:30AM-1PM
8:45AM-10:00AM – First block of workshops:
- Preparing a state-based universal health coverage bill for legislative scrutiny
- What to include in legislative economic feasibility studies
- How to Talk About the ACA in a State Campaign
10:15AM-11:30AM – Second block of workshops:
- Two Colorado Approaches
- What to include in legislative economic feasibility studies
- Running state-based initiatives in presidential election years
Labor Campaign for Single-Payer track, 9AM-1:30PM
- National Coordinator’s Report: Mark Dudzic, Labor Campaign
- Remarks: Josh Pechthalt, CFT; Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN, NYSNA
- Components of a Strategic Work Plan
Joint Programming: Healthcare-NOW!, Labor Campaign, and One Payer States
- Lessons from Canada: Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember-At-Large
- Immigrant Rights Organizing & the Single-Payer Movement
- Roundtable on Strategy for the Single-Payer Movement: Where We Are & Where We Need to Go
Sunday, August 24
Joint Programming: Healthcare-NOW! and the Labor Campaign
9:00AM-10:10AM – First block of workshops:
- Labor and Community Collaboration: A Winning Combination
- Social Media for Single Payer Activists
- Using HR 676 to build the national single payer movement
- The Health Care is a Human Right Model
10:20AM-11:30AM – Second block of workshops:
- Labor and Community Collaboration: A Winning Combination
- How the Transformation of the Health Care Industry Impacts Single-Payer Organizing
- Defending the Public Sector
- Getting to Single-Payer Through the Ballot: Lessons From Winning & Losing Ballot Initiatives
- Medical Jobs Australia
- Nursing Jobs
- Accounting services in Dubai
- Cable Contractor Port St Lucie