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will be held at several of our events to
release the findings of a major research
initiative conducted by the Center for
Health Law and Policy Innovation at
Harvard Law School that demonstrates the
importance of Medicaid Expansion, in
particular, to maintain or improve both
individual and public health as well as
reduce health care costs. |
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| The Capacity
Building Training Sessions will be used
to bring our partner agencies and allies
up to speed on what the Task Force
membership already knows about the
Affordable Care Act and Medicaid
Expansion. These are special RSVP
events. If your agency would like to
send a representative for training,
please contact the local sponsor as soon
as possible. Robert Greenwald.
Professor at Harvard Law and Director of
the Center for Health Law and Policy
Innovation, will facilitate these
sessions to provide focused, detailed
guidance on specific ACA implementation
issues, including Medicaid Expansion,
Essential Health Benefits, and patient
navigation and outreach. This
training will provide community-based
advocates, from diverse chronic disease,
disability, and health-related groups,
with the tools necessary to support and
enhance collaborative efforts around ACA
advocacy and implementation. |
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Panel Forums will include a
panel of speakers representing multiple
health reform stakeholders. The panel
will include community advocacy leaders
and will provide interactive
presentations for community engagement
and learning. The panel will also
include Robert Greenwald, Director of
the Center for Health Law and Policy
Innovation - Harvard Law School, who
will provide an update on federal and
state level Affordable Care Act
implementation efforts, with a focus on
addressing the care and treatment needs
of people living with chronic health
conditions. |
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Florence
sponsored by
HopeHealth
for more information contact Carl Humphries |
| Partner Training |
TBA |
| Community Forum |
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Partner
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| Capacity Building
Training session held at
the Richardson Athletic
Bldg at Wofford College |
Tracey Jackson, from
Piedmont Care,
hosted
this event in
Spartanburg |
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Rozalynn
Goodwin (SC Hospital
Assoc.) and Katherine
Record (Harvard Law)
being introduced
as today's speakers |
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ladies gave compelling
and reasoned discussions
about why Medicaid
Expansion is needed.
Hopefully, armed with
facts and figures and
common sense arguments,
the 30+ attendees at
this training event can
be better advocates for
the Expansion. |
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section below to
download the
presentations (pdf form)
from Katherine Record.
Use the great
information and talking
points from her
presentation to speak to
others (co-workers,
families and
Legislators) about
Medicaid Expansion. |
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The
Community Forum |
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Later that evening, in a
thunderstorm with
torrential downpours, we
held a
Community Forum in the
Leonard Auditorium in
Main Bldg. at Wofford
College. Many of the 50+
people attending this
event were students from
campus. |
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Along with the storm, we
had a gremlin in the
works. The lights on
stage choose to do
whatever they wanted.
Although our speakers
were caught off-guard
each time the spotlights
flashed on, for the most
part the audience was
able to see all the
slides. |
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Our information table
was set up in the
entrance foyer so that
everyone passing by had
access to literature
about the Task Force, a
list of the State
Senators and
Representatives from
this area and an
important postcard.
These postcards are
branded with the Task
Force logo and a simple
request asking for our
Legislators to approve
Medicaid Expansion. |
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After
each of the speakers
spoke for 15 minutes
with their take on the
Affordable Care Act and
Medicaid Expansion, our
panelists took questions
from the audience.
Several people wanted
more information or
clarifications on the
points the speakers
made; while others
wanted to simply voice
their approval or
disapproval of the
Expansion. |
| Please see the TOOLS
section below to
download the
presentations (pdf form)
from Rozalynn Goodwin and
Katherine Record. We have also
provided for your
convenience a list of
legislators from the
Spartanburg area, so
that you can contact
them and voice YOUR
opinion. We also have
two postcards requesting
Medicaid Expansion that
you can print and send
to your Legislators (one
is very generalized and
the other one is
HIV-specific). |
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The
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Starting off the morning
in the Rock Hill, we
held a Press Conference
in the Tuttle Dining
Hall at Winthrop
University. A half dozen
reporters from the area
attended to hear from
our speakers. |
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from CN2 was there to
learn more before
moderating the Community
Forum held later that
night and also brought
along a news camera.
Information about our
Community Forum and
Medicaid Expansion was
on the news that night
at 6pm |
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The Directory of United
Way of York County spoke
eloquently and movingly
about the need in OUR
community for Medicaid
Expansion. |
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Physicians talked about
the need for expanding
Medicaid |
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Anita
Case, Executive Director
of Catawba Care, spoke
of how Medicaid
Expansion will help
those dealing with
chronic diseases - like
HIV. Catawba Care is the
local AIDS Service
Organization hosting the
events in Rock Hill
today. |
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The Capacity Building
Training Session |
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Gathering various health
care and community
partners together, a
training was held to
help them be better
advocates for Medicaid
Expansion. These 35
representatives were
given information that
they could take
back to
their organizations to
engage workers AND clients
to advocate for a better
health care program in
South Carolina. |
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The Community Forum |
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The Baxter Hood
Auditorium |
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Well over 110 people
came out to tonight's
forum. They seemed very
interested in all the
speakers and had very
good questions in the Q
& A section of the
program. |
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Catawba Care Peer
Counselor Coordinator
and Task Force Member,
Lane Brafford, did a
great job of greeting
people, passing out
information packets and
speaking about Catawba
Care and SCHACCTF. |
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Elizabeth McClendon
introduces Task Force
Chair Johanna Haynes to
Ruth Webb. Ruth is a
long-timer volunteer and
supporter of Catawba
Care. The annual award
for the volunteer of the
year is named after her.
I have been especially
honored by Catawba Care
with the Ruth Webb
Volunteer of Year Award
for the last two years. |
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Anita Case, the
Executive Director opens up the
Forum |
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CN2 Anchor Lucas
McFadden was
the moderator
for the evening. |
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Forum Attendees we passed out bags
filled with information
about Medicaid Expansion, SCHACCTF and several
of our partners. Along
with the Catawba Care
pamphlets and pens, we
included "Accept ME SC"
fliers, ME and HIV
fliers, list of the
local Legislators,
SCHACCTF/"Accept ME"
postcards, candy and
information with Tell
Them!. |
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We were very pleased to
have Tony Keck, the
Director of SC Health and
Human Services, join our
panel tonight to speak for the
Halley Administration |
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Katherine Record
(JD, MPH, MA, Senior
Fellow at the Center for
Health Law and Policy
Innovation of Harvard
Law School) spoke to the
need of Medicaid
Expansion in SC. She
provided information
showing the current
situation in our state
and how this expansion
would benefit the state. |
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people in the audience
asked questions during the
discussion section of
the program. |
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Lucas McFadden
recognized the audience
members with questions,
while Anita Case made
sure those questions
were heard by providing
a microphone. |
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Michael Bivens, the
SCHACCTF Communications
Chair, has been
blogging, tweeting, and
posting throughout our statewide tour |
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would like to say a big
THANK YOU to Katherine
Record for her
assistance with our ME
Forums. Katherine was
not only a good speaker
; but well-informed on
the situation in our
state. She spoke
eloquently about ME,
gave reasoned rebuttals
to the opposition, and
an informed look at how
ME has already worked in
Massachusetts. We very
much appreciated
Katherine this week and
thought she did an
excellent job. |
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| Please see the TOOLS
section below to
download the
presentations (pdf form)
from Rozalynn Goodwin and
Katherine Record. We have also
provided for your
convenience a list of
legislators from the
Rock Hill area, so
that you can contact
them and voice YOUR
opinion. We also have
two postcards requesting
Medicaid Expansion that
you can print and send
to your Legislators (one
is very generalized and
the other one is
HIV-specific). |
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The
Capacity Building
Training Session |
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For the third day of
Partner Training and
Community Forums, we
went back the upstate
area to the University
Center in Greenville. |
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Once again we had a
large crowd for the
Capacity Building
Training. Over 58 people
packed the room
listening to our
speakers. |
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After
checking in our guests
for today's training,
and grabbing one of the
boxed lunches, Michael
made sure to take
pictures and post about
this event. |
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Now that Katherine has
left, we have Robert
Greenwald as our main
speaker. Robert is a
Clinical Professor of
Law and the Director for
the Center for Health
Law and Policy
Innovation of Harvard
Law School.
Please see the TOOLS
section below to
download the
presentations (pdf form)
from Robert Greenwald.
Use the great
information and talking
points from his
presentation to speak to
others (co-workers,
families) about Medicaid
Expansion. Also remember
to use this information
when contacting your
Legislators about this
important issue. |
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One of
my great friends from
Tell Them!
Stacie Thompson.
Tell Them! is an
e-advocacy group that
tracks SC legislation
dealing with anything
dealing with sexual
health care - like HIV,
AIDS Drug Assistance
Program, teen pregnancy,
STDs, and sex education.
Check out the
information about their
recent report and forums
about Sex Education in
SC at
http://tellthemsc.org. |
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Sponsor Board and
Information Table were
on display at every
venue. We distributed
"Accept ME SC" fliers,
SCHACCTF pamphlets, list
of the local
Legislators,
SCHACCTF/"Accept ME"
postcards, pens, and
candy. |
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The
Community Forum |
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Unfortunately,
attendance was very slim
at the Greenville
Community Forum; but we
did have 14 people from
the area come out to
learn more Medicaid
Expansion. |
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another one of my
friends, Marnie Hanley
from
Community STOP Gaps
(helping people obtain
social services, and
looking out for those
living with Hepatitis C |
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A little
behind-the-scenes view
of the Greenville
Community Forum |
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Please see the TOOLS
section below to
download the
presentations (pdf form)
from Rozalynn Goodwin and
Robert Greenwald. We have also
provided for your
convenience a list of
legislators from the
Greenville area, so
that you can contact
them and voice YOUR
opinion. We also have
two postcards requesting
Medicaid Expansion that
you can print and send
to your Legislators (one
is very generalized and
the other one is
HIV-specific). |
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The
Capacity Building
Training Session |
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The final day of our
advocacy tour found us
in North Charleston for
our partner training
session. |
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We had another good
training turnout with 61
attendees at this event. |
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Johanna Haynes, Chair of
the SC HIV/AIDS Care
Crisis Task Force,
talked about how funding
is going to change
without Medicaid
Expansion and how this
will negatively affect
her agency - and her
clients. |
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Maiava Blackwell
(Liaison for the Task
Force) and Michael
Bivens (Communication
Chair) make sure our
member database is
updated, catch up on
Task Force
correspondence, and make
plans for moving forward
by getting more
consumers engaged in the
Task Force |
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Robert Greenwald has
been a great friend to
the Task Force for quite
some time. We can't
thank him enough for all
the work he has put into
not only putting data
together about our great
State, HIV, and
Medicaid; but for making
numerous trips to our
state to travel all over
teaching hundreds of
citizens about issues
that affect all of us. |
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The
Community Forum |
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Our final Community
Forum not only had a
local news anchor as a
moderator; but we had a
live broadcast from our
event! |
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As at our other events,
our Communication Chair
(Michael) had set up an
information table for
the Task Force, along
with advertising our
sponsors, and providing
SCHACCTF pamphlets,
pens, candy, lists of
the local Legislators
and pro-ME postcards. |
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Maiava Blackwell, the
Task Force Liaison, run
down with Michael to
help distribute
postcards, talking point
sheets, and to answer
questions from our
visitors. |
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Our panelists included
Robert Greenwald,
Rozalynn Goodwin, with
Matthew Severance (CEO
of Roper Hospital) and
Reuben Pettiford
(Executive Director of
Franklin C Fetter Family
Health Center Inc.) |
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The 50 attendees
at this forum
were very
engaged and the
panelists
fielded quite a
few questions
from the
audience. |
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Our own Dr.
Bambi Gaddist,
just in from
meetings in
Washington DC,
stood up to talk
about how the
citizens of
South Carolina
needed to engage
their
Legislators in
conversion to
express their
thoughts about
Medicaid
Expansion. The
federal
government has
already approved
this program and
it is now up to
US to voice our
opinion in SC. |
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section below to
download the
presentations (pdf form)
from Rozalynn Goodwin and
Robert Greenwald. We have also
provided for your
convenience a list of
legislators from the
Charleston area, so
that you can contact
them and voice YOUR
opinion. We also have
two postcards requesting
Medicaid Expansion that
you can print and send
to your Legislators (one
is very generalized and
the other one is
HIV-specific). |
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