Matt Ready

Finally, Some Answers!
A Single-Payer Healthcare Forum, Including What Does SINGLE PAYER Mean?

Location: Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., Port Townsend, WA
When: Saturday, November 22, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Sponsors: Jefferson County Citizens for Healthcare Access
League of Women Voters Clallam County
Healthcare for All – Washington

Moderator: Bertha Cooper, League of Women Voters Clallam County

Panel: Rep. Steve Tharinger, 24th Legislative District
Dr. Ken Fabert, Physicians For a National Health Plan
Matt Ready, Board Member, Jefferson Healthcare
Patrick Noonan, Healthcare For All-WA, Medical Device Consultant

Please join us for a thorough dialogue of the path to achieving single-payer healthcare in Washington State. There are many questions. We’ll discuss the following and more:

Why is our current financing of healthcare unsustainable?
Are we really spending enough money to cover everyone?
How can business, retirees, families, government employees and hospitals all benefit?
How can single-payer lower our taxes?
Why are some businesses shouldering an unfair portion of the burden?
How are other businesses making extreme profits from our current system?
Where is all the money is going and what we should do about it?
What is the bill before our legislature?
Why is our current method a threat to rural hospitals and family practitioners?
How is the U.S. lagging behind other nations in what we pay and what we receive?
How many of our citizens face the terror of not having healthcare coverage?
What organizations oppose a solution? Why would they do so?
Why do uninformed citizens oppose single-payer and how we should approach them?
How can single-payer be self-funding?
Why are we discussing this at the local and state level?
Should we call it “Medicare for All?”
What are some overlooked benefits to changing our system?
Why should this be an apolitical issue?

We’ll have statements by the panel and a full hour of Q &A.
Please attend and get involved. Bring any skeptics with you.