Health Care Reform Forum
Purpose: This forum works for implementation of an affordable, sustainable, quality health care system for all.
Forum Facilitator: Karen Metcalf (email Karen for questions or to get more involved)
Meetings: First Tuesday of month, 6:00 pm, St John's Lutheran Church, 4501 7th Ave, Rock Island IL
Facebook Group: For more news, please join our Health Care Reform Forum Facebook Group.
Forum Facilitator: Karen Metcalf (email Karen for questions or to get more involved)
Meetings: First Tuesday of month, 6:00 pm, St John's Lutheran Church, 4501 7th Ave, Rock Island IL
Facebook Group: For more news, please join our Health Care Reform Forum Facebook Group.
Note: If the Quad City schools close due to weather (snow or cold), all PACG meetings and events
will be cancelled. Check here for closings.
Upcoming Meetings
The next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 19th at the above location.
Note: this meeting has been cancelled due to weather. We are hoping to meet on Tuesday, March 5th.
Note: this meeting has been cancelled due to weather. We are hoping to meet on Tuesday, March 5th.
What You Can Do Now - Call Your Members of Congress to Lower
Prescription Drug Prices
The escalating costs of prescription drugs are a major driver in the increasing cost of health care, including insurance premiums. The pharmaceutical industry has developed effective methods for blocking or delaying the introduction of lower cost generic alternative medications which contribute to this problem.
The good news is that bills have been introduced in this congress to help alleviate the problem and encourage the timely approval and production of generic drugs. This “CREATES Act” has
bi-partisan support in both houses. Senate Bill 974 is co-sponsored by Senators Grassley, Durbin, Leahy and 17 others. HR 2212 has 15 co-sponsors so far.
Now is the time to contact Senators Grassley and Durbin and thank them for their support of this legislation and encourage them to work for its passage. It is also crucial to contact Senators Ernst and Duckworth and ask them to co-sponsor and support the Senate bill -- and to ask Representatives Bustos and Loebsack to co-sponsor and support the House bill.
Senators Grassley and Leahy have published an excellent description of the issue and the major provisions of the CREATES Act. You can read about the CREATES Act here.
Don’t delay. Contact your Senators and Representative today!
The good news is that bills have been introduced in this congress to help alleviate the problem and encourage the timely approval and production of generic drugs. This “CREATES Act” has
bi-partisan support in both houses. Senate Bill 974 is co-sponsored by Senators Grassley, Durbin, Leahy and 17 others. HR 2212 has 15 co-sponsors so far.
Now is the time to contact Senators Grassley and Durbin and thank them for their support of this legislation and encourage them to work for its passage. It is also crucial to contact Senators Ernst and Duckworth and ask them to co-sponsor and support the Senate bill -- and to ask Representatives Bustos and Loebsack to co-sponsor and support the House bill.
Senators Grassley and Leahy have published an excellent description of the issue and the major provisions of the CREATES Act. You can read about the CREATES Act here.
Don’t delay. Contact your Senators and Representative today!