Few of us could have imagined that Illinois residents would be facing the fall with more than 300,000 confirmed COVID cases and more than 9,000 COVID-related deaths in our state.

The pandemic has laid bare the dangers our profit-driven health care system. It is past time to demand Medicare for All.

Please join U.S. Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-Ill.) and other Illinois leaders on Monday, October 19 at 6:30 p.m. CT for a special statewide townhall about COVID-19 response in Illinois and how we will continue to build the movement for Medicare for All.

We will discuss how Illinois residents can support one another through this ongoing crisis and ways that we can get involved locally to build support for Medicare for All, including how to pass city and county council resolutions.

Speakers include:

• U.S. Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-Illinois)
• Commissioner Brandon Johnson, Cook County Commission
• Alderman Matt Martin, Chicago City Council
• Dr. Susan Rogers, president-elect, Physicians for a National Health Plan, retired Cook County physician
• Dr. Pamella Gronemeyer, physician and small business owner
• Wendell Potter, insurance industry whistleblower, Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation
• Larry Hopkins, president, UE Local 1177
• Melinda St. Louis and Brittany Shannahan, Public Citizen
• Sheilah Garland-Olaniran, Illinois Poor People's Campaign
• Nidhi Shastri, Illinois Single Payer Coalition

Join us from the comfort of your home. Bring your questions! Bring your ideas!

*ASL interpretation will be provided.*

Cosponsoring organizations: Illinois Single-Payer Coalition, Medicare for All Resolutions, Public Citizen, Physicians for a National Health Program, Jane Addams Senior Caucus, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) Western Region, Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation, Center for Health and Democracy, Progressive Democrats of America, Our Revolution Illinois