America's Health Centers to Convene in New Orleans.Convention is the Largest Gathering of Health Care Providers for Low-Income and Uninsured Nearly 2,000 representatives from Community Health Centers across the country will assemble in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , LA for the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC NACHC National Association of Community Health Centers (Washington DC, USA) ) 2008 Annual Community Health Institute (CHI) and Expo. The national gathering will take place September 12th through 16th and focus on a host of key operational, policy and financial issues surrounding health care reform and challenges in providing health care access to the nation's medically underserved and uninsured in today's difficult economic environment. Featured speakers at the conference are Democratic political strategist strat·e·gist n. One who is skilled in strategy. Noun 1. strategist - an expert in strategy (especially in warfare) strategian market strategist - someone skilled in planning marketing campaigns and New Orleans native Donna Brazile Donna Brazile (born December 15, 1959) is an American author, educator, and political activist and strategist affiliated with the Democratic Party. She was the first African-American to direct a major presidential campaign. , and Dan Bartlett Daniel Joseph Bartlett (born June 1, 1971), was a Counselor to the President in the U.S. presidential administration of George W. Bush. The position was previously held by Karen Hughes, who vacated the post in 2002. , former Senior Advisor In some countries, a Senior Advisor is an appointed position by the Head of State to advise on the highest levels of national and government policy. Sometimes a junior position to this is called a National Policy Advisor. to President George Bush, who will spar on how the Presidential candidates differ on key issues at the morning plenary session Plenary session is a term often used in s to define the part of the conference when all members of all parties are in attendance. These sessions may contain a broad range of content from Keynotes to Panel Discussions and are not necessarily related to a specific style of delivery. on Monday, September 15th at 10:00 am. Community Health Centers are the family doctor to 18 million people in more than 6,600 communities, including millions who are uninsured or lack other sources of care. Health centers are poised to play a critical role in Louisiana as a viable solution to the state's broken charity hospital system. The state's lawmakers have already taken the bold step of investing over $41 million in funding as a down payment on an ambitious plan to rebuild the health care infrastructure with the expansion of health centers. Community Health Centers nationwide are also moving forward a plan, ACCESS for All America, that calls for enhanced federal investment to expand the community health system to serve 30 million people by 2015 - nearly twice the number served today. For complete listing of events please visit http://www.nachc-chi.com/. Members of the press must register in advance to cover this event.
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WHAT: NACHC Community Health Institute & EXPO < <
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WHERE: Hilton New Orleans Riverside, 2 Poydras Street < <
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WHEN: September 12-16, 2008 < <
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