Nov. 9 Town Hall in Visalia -- How Will Health Care Reform Affect You?

Great Valley Center and KVPR’s Quality of Life to hold public town hall on health care reform Nov. 9 in Visalia

You’ve heard the political opinions on health care reform but what will the changes really mean for you? How will they affect the way you pay for and receive health services? And when will all these changes take place?

The Great Valley Center and Valley Public Radio’s Quality of Life program will host a public town hall on the provisions of the recently passed federal health care reform at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, in Ponderosa Hall at College of the Sequoias in Visalia.

During this two-hour event, a panel of guest experts will explain the details and timing of specific changes in the legislation and answer questions from the audience. This non-partisan event is free and open to the general public. The program will be recorded and broadcast Nov. 16 on Valley Public Radio which reaches listeners in Fresno, Bakersfield, Visalia, Madera, Tulare, Clovis, Merced, and Hanford.

If you can’t attend the event but would like to submit a question about health care reform, please contact Stacey Shepard at the Great Valley Center, stacey@greatvalley.org.

The event is made possible with funding from the California HealthCare Foundation, www.chcf.org

QUALITY OF LIFE, hosted by Terry Phillips, is a public forum on the air that looks at people and issues affecting the Central Valley. Listeners are invited to call in and participate. The programs are heard Tuesday mornings from 9am to 10am, and are rebroadcast on Tuesday evenings at 7pm.

THE GREAT VALLEY CENTER, founded in 1997, is a private, non-profit organization that supports organizations and activities working to improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of California’s Central Valley, in partnership with the University of California, Merced.