SEIU Local 1991 hosted a forum on healthcare reform at Miami-Dade College Medical Center Campus where nationally renowned doctors and nurses, including Jackson CEO and President Dr. Eneida Roldan, shared stories and insights from the field about the need for healthcare reform. The Oct. 28 forum was held in partnership with MDC/JMH Scholar Nursing Program.

 

More than 100 SEIU nurses and nursing students from MDC came to the event to hear experts share about the ongoing fight for healthcare reform and how the current system presents challenges to provide quality care to patients nationwide.

 

The keynote speaker was Celia Wcislo, Assistant Director of 1199 SEIU Massachusetts Division and Board Member of the Commonwealth Insurance Connector Board, who shared lessons learned from the Massachusetts healthcare reform program.

 

Other panelists included Dr. Olveen Carrasquillo, Associate Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine and co-founder and Vice President of Latinos for National Health Insurance; Dr. L. Toni Lewis, President of the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR); Florida State Rep. Yolly Roberson,an advocate of healthcare reform at the state level; Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger, ImmediatePast-President of the Dade County Medical Association and Dr. David Woolsey,SEIU Local 1991 Trustee and Attending ER Physician at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

 

Thanks to all the SEIU 1991 members who attended the event! Please scroll down for more pictures from the event!