Cover
The Uninsured Week Features New Alliances
Cover
the Uninsured Week is April 27-May 3 this year. A host
of events are scheduled; a sampling from the campaign’s
newsletter is featured below.
Public
education, advocacy, and enrollment are the cornerstones
of this year's Cover the Uninsured campaign in Michigan.
The Michigan Cover the Uninsured Network (MCTUN) is forging
new partnerships and creating new opportunities for collaboration
among a variety of organizations and initiatives designed
to expand access to healthcare and insure stable and affordable
healthcare coverage for all of our citizens.
Join
thousands of people during Cover the Uninsured Week 2008
(April 27 - May 3) here in Michigan to show your support
to cover America's uninsured. Go to www.CovertheUninsured.org to
learn more.
Health
Expo for Uninsured
Sponsored
by Wayne County and the City of Detroit
Monday,
April 28 - Wayne County Health & Human Services in
partnership with the City of Detroit Health & Wellness
Promotion kick off CTUW 2008 with a Health Expo For the
Uninsured at Cobo Hall.
The
Health Expo will be open to the public from 8:30am – 4
p.m. More than 30 vendors offering free health screenings,
resource information, MIChild and Healthy Kids enrollment,
small business coverage options and more are expected.
Breakfast and boxed lunches will be provided. 500 to 2000
participants anticipated.
A
News Conference is being scheduled for 10:30am with Governor
Granholm (invited) and elected officials.
If
you're interested in providing services and want to reserve
a table, please contact Naomi Ruth at (313) 874-7178 or nruth1@hfhs.org .
Health
and Enrollment Fairs
Project
Healthy Living and MCTUN Unite
This
year, MCTUN is partnering with the United Health Organization
in sponsoring several Health and Enrollment events throughout
southeastern Michigan. Ten major events will be held over
two- to three-day periods at area shopping malls, community
centers, and faith based locations.
Community
residents will be able to obtain free health screenings,
health insurance information, and be able to enroll their
children in state sponsored health insurance programs on
the spot. They will also be able sign up for the ballot
initiative to get a "health coverage for all" amendment
to our state constitution and pledge support for the AARP
Divided We Fail pledge campaign.
For
more information, contact Ifetayo Johnson at (248) 703-5684.
Coverage
Options for Small Business Owners
Business
Round Tables
Tuesday,
April 29 - The Greater Detroit Area Health Council (GDAHC)
is hosting a breakfast roundtable to discuss health care
options for small business owners.
This
will be the first in a year-long, statewide series of meetings
with business owners and opinion leaders to discuss solutions
for the growing number of uninsured.
Details
to follow. For more information, contact Naomi Ruth at
(313) 874-7178.
Interfaith
Prayer Breakfast
Myth,
Fact & How to Act
Thursday,
May 01 - The Interfaith Health & Hope Coalition is
sponsoring an Interfaith Prayer Breakfast at Tabernacle
Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit. The event will be
held from 8:30 - 10:30a.m., details and registration information
to follow. Contact Ron Beford at (810) 923-6940 for more
information.
Special
Advisors
Spencer Johnson Joins MCTUN
Spencer
Johnson, President & CEO of the Michigan Health & Hospital
Association will serve as a Special Advisor to the 2008
Michigan Cover the Uninsured Network initiative, joining
Marianne Udow-Philips, Gail Warden, Janet Olszewski, Dr.
Charles Barone, Reggie Turner, and Michael Brennan.
Strategic
Partners
University Of
Michigan Hospitals & Health Centers Join MCTUN
The
University of Michigan Hospitals & Health Centers have
joined Henry Ford Health System, Trinity Health, St. John
Health, Beaumont, DMC Children's Hospital of Michigan,
Oakwood, United Way for Southeastern Michigan, the Detroit
Regional Chamber and the Michigan AFL-CIO as a strategic
partner of the MCTUN 2008 initiative.
Health
Care Security in Michigan
Ensuring Coverage
The
Health Care Security Campaign is collecting signatures
across the state to get a proposed Constitutional Amendment
on the ballot for November. The Amendment, if passed, would
require the government to make sure that everyone in the
state has access to health care coverage. That means you
would continue to have coverage even if you lose a job;
or if your employer decided to stop giving health insurance
as a benefit; or if you lose coverage for any other reason.
That
is the goal behind the ballot initiative campaign for the "Health
Care Security Amendment." The drive is to amend the
State Constitution's Article 4, Section 51 to add this
language:
The
State Legislature shall pass laws to make sure that every
Michigan resident has affordable and comprehensive health
care coverage through a fair and cost-effective financing
system. The Legislature is required to pass a plan that,
through public or private measures, controls health care
costs and provides for medically necessary preventive,
primary, acute and chronic health care needs.
Uniting
for Health Care
AARP Launches Divided We Fail Campaign at State Capital
AARP
Michigan, state legislative leaders and leaders of the
state's business and labor communities joined together
Monday, February 11, to launch Divided We Fail. The diverse
Divided We Fail alliance will work together in Michigan
over the next nine months, leading up to the presidential
election on November 4, 2008, to urge action from elected
leaders on the issues of health and long-term financial
security.
The
launch, held at the State Capitol building in Lansing,
included speeches from AARP Michigan State President Eric
Schneidewind, Senator Mark Schauer (D-Battle Creek), Representative
Rick Shaffer (R-Three Rivers), Secretary/Treasurer for
SEIU Heath Care Michigan Marge Faville and State Director
for the National Federation of Independent Business/Michigan
Charles Owens.
"Together
we represent more than 50 million Americans and their families," Schneidewind,
said. "We are standing united - here in Michigan and
across the country - to demand action, answers and an end
to gridlock."
For
more information about Divided We Fail efforts, go to www.dividedwefail.org .
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