MIAMI, June 8 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR
WIRE/ -- As Congress prepares for Sen. Edward Kennedy's long-awaited healthcare
overhaul bill, American Health Choices Act (www.politico.com/static/PPM119_090605_helpbill_brown.html), to be
introduced, a bipartisan group of city, county, and state officials will join
together with leaders from Borinquen Health Care Center, Jackson Memorial
Hospital and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Florida to lend
support for comprehensive healthcare reform that includes a high quality and
affordable public health insurance option. The press conference will take place
on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 11:00 AM at the Borinquen Health Care Center, 3601
Federal Highway in Miami.
With an estimated 600,000 people in
Miami-Dade who are uninsured, lawmakers expect Kennedy's bill, which includes a
policy backed by the government for the public good, will help ease the
economic strain put on hospitals and premiums of those with insurance. A recent
report in the American Journal of Medicine found medical bills are involved in
more than 60 percent of U.S. personal bankruptcies. Three-fourths of those were
families with health insurance.
Who: State Representative Ronald Brise,
City of Miami Mayor Manny Diaz
Miami-Dade County Commissioner
Sally Heyman
Paul C. Velez, Chief
Administrative Officer, Borinquen Health
Care Center
Martha Baker, RN, President
SEIU Local 1991
Julia Recibo, Kendall Hospital
healthcare worker
What: Press event to lend support to American Health Choices Act,
the long-awaited healthcare
reform bill that includes a high
quality and affordable public
health insurance option.
When: 11:00 AM, Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Where: Borinquen Health Care Center, first floor lobby
3601 Federal Highway, Miami
SOURCE SEIU
Healthcare Florida
