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<div>It seems to me that we should be contacting Congress about health care. It affects us all personally and in our budgeting. </div>
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<div>I know that I could hire more people if we did not have the health care costs we have today. I suspect some of the libraries that are in real financial trouble and the cities and counties would be in better shape if we did not have these health care costs.</div>
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<p align="left">RESOLUTION ENDORSING HR 676, FOR SINGLE PAYER UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE,</p>
<p>AND S 2772, THE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP ACT</p>
<div> <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/wo/referenceab/colresolutions/062806-CD20.16.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/wo/referenceab/colresolutions/062806-CD20.16.pdf</a></div>
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<div>FYI - ALA-APA is hosting the following program at Annual Conference:<br> <br>Medicare for All<br>Dr. Quentin Young <br>Sunday, July 12, 10:30 am -12:00 pm, Hyatt Regency McCormick Conf Ctr 12d<br>Single-payer national health insurance is a system in which a single public or quasi-public agency organizes health financing, but delivery of care remains largely private. The U.S. health care system is outrageously expensive, yet inadequate, spending more than twice as much as the rest of the industrialized nations and leaving 47 million completely uninsured. This program will introduce the philosophy of Physicians for a National Health Program, which defines, researches and supports single-payer health insurance.<br>
<br>Jenifer Grady, MSLS, MBA, CAE + Director, ALA-APA + <a href="mailto:jgrady@ala.org">jgrady@ala.org</a> + 312-280-2424<br clear="all"></div>
<div></div><br>-- <br>Diedre Conkling<br>Lincoln County Library District<br>P.O. Box 2027<br>Newport, OR 97365<br>Work phone & fax: 541-265-3066<br>Work email: <a href="mailto:diedre@beachbooks.org" target="_blank">diedre@beachbooks.org</a><br>
Home email: <a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank">diedre08@gmail.com</a><br></div><br><br clear="all">
<div></div><br>-- <br>Diedre Conkling<br>Lincoln County Library District<br>P.O. Box 2027<br>Newport, OR 97365<br>Work phone & fax: 541-265-3066<br>Work email: <a href="mailto:diedre@beachbooks.org">diedre@beachbooks.org</a><br>
Home email: <a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com">diedre08@gmail.com</a><br>