Press release form Healthcare for All-WNC:
On Tuesday, May 1, 2018, Healthcare for All-WNC is hosting Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP.org) leader Dr. Ed Weisbart at two programs in Asheville. He will speak on “What Does “Medicare for All” Mean for Medical Practice, Physicians, Patients and the USA?” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at All Souls Cathedral Assembly Hall, 9 Swan Street, Asheville. Weisbart, an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, has written that “Providing all Americans with an improved form of Medicare is the only solution that promises affordable access to the high quality of health care we like to think of as American.” A question and answer time will follow his talk at this free, public brown-bag lunch event.
In the evening, Friends of the East Asheville Library and Healthcare for All – WNC are co-sponsoring Weisbart, who will be speaking on “For-Profit Healthcare: Is It Healthy?” from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. at Beverly Hills Baptist Church, 777 Tunnel Road, Asheville. Weisbart will discuss the business model upon which our healthcare system has been based since the 1970s with the introduction of Health Maintenance Organizations; how this system compares to other industrialized countries [the UK and Germany]; and its impacts on patient care, our communities, and physicians. This has relevance in light of the proposed acquisition of Asheville’s Mission Health by Hospital Corporation of America.
Healthcare for All WNC is a regional chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program, a coalition of more than 22,000 health professionals and other concerned citizens across the country supporting a public option for healthcare in America. For more information visit healthcareforallwnc.org.
