Immanuel's Blog

Sunday, January 30
3:00-5:00 pm
Temple Emanuel
8844 Burton Way
Beverly Hills 90211

On January 30^th 2011, over 400 leaders from One LA congregations and institutions will gather at Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills to present a community agenda for health care reform, to State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, Assemblyman Mike Feuer, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and other invited guests.

Over the past several months, Rabbi Laura Geller and others from Temple Emanuel have begun working with Father Rosendo Urrabazo and other leaders from Our Lady Queen of Angeles Catholic Church in Downtown LA to address the challenges that their respective communities face in accessing quality, affordable health care.  These leaders are members of One LA – IAF, a broad-based organization of churches, synagogues, schools, unions and nonprofits. Together with other community institutions from South LA, Koreatown and the San Fernando Valley, they have conducted hundreds of house meetings and community conversations, as well as dozens of research meetings with CEOs, executive directors, policy experts and other stakeholders.

These meetings have led to the creation of a community agenda for health care reform that reflects the diverse range of interests that are part of One LA’s constituency.  Focus areas include: limiting insurance rate increases; regulating the ability of insurance companies to deny claims; increasing access to Medi-Cal and other public programs for uninsured and low income individuals; and addressing the challenges facing small and medium-sized employers.

For further information please contact Jane Hirsch (jane@jsasoc.org) or Virgie Pickering (virgie@immanuelpres.org).