Category Archives: Healthcare

HOW WILL HEALTHCARE CHANGE FOR YOU?

There are some things the SUN does well; city council election coverage for instance.

Today they have posted a “HEALTHCARE AND YOU” SECTION AT
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/interactives/wdc/healthcare/index.html?SITE=MALOW&SECTION=HOME
that contains scenerios how Healthcare reform will affect individuals.
And I will not even fault them for not coming close to a scenerio that fits my own life because I see this as a valuable tool for understanding the changes.

LDNA, Monday, February 22nd, 7PM at Caffe’ Paradiso.
Agenda:
Sam Meas, candidate for Congress will discuss why he is running for Congress.
Updates from meetings:
Spring cleanup (yes, there will be a Spring)
Green Restaurant Program
Commercial/large building waste and recycling ordinances
City Manager’s Neighborhood Meeting


FOLLOW-UP
Jen Meyers has an article in the SUN about the city manager’s request to hire a staff person to manage the CitiStat program.
The CitiStat program, a municipal version of the CompStat program created in 1996 by then-New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, was pioneered by Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley in 2000. Read more:
http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_14476067

Since this subject came up I thought I would pass this along to anyone who might be intersted in attending.

REGIS COLLEGE LEADERSHIP SERIES ON HEALTH LECTURE
The next lecture in the Regis College Leadership Series on Health, “Update on the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law and National Health Care Reform,” will be held March 24, 2010 at Regis College.
Wednesday, March 24th, 6:30 – 8:30 PM Upper Student Union Lounge Regis College 235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA
The lecture is free and open to the public, and contact hours will be offered to nurses and social workers. Harvard Pilgrim and Regis college partnered to create this lecture series in 2007 to build awareness of contemporary health issues and wellness, and to enhance the community’s ability to effect positive change.
Registration is encouraged, preferably by the Friday before the lecture. Call 781-768-7120, or email: Presidents.lectureseries@regiscollege.edu