Category Archives: Health Care

People Before Profits 11th Anniversary!

Posted on September 14, 2011 by admin

GRO – Grass Roots Organizing
Eleventh Anniversary
People Before Profit$

5:00 pm – 9:30 pm; Saturday, October 15, 2011

Reception 5:00 – 6:00 pm, Dinner 6:00 pm

Hermitage Hall; Truman Hotel & Conference Center

1510 Jefferson St (just off Hwy 54) Jefferson City, Missouri 65109 Ph: (573) 635-7171
special room rates $53 flat rate payable to GRO

Keynote Speaker: TBD

Jack Lillard Award Recipient—Former MO Senator Wes Shoemyer Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Medicare and Medicaid — and [m]Any More?

Posted on July 25, 2011 by admin

This week Medicaid and Medicare will have its 46th birthday. The Social Security Act of 1965 was signed into law on July 30, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson as amendments to existing Social Security legislation. This legislation included the … Continue reading →

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Sen. McCaskill joins GRO for D.C. news conference

Posted on July 13, 2011 by admin

Yesterday, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri,  joined us for a news conference at the Dirksen Senate Office Building to discuss Caring Across Generations–Medicaid Matters. Pictured above are, from left– Reverend Raymond Burns from Communities Creating Opportunities (CCO) a PICO affiliate based … Continue reading →

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Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security YES! Public Meeting

Posted on June 14, 2011 by admin

06.27.11 Flyer 1-pager

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America Pushes Back

Posted on May 2, 2011 by admin

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-bhargava/america-pushes-back_b_854925.html You can see it in the town halls where members of Congress are facing angry constituents who are demanding answers from those who voted to end Medicare. In Missouri, organizers from Grassroots Organizing (GRO) have collected over 700 letters … Continue reading →

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Tax Day! Make Wall St Pay!

Posted on April 19, 2011 by admin

GRO volunteers were able to garner nearly 200 hand written letters within four hours during the tax filing deadline day Monday, April 18, outside the Columbia, MO post office to Senators McCaskill and Blunt. The realization that General Electric may … Continue reading →

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GRO Celebrates ACA 1st Birthday!

Posted on March 26, 2011 by admin

ACA One Year Anniversary! GRO’s HC Reform 1st Birthday Parties Central Missouri Celebrates Health Care Reform’s 1st Birthday! Cupcakes and Thanks to McCaskill –Less Friendly Visit with Luetkemeyer March 21, 2011 – Columbia, Missouri – GRO – Grass Roots Organizing … Continue reading →

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GRO 2011 Priorities Meeting

Posted on January 7, 2011 by admin

2011 January Priority Setting Mtg Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:30 p.m. – 8:30  p.m. GRO Outreach Office 611 N. Garth, Columbia

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Next Round of Benefits from National Health Care Reform

Posted on August 17, 2010 by admin

Important benefits of the Affordable Care Act begin in September – 1. Insurance companies will not be allowed to turn down children because they have a pre-existing condition. 2. Insurance companies must allow parents to keep their young adult “children” … Continue reading →

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