Health Care Reform 2009: Politics and Paranoia

Start: 10/21/2009 - 19:00 End: 10/21/2009 - 21:00 Timezone: Etc/GMT-5 This Summer we’ve seen an eruption of talk show induced anti-health care reform activists parading across our TV screens with semi-hysterical allegations of “death camps” and euthanasia and equating Obama with Hitler and Stalin. Where do these "Tea Baggers" come from and why do they hate and fear President Obama so? Our Oct. 21 forum will look at this question and also the present status of health care reform - is there anything left there for a progressive activist to support? What can we still do at this juncture to try and make sure that the best possible health care bill makes its way through Congress? SPEAKERS: Chip Berlet is Senior Analyst at Political Research Associates where he specializes in researching right wing hate groups. He is co- author of "Right Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort". Rash Fein is Professor of Medical Economics Emeritus at the Harvard Medical School and author of nine books including the soon to be published Lessons Learned: Medicine Economics and Public Policy. A senior staff person on President Kennedy’s Council of Economic Advisors he helped develop the initial legislation for Medicare. Patricia Downs Berger M.D. is co-chair of MassCare (the Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care) and member of Physicians for a National Health Program. She was formerly Chief of Adult Medicine at the Harvard St. Neighborhood Health Center in Dorchester. Free and open to the public. For more information contact Democratic Socialists of America (Boston local). http://dsaboston.org (617) 354-5078 Location Encuentro 533 Harrison Ave. 5th Floor Boston MAUnited States 42° 21' 6.246" N 71° 3' 40.3632" W See map: Google Maps Yahoo! Maps MapQuestSponsoring Organization: Democratic Socialists of AmericaEvent Website: http://dsaboston.org/calendar.htm#health_forum Ticket Price/Suggested Donation: Free (donations welcome)