Pittsburgh Groups to tell lawmakers to fix health care system

May 4 2007

A coalition of national, state and Pittsburgh organizations will host a press conference urging visiting Pennsylvania lawmakers to endorse Governor Rendell's "Prescription for Pennsylvania" healthcare proposal.

The event will take place before the Pennsylvania House Insurance Committee hearings on the bill, House Bill 700. The groups will release a letter to lawmakers and hear the stories of the uninsured and of small businesses that can not afford the cost of insurance.

Speakers will include a small business owner struggling to pay for insurance, a health care worker paying out of pocket, and uninsured individuals from the Mon Valley.

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