logo
Welcome Newsletter
Working Together for Health Care Reform
Fall 2006
In this issue
Sign up: newsletter
Quick links
Welcome!

The Coalition works to bring accessible, affordable, comprehensive and high quality health care to everyone in Maryland. This is no small task, but we know that women, working together, can make Maryland a national leader in making health care reform a reality.

As an alliance of women and women's organizations throughout the state, the Coalition has set the following goals:

  • Put forth a list of Principles for health care reform
  • Promote legislation that takes Maryland closer to comprehensive health care
  • Mobilize women to advocate for health care reform
  • Provide tools for grassroots and community-based action
  • Provide information on health care reform issues

To achieve these we will actively work with our partners to bring comprehensive health care to the state based upon ten basic Principles. Learn more about us, our Principles, our Vision, and Agenda on our website.

Health Care For All
The Coalition supports these Maryland reform efforts:

Health Care For All! Plan
Key points for this plan to provide health care coverage for all Marylanders.

Healthy MD Initiative
This legislation fact sheet will provide 50,000 Marylanders with health coverage while reducing the health costs of smoking; a response to misleading arguments on the issue; and a memo on voter support for the increase.
Our website has several fact sheets, articles and news stories that will help you understand the current status of health care both in Maryland and the nation. More info

The Kaiser Family Foundation is a wealth of information about health care in the states and nation. Check out:
  • a fact sheet describing with the major sources of health insurance coverage for women ages 18-64, including employer-sponsored insurance and Medicaid, 2006
  • a fact sheet with data on women 18-64 by state 2003-04
  • a fact sheet with an overview of studies on coverage of the uninsured
  • a fact sheet with characteristics and causes of the uninsured population.
The larger our Coalition the greater impact we will have. We encourage you to join with our members in working for health care reform in Maryland. By becoming a member you can:
  • Collaborate effectively with others to promote health care reform
  • Stay informed about current reform policy and legislation, both in Maryland and the nation
  • Receive our newsletter and action alerts with the up to date information you need
  • Bring your energies to our common agenda
Here are our current coalition members.

We welcome everyone. It is free and easy to join. Simply send us an email with your name, and/or your organization's name, contact information, telephone number and email address and we will add you to our membership. Please also forward this email widely to family, friends and colleagues so that everyone can get in the act!

Many other organizations are working for health care reform both in Maryland and nationally. Our website has a list of government and non-government organizations that are working for health care reform. If you know of an organization we should include email us with the name.

We firmly commit to your privacy and will not distribute any information or email to any other organization or individual.

Women working together will bring accessible, affordable, comprehensive and high quality health care to Maryland.

Welcome To Our Coalition!
Anne S. Kasper, Chair,
Leni Preston, Vice Chair
Maryland Women's Coalition for Health Care Reform


Forward email

This email was sent to marylou.fox@att.net, by womenscoalition@mdhealthcarereform.org
Powered by

MD Women's Coalition for Health Care Reform | An Independent Coalition | Bethesda | MD | 20816