| Fall Town Hall
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Health Care Proposals
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The Follow Up/ Legislative
Committee is seeking all summaries, tenets,
principles or ideas that have been formulated into
a plan for meaningful health insurance reform. These
reports will be reviewed to determine points of
alignment with recommendations from the spring Town
Hall on Health Care. The committee will then prepare a
summary report to be used to encourage meaningful
legislation.
If you are
aware of relevant publications, please forward them to
the Town Hall office by regular mail at the address
listed below or by email to townhall@aztownhall.org.
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111 West Monroe
Suite 1216
Phoenix, AZ
85003
602-252-9600
townhall@aztownhall.org
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www.aztownhall.org
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Bruce Babbitt and Chris Nelson
to Speak at Fall Town Hall
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Bruce Babbitt,
who served as Secretary of the Interior from 1993
to 2001 and as Governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987,
will be one of the
featured speakers at the 91st Arizona Town
Hall on Land Use: Challenges and Choices for the
21st Century. Babbitt has written
extensively on land use -- including a
2006 book entitled "Cities in the Wilderness" (Island
Press), in which he lays out a new vision of land use in
America. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of
the World Wildlife Fund.
 Another prolific commentator on
land use and growth, Arthur "Chris" Nelson, also will
address
Town Hall participants. Nelson is currently Professor of
Urban Affairs and Planning, and Director of the
Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech. He is the
co-author of two recent books on urban containment:
"Urban Containment and Society" and "Urban Containment
in the United States." For more information on
Chris Nelson and his publications, visit the Metropolitan
Institute's website.
The fall Town Hall will
take place at the Grand Canyon from October 28-31. Because space is
limited, and to ensure a broad representation of Arizona
leaders, attendance is by invitation only. Those interested
in attending or sponsoring the fall Town Hall should
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| Reactions to
"Sicko" |
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 Several participants in the spring
Town Hall on Health Care, took part in a July 21
Arizona Republic article examining Michael
Moore's recently released movie "Sicko." The
article commentators, who represented different aspects
of the health care and insurance industries, all
agreed with one of the major recommendations from the
spring Town Hall--a basic level of health care should be
available to everyone in Arizona. Click here to read the
entire article.
Programs
planned around the state in late August and September
will highlight this and other key recommendations. These
programs will also seek
input from the audience, provide information on
implementation efforts, and highlight how to personally
become involved in improving the health care
system.
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