Bellingham Indivisible Presentation

Whole Washington is coming to Bellingham Indivisible to request your assistance with organizing Universal Healthcare Town halls around the state.  We plan to visit every corner of the state to create spaces for open dialog about the failures of the current for-profit system, to solicit stories from those impacted by the lack of adequate nurse staffing, hospital and provider closures, challenges of navigating insurance coverage and denials, or surprise bills and financial debt. Town halls will be non-partisan, educational events – open to the public.We plan to schedule both virtual and in-person events, but we are not planning to take on the challenge of a hybrid event unless those we are collaborating with have the necessary skill set and equipment and are willing to take responsibility for making it work.

We are currently preparing materials to facilitate a series of hour-long town halls as a community conversation. We plan to present about 20 minutes of content then move to a series of open-ended questions.  Everyone has a story and we believe if we can get folks connected, truly engaged, we can get them activated.

For efficiency and efficacy we will be scheduling events in regional clusters. For in-person events, the goal is to arrive early, make sure the area has posters up in the community, and do some sign-waving and flyers advertising the town hall event. We plan to host volunteer orientation events immediately before and immediately after each town hall – whether in person or virtual.

We believe we can do better by establishing the Washington Health Trust and designing a nonprofit system that works for patients and providers, without the corrupting influence of for-profit insurance companies.We believe unions and small businesses will benefit greatly by disconnecting healthcare from employment and ensuring a healthy workforce.  We know that it will take a committed collaboration with groups and individuals around the state and want to help facilitate that collaboration.
7-8:30 pm in the basement of the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship at 1207 Ellsworth St.

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