TOMORROW: Let's Get It Done: Organizing for America to Host Spanish-Language Forum...

TOMORROW: Let's Get It Done: Organizing for America to Host Spanish-Language
Forum on Health Insurance Reform Now in Tucson with Rep. Raul Grijalva

Thousands of people across the country are taking action to show their support
for health insurance reform

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Members of Congress get
ready to head back to Washington, Organizing for America (OFA), a grassroots
project of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) dedicated to supporting the
President's agenda for change, will hold a first of its kind forum on health
insurance reform in Spanish TOMORROW Saturday, September 5 in Tucson, Arizona,
highlighting the strong support for health insurance reform throughout
Arizona.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090319/OFALOGO )

In Arizona, 36 percent of Hispanics under age 65 lack health insurance and 33
percent of Hispanics nationwide are uninsured. For Hispanics and for the rest
of the 45 million Americans without health insurance, reform can't wait. This
forum will highlight the importance of getting health insurance reform done
this year.

At the event, moderated by two Univision journalists from Arizona, attendees
will ask questions about health insurance reform and hear from a panel of
different voices: Congressman Raul Grijalva, a pharmacist, a public health
professor and a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy who struggles to pay
her insurance premiums.

Since the health care debate began, President Obama's principles for health
insurance reform have been simple and consistent -- reform will lower costs,
protect choice and ensure all Americans have access to quality, affordable
health care.

In addition to these basic principles, President Obama announced eight Health
Insurance Guarantees which will protect the millions of Americans who already
have insurance, but aren't getting the care they need because of sky-rocketing
out of pocket expenses and unfair insurance company practices: 1) no
discrimination for pre-existing conditions, 2) no exorbitant out-of-pocket
expenses, deductibles, or co-pays, 3) no cost-sharing for preventive care, 4)
no dropping of coverage for the seriously ill, 5) no gender discrimination, 6)
no annual or lifetime caps on coverage, 7) extended coverage for young adults,
and 8) guaranteed insurance renewal.

OFA, a grassroots project of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) dedicated
to supporting the President's agenda for change, is committed to building on
and strengthening the historic grassroots network created during the campaign
and helping advance the President's policy agenda. In recent months OFA has
organized thousands of events in support of President Obama's efforts to
reform America's broken health insurance system, has collected hundreds of
thousands of stories emblematic of the struggles Americans face in providing
health care for their families and has collected over one million declarations
of support for the President's principles for reform.

Details of the event are below:

WHAT: Organizing for America's Health Insurance Reform Now: Let's Get it
Done! Forum in Spanish

WHO: Congressman Raul Grijalva, a pharmacist, a public health professor, and a
cancer patient

WHEN:
TOMORROW Saturday, September 5
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

WHERE:
Sunnyside High School - Auditorium
1725 E. Bilby Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85706

SOURCE Organizing for America

Ricardo A. Ramirez, +1-202-863-8148, for Organizing for America