The League of Women Voters of the Palatine
and Arlington Heights present a panel of speakers who will explain what’s
wrong with our current healthcare system and what legislation is currently
being proposed in Congress.
Healthcare Reform
Do you know what is being proposed?
When:
Wednesday
July
22, 2009
Time:
7:00 P.M.
Where: Palatine Public Library,
700 N. North Court, Palatine, IL
Phone: (847) 358-5881
This program is free and open to the public.
For more information, call Eileen Schutte at 847-776-7185 or email at
eschutte3@comcast.net
PANEL OF SPEAKERS:
Jane Hansen
Jane Hansen is a nurse practitioner at the
MinuteClinic chain of "retail clinics". Over the last 5 years Jane has
worked in chronic pain management, and with the mentally ill in the Alexian
Brothers system. In addition, she has worked with diabetes educators,
sleep medicine and wound care and at Northwest Community Hospital.
Graduating in 2005 from University of Illinois at Chicago's masters program
in nursing, she came late in life to health care. In addition to her
nursing degree, Jane has worked in international banking and corporate
finance after earning a BA in economics from Wellesley College and an MBA
from the University of Chicago.
Hal
Snyder
Hal Snyder was a professor of Mathematics at
Roosevelt University before he got his M.D. from Northwestern University in
1981; he then spent much of his career designing reliable operating systems
and computer networks. He returned to medical matters in recent years, as
the nation's dysfunctional health care system entered crisis mode. He is a
member of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP.org) and a
volunteer organizer with Health Care for America Now (HCAN).
Anne Scheetz
Dr. Anne Scheetz is a physician in private
practice; a long-time member of Physicians for a National Health Program;
the Chicago co-chair of the Illinois Single-Payer Coalition; and a frequent
speaker on single-payer national health care.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS PALATINE AREA
