Don't sit on the side lines while 850,000 Tennesseans go without health care! Get involved!

Do you believe that access to quality health care should be affordable, guaranteed and continuous for ALL Tennesseans?

If you do, we invite you to our local meetings. People in your community are planning and working on this issue from the local, state, and national levels. Health care is the #1 national domestic issue and #1 state ignored issue. How can we make this the #1 issue in your community? You can play an important role. Get active with 1 of the 8 groups listed below.

Date, Time and Places for Local Meetings:

• Cookeville - Tuesday, Oct. 23, 6:00 to 7:30 PM, Upper Cumberland Development District, 1225 S. Willow Ave., Cookeville, TN. Topic: Local Organizing Group Planning meeting with legislators and Safety-net survey. Contact Susan McKay, smckay@thcc2.org or call Toll Free, 1-877-431-7083.
• Johnson City - Wednesday, Oct. 24, 6:00 to 7:30 PM, Johnson City Public Library, 100 W. Millard St., Johnson City, TN. Topic: Local Organizing Group Planning meeting with legislators and SICKO event. Contact Susan McKay, smckay@thcc2.org or call Toll Free, 1-877-431-7083.
• Knoxville - Thursday, Oct. 25, 7:00 to 8:30 PM, Church of the Savior UCC, 934 N. Weisgarber Rd. (off Papermill Rd), Knoxville, TN. Guest Speaker: Dr. Mark Durand. Local physician has practiced abroad & will share his perspective about different health care systems. Contact Susan McKay, smckay@thcc2.org or call Toll Free, 1-877-431-7083.
• Jackson - Tuesday, Oct. 30, 12 Noon to 1 PM. Topic: Local Organizing Group's planning meeting for Town Hall Meeting with state legislators. Location: Conference call. Contact Tony Garr, tgarr@thcc2.org or call Toll Free, 1-877-431-7083 to get the toll-free call-in number to participate on the call.
• Dyersburg - Wednesday, Oct. 31, 12 Noon to 1 PM. Topic: Local Organizing Group's planning meeting for Town Hall Meeting with state legislators. Location: Conference call. Contact Tony Garr, tgarr@thcc2.org or call Toll Free, 1-877-431-7083 to get the toll-free call-in number to participate on the call.
• Nashville - Tuesday, Nov. 13, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Topic: Local Organizing Group Planning meeting for Town Hall Meeting with state legislators. Contact Tony Garr for meeting location, tgarr@thcc2.org, 615-227-7500
• Memphis - Tuesday, Nov. 13, 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Topic: Local Organizing Group Planning meeting for Town Hall Meeting with state legislators at Center for Independent Living, 1633 Madison Ave., Memphis, TN. Contact Tony Garr, tgarr@thcc2.org or Lewis Patrick, lpat@aol.com or call Toll Free, 1-877-431-7083.
• Chattanooga - Wednesday, Nov. 14, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM. Topic: Local Organizing Group's final planning meeting for Town Hall Meeting with state legislators, Senior Neighborhood Center, 957 Boynton, Dr., Chattanooga, TN. Contact Tony Garr, tgarr@thcc2.org or Ron Naylor, ronpnaylor@yahoo.com or call Toll Free, 1-877-431-7083.
• Nashville - Thursday, Nov. 15, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Town Hall Meeting with State Legislators. Location to be announced. Contact Tony Garr for Town Hall meeting location, tgarr@thcc2.org
• Chattanooga - Monday, Nov. 19, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Town Hall Meeting with State Legislators, AIM Center, 472 Martin Luther King Blvd. Chattanooga, TN. Contact Tony Garr, tgarr@thcc2.org or Ron Naylor, ronpnaylor@yahoo.com or call Toll Free, 1-877-431-7083.
• Dyersburg - Tuesday, Nov. 20, 6 to 7:30 PM, Town Hall Meeting with State Legislators, Professional Development Center, College St., Dyersburg, TN. Contact Tony Garr, tgarr@thcc2.org or call Toll Free, 1-877-431-7083 to get the toll-free call-in number to participate on the call.
• Memphis - Tuesday, Nov. 27, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Town Hall Meeting with State Legislators, Prescott Memorial Baptist Church, 961 Getwell Rd., Memphis, TN. Contact Tony Garr, tgarr@thcc2.org or Lewis Patrick, lpat@aol.com or call Toll Free, 1-877-431-7083.

SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program) - In the meantime, last week a bill in Congress to extend health care for 10 million children under the age of 19 did not get the 2/3 vote in the House of Representatives to over-ride the President's veto. The vote was 273 to 156 to over-ride the President's veto, 14 votes short of the 2/3 needed. Call your congressman today and ask them to continue to work to pass a bill to provide health insurance to 10 million children, of whom 150,000 live in Tennessee and need CoverKids. Call 1-800-828-0498.

Congress will bring the SCHIP bill up again: Stay tuned. We are working to change the vote of 14 Congressman from "NO" to "YES." Tennessee has 4 members of Congress who voted "NO." They are: Congressman David Davis, John Duncan, Zack Wamp, and Marsha Blackburn.

Sincerely,

Tony Garr, Tennessee Health Care Campaign, tgarr@thcc2.org
1- 877- 431- 7083 Toll Free