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Contact Information
Physicians for a National Health Program - Kentucky
Website: http://www.kyhealthcare.org/
E-mail: info@kyhealthcare.org
Media Contact
Garrett Adams
502.895.8847
kyhrealthcare@aol.com
Dr. Adams Received his training at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee and Wake Forest School of Medicine. He completed his Pediatric Residency at Vanderbilt University Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado. He also has a Master of Public Health (Epidemiology), Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health (Bloomberg School of Public Health)
Dr. Adams is a specialist in Infectious Diseases of Children and Infectious Disease Epidemiology. He is retired from the full-time faculty of the University of Louisville School of Medicine where he was Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Medical Director of Communicable Diseases at the Louisville Metro Health Department.
State Organizations Endorsing HR676
- Kentucky House of Representatives
- Louisville, KY
- Morehead, KY
- Falls City Medical Society, Kentucky
- Kentucky Psychiatric Medical Association
Local Unions Endorsing HR676
- United Steelworkers, Local 1693, Louisville, KY
- Laborers International Union of North America Local 576, Louisville, KY
- Jefferson County Teachers’ Association (NEA), Louisville, KY
- AFSCME Local 2629, Louisville, KY
- PACE Local 5-2002, Louisville, KY
- Laborers International Union of North America Local 576 Retirees’ Council, Louisville, KY
- Nurses Professional Organization, Louisville, KY
- CWA Local 3310, Louisville, KY
- UAW CAP Council, 3rd & 4th Areas, Kentucky
- GCU/IBT Local 619, Louisville, KY
- Kentucky State AFL-CIO
- Kentucky Jobs with Justice, Louisville, KY
- Greater Louisville Building & Construction Trades Council, Louisville, KY
- Tri-County Council of Labor, AFL-CIO, Henderson, KY
- Greater Louisville Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Louisville, KY, April 2006.
- Steelworker Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR) Chapter 9-UR 7, Hickman, KY
- Northern Kentucky Central Labor Council, Covington, KY
- Western Kentucky AFL-CIO Area Council, Paducah, KY
- Plumbers, Pipefitters and Service Technicians Local 502, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Louisville, KY
- UAW Local 2164
December 3, 2007
Insurance access must improve
By Mary Ann Garnar | OP-ED | Special to The Courier-Journal
A realistic and honest assessment of the proposals leads to the inevitable conclusion that the best solution for the greatest number is what is called universal, single-payer health insurance. That is, health insurance for all residents of the United States, largely funded with a tax based on income, and benefits paid out by the federal government. (A bill now in Congress, HR 676, the United States National Health Insurance Act, if passed, would establish just such a plan.)
Silencing nurses endangers patients’ care
KAY TILLOW | Louisville Courier-Journal | Readers’ forum
We cannot solve the nursing “shortage” in Louisville without solving the conditions that force good nurses from the bedside and from their chosen profession. Many can’t sleep after their 12-hour shifts for thinking about what almost happened and what could happen. The lack of organized nurse power to change these conditions and win truly professional standards of care and benefits has stifled health care progress in Louisville.