Government & Politics

    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