MVHCA Advocates gather and plan at UU Church before boarding bus for Salem, May 13, 2013.
Nadine Grzeskowiak testifies.
MVHCA helps fill 2nd overflow hearing room.
HB 2922 Hearing Photos by Mike Huntington
HCAO News
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Single-Payer Activists Keep Dream of Universal Healthcare Alive
A
separate measure, giving state sponsorship of a comprehensive study
on universal healthcare financing, makes its way through the
Committee on Ways & Means.
by Christopher
David Gray for The Lund Report
May 15, 2013 — Wes Brain was uninsured last winter when a tonsillectomy showed signs of throat cancer. He qualified for the high-risk Oregon Medical Insurance Pool, which the state has administered through Regence BlueCross BlueShield.
But gaining access to that insurance soon proved a big obstacle for the Ashland resident, when Regence erroneously told him he hadn’t submitted his driver’s license.
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R Dave Young, RN (with hat), Mike Huntington, MD, Peter Mahr, MD,
Nadine Grzeskowiak, RN, Paul Gorman,MD. - Nurses and Doctors
who are Mad As Hell about our health care system.
Photo by Paula Sylvester
Healing the Health Care Blues
The 2013 Inner City Blues Festival on April 13 at Portland's Melody Ballroom, featuring award-winning bluesman Norman Sylvester and a host of other Northwest Blues stars, was a sold-out success again this year, Thanks to all the volunteers and many sponsors who made this event “In the Groove of Love,” and to the Rusty Truck Brewing Company in Lincoln City for their great beer.
Healing Healthcare
Voices
for universal coverage to sing the blues
By
Donovan M. Smith/ The Portland Observer
It is year two for the Inner City’s Blues Festival’s “Healing the Healthcare Blues” and there is still plenty to sing about. On Saturday, April 13, the Melody Ballroom, 615 S.E. Alder St., will again serve as host for the benefit concert, raising money to help pay for the medical expenses of local musicians in need and promoting a campaign for universal healthcare.
portland Blues legend Norman Sylvester (right) belts out a tune calling for “Healing the healthcare blues” with his bass player Rob Shoemaker during a Feb. 4 Healthcare for All Oregon rally at the Capitol Building in Salem. Photo by Rob Fisher/HealthCare for All-Oregon
“I don’t care what party you’re in, Democratic or Republican, Healing the Health Care Blues, It’s the only way we can win,” local Blues legend Norman Sylvester belts out in a song he penned for the grassroots movement to make healthcare a right.
At a proud 67 years-old, and dressed in his unavoidable red suit, Sylvester uses the lyrics to make a point during a Feb. 4 rally at the Salem Capitol Building, an event organized by Healthcare for All Oregon.
Boogie Cat's healthy passion
by: PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP FILE PHOTO: LORI HALL - Norman Sylvester has always given his time to worthy causes, such RAD Rock Day at a West Linns Rosemont Ridge Middle School. Sylvester has been a hard-working musician known for his dashing wardrobe
Norman Sylvester lends his blues licks to cause of universal health care
He was there with a group of musicians playing a tribute when the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall reopened in 1984.
He played the first Waterfront Blues Festival in 1987, back when it was called the Rose City Blues Festival.
He opened for B.B. King in 1987 and '91. He was inducted into the Oregon Hall of Fame in 2011.
Norman Sylvester, "The Boogie Cat," is a fixture on the Portland music scene.
“He knows the scene and he wears many great hats. He pulls off some of the greatest suits, and I really love him for it,” says Don Campbell, a member of the Cascade Blues Association and fellow Portland blues scene musician since the early 1980s.
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Photos of the 2012 Inner City Blues Festival