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Community Forum on the Affordable Care Act and the Future of Health Care in Virginia
Mary Washington Healthcare and Lloyd Moss Free Clinic are hosting a community forum on the Affordable Care Act and the future of health care in Virginia.
The free event will be held from 7 – 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at the John F. Fick III Conference Center, 1301 Sam Perry Blvd., in Fredericksburg. Enter at the second floor rear entrance to the Carl D. Silver/Moss Free Clinic building on the Mary Washington Hospital campus.
“This educational forum will be moderated by a non-partisan individual, and there will be an expert panel of stakeholders, who will each make brief presentations, followed by a question and answer session with the audience,” said organizer Bill Botts, Esq.
The panelists are:
Consumer Advocate: Jill Hanken, health law attorney for the Virginia Poverty Law Center
Hospital Representative: Dr. Michael P. McDermott, CEO and president of Mary Washington Healthcare
Physician/Patient Representative: Dr. Timothy Powell, medical director of the Fredericksburg Christian Health Center
Business Community Representative: Susan Spears, CEO and president of Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce
Health Care for All Advocate (Medicare for All/Single Payer): Dr. Jay Brock, Family Physician (retired), past president Fredericksburg Area Medical Society
The panel will be moderated by Fredericksburg.Today Publisher Susan Larson.
Cosponsors of the community forum are Legal Aid Works (formerly Rappahannock Legal Services), Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, Virginia Poverty Law Center, We Are For America, and a number of local citizens’ groups. Each sponsor will have a table with literature in the lobby.
For more information, contact Bill Botts, Esq., [email protected] or 540-656-0843
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