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You are invited to a free forum on Monday, June 21, 2004, at 10:30 a.m. at the Albemarle County Office Building to discuss the dramatic rise in the number of Americans without health insurance. The Charlottesville Free Clinic has assembled a local panel of experts in the heath care field to discuss areas of concern surrounding access to health care and issues facing the uninsured. Community members will have the opportunity to pose questions to the panel of experts and candidates from the Showtime reality TV Series, American Candidate. By introducing a diverse group of potential leaders, with different sets of core issues and policy proposals, the show will provoke discussion and debate about what we are looking for in a president and involve as many people as possible in the political process. The following experts are confirmed and others are attempting to free up their schedule. (Susan Payne, electronic mail, June 17, 2004).: Erika Viccellio - Executive Director, Charlottesville Free Clinic Note: Only one 'American Candidate', Joyce Riley, was
present at the forum, whose positions on heath care, Erika says, "just
did not resonate." But Riley did ask, afterwards, about other issues
that are important in our community, Erika said. "We spoke about affordable
housing, things like that." (Interview with Dave Sagarin, June 25,
2004)
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