Single Payer on Forward Radio:  Wednesdays 5pm, Thursdays 9 am, Fridays 7am.  Listen in on 106.5 FM in the Louisville region.

Listen to these shows on line:

A conversation on single payer with activist Christine Perlin, a teacher and a member of the Steering Committee of KSPH.

Single Payer Radio talks with Louisville dentist Don Feeney, DMD, about the Medicaid waiver that threatens to remove coverage from many Kentuckians.

 

KSPH is grateful to Mark McKinley who recruits the speakers, interviews them, and puts the programs up on the cloud.

If you would like to tell your health care story on the radio, please contact him at MarkJMcKinley@gmail.com

https://forwardradio.org/

Single Payer on Forward Radio in Louisville:  Wednesdays 5pm, Thursdays 9 am, Fridays 7am

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State Representative Jim Wayne discusses health care policies.

Harriette Seiler gives an update on health news, plus part 2 of the Community Health Forum in McMinnville, Tennessee with Dr. Garrett Adams.

Kay Tillow on single payer and union support, plus voices from a health care rally

KSPH is grateful to the multi-talented, hard working Mark McKinley who handles the recording studio, recruits the speakers, does the interviews, and puts them up on the cloud.

If you would like to tell your health care story on the radio, please contact him at MarkJMcKinley@gmail.com

https://forwardradio.org/

Sarah Parker and Karen Udoh, University of Louisville students, speak of organizing on campus for single payer and against racism. Both of them will be entering UofL Medical School in the fall.

At about 24 minutes into the program, you will hear a McMinnville, Tennessee, NPR health care forum featuring Dr. Garrett Adams and others.

Listen here.

Dr. Frances Weinstock, a Louisville family practice physician who is currently volunteering at the free clinic in Butchertown, speaks about the health care crisis and the single payer solution.

Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care welcomes your end of year contributions to our non-profit organization.

Your donation will help us to broaden the campaign to bring the improved Medicare for All message to all Kentuckians.

Please make out checks to PNHP-KY and mail them to:

 

KSPH, c/o Nurses Professional Organization

1169 Eastern Parkway, #2218

Louisville, KY 40217

 

Pictured at right is single payer advocate Tom Moffett participating in the Hands Across Louisville event.  KSPH works to achieve a presence in communities in Louisville and across the state.

On Friday, November 17, members of the Hurstbourne Acres Community gathered at the McMahon Fire Department to view “Fix It,” a movie that details the economic and human hardships of our current health care system and promotes single payer as the solution.

Antonio Wickliffe, Doris Bailey Spencer, Harriette Seiler, Christine Perlin, Mark McKinley, and Dr. Edgar Lopez organized the program and worked to spread the word.

The film was followed by a lively Roundtable Discussion about what single payer health care would mean for our country.

HR 676, Expanded and Improved Medicare for All, is the model single payer legislation currently in the US House of Representatives with 120 cosponsors including Louisville Rep. John Yarmuth.

Kentucky’s other five congresspersons, Andy Barr, Thomas Massie, James Comer, Hal Rogers, and Brett Guthrie can be encouraged to sign on to HR 676 by calling them at the Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121.

You can see “Fix It–Healthcare at the Tipping Point” online at this link.

Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care is taking the film to groups through out the state.  If your organization would like to schedule a showing, please give us a call at 502 636 1551.

In addition, KSPH has a power point presentation on single payer health care that is also available.

(Front row, Doris Bailey Spencer & Antonio Wickliffe.  Dr. Edgar Lopez, 2nd row with arms crossed.)

Humana & all Insurance Workers Get Income Protection in HR 676

Here in Kentucky where thousands receive their paychecks from Humana, it is important to know that HR 676, the national single payer legislation sponsored by Congressman John Conyers, includes protections for the incomes of those who work in the health insurance industry.

HR 676 specifies that insurance company workers will be provided for by first choice in retraining and job placement in the new system and by receiving two years of their regular salary so that they will be able to transition to better jobs.  And all the while, they, like all of us, will have all medically necessary care as a right!

Check it out.

It’s Section 303 (e) of HR 676.

We will have care for all and protection for insurance workers!

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In the photo Dave Cox carries his rain-protected sign as advocates for single payer, improved Medicare for All, gather in front of the marble Humana Headquarters in Louisville.

 

Please join us for the documentary film, “Fix It—Healthcare At The Tipping Point.” “Fix It” reaches across the political and ideological divide to make the case for major healthcare reform in the U.S. It explains how our health care system is hurting the U.S. economy and leaving most Americans under-insured.

6:00 – 7:00 pm – Movie
7:00 – 8:00 pm – Roundtable Discussion

Have you already seen “Fix It?’ If so, you are welcome to arrive at 7:00 pm for a Roundtable Discussion of issues, concerns and questions related to our broken U.S. health care system and how we can advocate for a system of universal health care/a single payer system that would offer Medicare for All. You can view “Fix It” online: https://fixithealthcare.com/

Free event, but please RSVP so we can make sure we have enough seats for all.
https://actionnetwork.org/events/nov17ksph

 

On September 23, 2017, Harriette Seiler and Kay Tillow of Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care gathered with friends and loved ones at the home of Jean Elizabeth Tucker to celebrate the life of Bill Martinez.

For many years, Bill was an elected member of the Steering Committee of Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care.  Bill worked the community festivals, staffing the booth and carrying tents and tables, to spread the single payer message far and wide.  He worked with quiet commitment and compassion, sharing his vision of justice in health care.

In his spare time he created beautiful works in stained glass and tended a splendid garden.  He will be sorely missed, but never forgotten.  He is pictured here at the Highlands Fest in 2007.

Jean Tucker’s designation of Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care as the recipient of Memorial gifts has resulted in many contributions in Bill’s name.  If you would like to contribute, please send checks to:  Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care, c/o Nurses Professional Org., 1169 Eastern Parkway, #2218, Louisville, KY 40217.

This is the obituary from the Courier-Journal

Air Force veteran, semi truck driver, hiker & camper, organic gardener, stained-glass artist, keen photographer, classical music lover, international traveler, lifelong learner, advocate for social justice.

Born March 23, 1937, in Oakland CA to Hawaiian-born parents of Spanish and Puerto Rican ancestry. Moved in 1988 to Madison WI and in 1996 to Lou, KY, where he died on July 24, 2017.

Preceded by brothers Henry and Frank Martinez; sister and brother-in-law Hilda and Merle Aman; and by his beloved cats, especially Lulu.

Survived by his long-time partner Jean Tucker of Lou, KY; brother and sister-in-law, Daniel and Juanita Martinez of Los Angeles CA; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews, mostly of CA. Also by long-time steadfast friends, Tony Scott of Lou,KY; Ron Tebbe of Wooster OH; and Patrick and Sylvie Desbois-Sorbé of Salies-de-Béarn, France.

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At left is one of Bill’s stained glass pieces.  Below is a photo of Bill in Senator Mitch McConnell’s office in Washington, DC.  The woman with her arms full of petitions for HR 676, national single payer health care, is an assistant to McConnell.  Wearing the cap is Bill’s close friend and fellow Teamster, Tony Scott.   In the back on the right is Dave McCool.