What: Statewide tour Featuring Richard Master, CEO of MCS Industries and producer of the powerful new health reform documentary Fix It - Healthcare at the Tipping Point
When: May 21- 27 (see scheduled events below)
Where: Portland, Salem, Silverton, Corvallis, Eugene and Medford
Who: Richard Master, CEO of MCS Industries and producer of Fix It – Health Care at the Tipping Point, spokespersons for MCAO, PNHP, MSAO, business leaders, elected officials and health care professionals.
Sponsors: Health Care for All-Oregon, PNHP Oregon and Main Street Alliance of Oregon (additional sponsors in some locations)
Contact: Lee Mercer, 831-818-5247, [email protected]
Screenings of the film Fix It -Healthcare at the Tipping Point and discussions with Richard Master are scheduled throughout Oregon.
This 1-hour documentary (38 minute version will be shown at some venues) was two years in the making, with interviews of more than forty nationwide advocates for health reform, including business owners, health policy experts, economists, doctors, nurses, patients and labor leaders.
Following the video at each venue there will be time for questions and discussion with Richard Master, film producer and CEO of MCS Industries and an update on Oregon’s health care reform efforts presented by representatives of the sponsoring organizations.
The film addresses why Americans spend over twice as much per capita on health care as people in the other developed countries. Health care costs in France averages $4,346 per person. For Americans, it’s $8,700. It’s not that Americans are paying more for superior health care. In the World Health Organization’s 2015 ranking of the world’s health systems France ranked number 1, and America ranked number 37.
Americans pay over $3 trillion a year for health care, and yet 30 million people have no health insurance, and the majority of the rest are seriously underinsured. Americans usually don’t discover this until they are hit with enormous medical bills.
For background on Richard Master and why he produced this film click here.
For more information on Health Care for All Oregon visit hcao.org, for Main Street Alliance of Oregon visit oregon.mainstreetalliance.org/, for PNHP Oregon visit pnhp.org/states/Oregon
May 21-23, Richard Master media availability, Portland Metro Area, mornings and afternoons
May 21, 12:30 to 1:00 pm, Talk by Richard Master on Fix It, Health Care for All Oregon Statewide Membership Meeting, SEIU 503 Ballroom, 6401 SE Foster Rd, Portland
May 23, 6:30-8:30, Invitational screening of Fix It, discussion with Richard Master, business leaders, elected officials and healthcare professionals, Holladay Park Plaza Penthouse, 1300 NE 16th Ave, Portland
May 24, Richard Master, media availability, Marion-Polk Counties, morning and afternoon.
May 24, 6:30-8:30 pm, Public Screening of Fix It, discussion with Richard Master, business leaders, elected officials and healthcare professionals, Salem Library Loucks Auditorium, 585 Liberty St SE, Salem
May 25, 8:00- 9:00 am, Talk by Richard Master on Fix It at Silverton Business Group meeting, 3 Ten Restaurant, 310 N. Water, Silverton
May 25, 12:00- 1:15 pm, Invitational lunch and discussion on Fix It, with Richard Master, business leaders and elected officials, First Alternative Food Cooperative store meeting room, 1007 SE 3rd St, Corvallis, OR RSVP Mike Huntington at 541-829-1182, [email protected] by 5/20/2016.
May 25, Media Availability, Corvallis, morning and afternoon
May 25, 6:00 and 7:30 pm, Public screening of Fix It, discussion with Richard Master, business leaders, elected officials and healthcare professionals, Darkside Cinema, 215 SW 4th Ave, Corvallis.
May 26, Media Availability, Eugene, morning only
May 26, 12:30-2:30 pm, Invitational lunch and discussion on Fix It, with Richard Master, business leaders and elected officials, Café Yumm!, 730 E. Broadway, Eugene
May 27, Limited media availability in Medford, call Mark Kellenbeck 541-499-1319, [email protected]
May 27, 12:00- 1:00 pm, Talk by Richard Master on Fix It at Rotary Club of Medford Rogue, Inn at the Commons, 200 N Riverside Ave, Medford
May 27, 5:30- 7:30 pm, Public Screening of Fix It, discussion with Richard Master, business leaders, elected officials and healthcare professionals, Inn at the Commons (Large Banquet Room, 200 N Riverside Avenue, Medford)
