Health Care For America Now

Thousands To Attend Rally and Town Halls On Capitol Hill

On Thursday, June 25th, Health Care for America Now (HCAN) – the largest health care campaign in the country - will host a massive day of action, called "Health Care 09 - We Can’t Wait," in Washington DC. Thousands of supporters will attend a large rally and eleven town hall meetings throughout the day.

The main event on Thursday will be a large rally held in the Upper Senate Park at 11:30am.

Actress Edie Falco, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), HCAN Campaign Manager Richard Kirsch, CWA President Larry Cohen, AFSCME President Jerry McEntee, SEIU Secretary Treasurer Anna Burger, Governor Howard Dean, Congressman Becerra (D-CA), National Physicians Alliance President-Elect Valerie Arkoosh and other leading Members of Congress and Senators are expected to speak.

To get press credentials for the rally please contact: Karlyn Barker at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or (202) 587-1651.

In addition to the large rally, the supporters, who are coming in from all over the country, will attend eleven town hall meetings on Capitol Hill where they will hear from Senator Specter and Congressman Sestak, Governor Howard Dean, House Majority Whip Clyburn, Senator Whitehouse, Senator Reed, Congressman Grijalva, Congresswoman Schakowsky, Congresswoman Roybal-Allard and many others.

Schedule of the town halls:

8:30am  New Hampshire Town Hall Meeting - Dirksen Senate Bldg. Rm. 562 -UPDATED-

9:00am  Rhode Island Town Hall Meeting - Phoenix Park Hotel  - 520 North Capitol Street, NW -UPDATED-

9:00am  Small Business Town Hall Meeting - Capitol Visitors Center  - Room 215 -UPDATED-
                                                                                                           
12:45pm  NY, NJ, and MD Town Hall Meeting - Upper Senate Park

1:30pm   Connecticut Town Hall Meeting - Capitol Visitors Center – Room 215

1:30pm   North Carolina Town Hall Meeting - Mott House Patio - 122 Maryland Avenue, NE

1:30pm   Ohio Town Hall meeting - Columbus Club – Union Station
                                                                       
1:30pm   Pennsylvania Town Hall meeting - Capitol City Brewing Company

1:30pm   West Virginia Town Hall meeting - Dirksen Senate Building
                                                                                                           
1:30pm   Health Equity Town Hall meeting - Capitol Visitors Center

1:30pm   Providers Town Hall Meeting - Washington Court Hotel - 525 New Jersey Ave NW -UPDATED-

For more information visit: HealthCare09.org.