Annual Dinner and TennCare Educational Event

Annual Dinner and TennCare Educational Event > > June 16, 2005 > 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM > Calvary United Methodist Church > Fellowship Hall > 3701 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, TN > > Please note the change of location from West End to Calvary United > Methodist Church > > Register today by Replying to this email. The board invites its members, > donors and the public to this important event. > > Who should attend? General public, advocates, and TennCare enrollees > working for health care justice > > Please plan to attend to learn what is happening to TennCare and what we > can do to reverse the cuts. > > Registration - 3:00 to 3:30: $25/person for program and dinner. Upon > request, the fee will be waived for low-income people. > > Workshops: > > 3:30 to 4:45 PM: Why TennCare cuts are not necessary. You will receive > documents showing that the cuts are manipulated, politically motivated, > and have nothing to do with fixing TennCare. Presenter: Lisa D'Souza, > Tennessee Justice Center. How to reverse these cuts? Presenter: Courtney > Jenkins, TennCare Saves Lives Coalition > > 3:30 to 4:45 PM: Who's In and Who's Out? Is There a Safety Net? Under > the Governor's plan, learn who's on TennCare and who's not. Also, get > information about the Safety Net and a live demonstration of > www.TennHelp.com > > 5:00 to 6:15 PM: Mississippi Experience - 60,000 Medicaid eligible > people were slated to be terminated by the Governor of Mississippi. The > legislators and the people of Mississippi mobilized and stopped the > cuts. Presenter: Pam Shaw, Leader of the Mississippi Coalition. Also, > how to reverse the cuts in Tennessee? Presenter: Courtney Jenkins, > TennCare Saves Lives Coalition > > 5:00 to 6:15 PM: What are the avenues left for adults to qualify for > TennCare Medicaid? How to qualify for SSI without a snag (Supplement > Security Income)? Presenter: Pat Post, National Health Care for the > Homeless Coalition. Also information about the Safety Net and a live > demonstration of www.TennHelp.com. > > Dinner and Evening Program- 6:30 > > Volunteer Recognition - Barbara Reynolds, President of the Tennessee > Health Care Campaign > > Keynote Speaker - Pam Shaw, Leader of the Mississippi Coalition, which > successfully stopped the Governor from terminating 60,000 people from > Medicaid. > > State-wide Strategy to Stop the Cuts - Rev. Henry Blaze and Other > Strategy Team Members > ------------------------------ > Directions: Fellowship Hall at Calvary United Methodist Church, 3701 > Hillsboro Pike, Nashville > > >From Broadway/West End Avenue: take 21st Ave/Hillsboro Pike south > (away from town) toward the Green Hills area. The Church (red brick) is > on your right just before you get to Green Hills (just before the > Krystal's hamburger place). If you pass Krystal's, you have gone too far. > Park in the parking lot nearest the Krystal's. > Enter the double doors at the south end of the church. The Fellowship > Hall is on the left. > > >From South of Green Hills: Take Hillsboro Pike through the Green > Hills Mall area. At the last stoplight in that area, on the left is a > Krystal's hamburger place. The church is on the left, just past the > Krystal's. > Park in the parking lot nearest the Krystal's. > Enter the double doors at the south end of the church. The Fellowship > Hall is on the left. > ------------------------------ > Go to our website for the latest information on TennCare disenrollment > and what can be done to stop it, www.tenncare.org > ------------------------------ > Tennesseee Health Care Campaign > 1103 Chapel Ave. > Nashville, TN 37206 > 1-800-280-8682 > [email protected]