Congressman Scott’s Health Care Forum On March 15

Congressperson Bobby Scott sent notice to constituents about his upcoming health care forum:

This March marks the two year anniversary of Congress passing and the President signing into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. On Thursday, March 15, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., I will be holding a community forum in Richmond to provide an update on the implementation of the new health care reform law. The forum will be held at the General Assembly Building, Senate Room A, located at the intersection of Ninth Street and Broad Street in downtown Richmond.

Joinining me at the forum will be Ms. Joanne Grossi, the Regional Director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Ms. Jill Hanken, a health attorney at the Virginia Poverty Law Center. Director Grossi will provide information on what provisions of the Affordable Care Act have already been implemented and what the public can expect to be implemented in the next few years. Ms. Hanken will provide insight on what has been happening at the state level in regards to implementing the new health care law. We will also be joined by constituents who have already benefited from the Affordable Care Act.

Seating is limited, so those who plan to attend may want to contact his office.

In additional health care policy news, the Green Party had this press release (click on title for full statement):

The Green Party urges the Supreme Court to strike down the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance mandates, sees a chance for Medicare For All

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    Reproductive Rights in the Birth Control Debate

    Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
    VCU Student Commons Theater, 907 Floyd Avenue, Richmond, VA 23284

    On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, a distinguished panel will gather to debate
    whether the Affordable Care Act does or does not diminish religious
    freedom. As wider public debate heats up, those who believe it does are
    facing off against those who believe that “religious exemptions,”
    wrongly defined, endanger the rights of women. Some of the Richmond
    region’s largest employers have raised freedom-of-conscience concerns
    with respect to the Obama Administration proposals. Despite the
    Administration’s recent compromise position, the rift between the sides
    continues to grow. The defeat of the Blunt Amendment in the U.S. Senate
    did not end the political give-and-take, and heated controversy over
    many aspects of this matter is sure to infuse the 2012 Presidential
    electoral season.

    In the course of the March 20th debate, experts on both sides will share
    their perceptions and then accept questions from the audience. Barton
    Hinkle, Deputy Editor of the Editorial Pages, Richmond Times-Dispatch,
    will offer opening remarks. The panel will include:

    l Jeffrey F. Caruso: Executive Director, Virginia Catholic Conference

    l William H. Hurd: Partner, Troutman Sanders and Adjunct Professor,
    George Mason University Law School

    l Jennifer L. McClellan: Virginia State Delegate, 71st District

    l Karen Raschke: Retired Attorney and Planned Parenthood Lobbyist

    The event will be moderated by Ambassador (ret.) Randolph Bell,
    President of the First Freedom Center, and Isabelle Richman, JD, PhD, a
    Faculty Associate in VCU’s Religious Studies Program.

    This discussion is free and open to the public. Parking is available
    for $5 for the evening at the 801 W. Main Street Parking Deck (arrive by
    6:15 p.m. to beat the Landmark event parking rush) and for $5 at the
    Cary Street Parking Deck, 1101 W. Cary Street. Click at the link for a
    map, and reference the lower part of the map (left of Monroe Park) for
    the location of the parking decks and the VCU Student Commons:
    http://www.bsv.vcu.edu/vcupark/pdfmaps/AcademicLocator.pdf
    <http://www.bsv.vcu.edu/vcupark/pdfmaps/AcademicLocator.pdf> .

    This debate is the fourth in a four-part series of public presentations
    hosted by a partnership of the First Freedom Center
    <http://firstfreedomcenter.org/> , the Religious Studies Program
    <http://www.has.vcu.edu/wld/academics/majors/relstudies/> at Virginia
    Commonwealth University, and the University of Richmond School of Law
    <http://law.richmond.edu/> . It is made possible by the generous
    financial support of Bon Secours Richmond Foundation
    <http://www.bsvaf.org/page.aspx?pid=972> . The series addresses the
    rights enshrined in American law and in the universally-binding
    instruments of international law, and then considers those human rights
    from the perspectives both of jurisprudence and of religious and
    philosophic communities. The purpose of the series is to inform and
    engage the public in important religion, human-rights and public-policy
    issues that are in the headlines nearly every day.

    For more information, contact the First Freedom Center at 804-643-1786
    or at caff@firstfreedom.org .

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