On Saturday the Tennessee Health Care Campaign will hold a health care reform conference in Chattanooga, offering attendees advice about how to advocate for reform and outlining how reform proposals will affect state residents.
The Nashville-based Tennessee Health Care Campaign, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group that is supportive of comprehensive health care reform, is making the rounds over the next month with a series of health care reform events that will include presentations on current state health policy and updates on reform proposals.
The event, which includes lunch, will focus on “helping people to understand where we are with national reform and where we are with our state’s situation as well, and how those fit together,” said Christina Kretchik, Middle Tennessee regional organizer with the campaign. “We’re further along in this (health reform) process than we ever have been, and there’s actually more points of agreement than disagreement.”
Organizers also will encourage attendees to reach out to their legislators and express what they want to see happen under health care reform, she said.
The conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the AIM Center at 472 Martin Luther King Blvd., and the cost is $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Scholarships are available for those who can’t afford to pay. To register, e-mail Ms. Kretchik at ckretchik@thcc2.org or call 615-227-7500.