Mission accomplished!

Annual Northern California CaHPSA Healthcare conference entitled,

“Universal Healthcare: The Affordable Care Act and Beyond” 

Keynote speaker: Assemblyman Tom Ammiano,representing the 13th Assembly District and San Francisco in the California State Assembly

About the Conference

On October 13th 2012, the California Health Professional Student Alliance (CaHPSA) hosted their annual healthcare conference in Northern California on the UC San Francisco campus. Every year CaHPSA holds three major conferences to foster an environment of learning about the health care system, leadership training and growth of our efforts for a single-payer health care system. This years conference entitled, “Universal Healthcare: The Affordable Care Act and Beyond” underscored the need for additional reform in the wake of this landmark legislation. Students learned what advocates in California are doing in response to the nationwide healthcare crisis and received training on how to get involved in the struggle to provide guaranteed healthcare for all Californians

This conference attracted over 120 students from various health professions, different class standings and a diversity of campuses. CaHPSA leadership was extremely successful in delivering insightful presentations throughout the conference along with speakers who aid these efforts. CaHPSA leaders initiated the conference with some basic background information of national and state demographics and the California Universal Healthcare Acts history. Breakout sessions included topics like legislative advocacy, chapter development, and international health care system comparisons by expert speakers such as Dr. Claudia Chaufan, PNHP member. Our expert panel provided students with an understanding of their firsthand experience in the medical field from divergent perspectives such as intensive care unit nurse and California Nursing Association (CNA) member, DeAnn McEwen, General Internist/PNHP member, Dr. Alireza Rezapour, and dentist and philanthropist, Dr. Daniel Nam.

Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, representing the 13th Assembly District, a strong champion for change in California on key issues such as schools, healthcare, and civil rights, reminded students of the importance of legislative advocacy and the dire need to further health care reform to a publicly funded, privately delivered health care system – a single-payer system! Special thank you to all speakers, attendees and supporters for your continued support. 

Agenda

9:00 – 9:45 Registration

10:00 – 10:10 Welcome and Opening remarks 

10:10 – 12:00 Morning General Session

Plenary 1: Health Inequities and the State of the US Health System

Plenary 2: Moving Towards Universal Coverage: The ACA and Additional Proposals

12:00 – 1:00 Catered lunch (Included in registration) 

1:00 – 2:15 Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Group 1: Healthcare Around the World: An International Health System Comparison

Group 2: Healthy San Francisco: A Public Access System in Action

Group 3: The CA Legislative Process: Education and Advocacy Workshop

Group 4: CaHPSA on Your Campus: Tips for Starting and Building a Stronger Chapter

2:30 - 3:20 Afternoon General Session

Advocating for Patients Throughout your Medical Career: Panel Discussion

3:30 - 3:50 Keynote speaker: Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, 13th Assembly District

The Importance of Fighting for Healthcare Justice

4:00 – 6:00 No-host Mixer at Yancy's Saloon (Between 8th ave and 9th ave on Irving

In solidarity, the CaHPSA team...We look forward to seeing you at the 2013 Lobby day in Sacramento! For more information, please email Cindy at cindy@pnhpcalifornia.org.