Meeting highlights health-care reform

The Daily Inter Lake

A coalition of 19 consumer and patient advocacy organizations has joined forces to host a three-hour statewide town meeting on Monday at 6 p.m. called Montana Talks Health - A Statewide Town Meeting on Reform.

Connected via televideo conference technology, the meetings will bring together people in Billings, Bozeman, Great Falls, Havre, Helena, Kalispell, Libby, Miles City and Missoula.

The Kalispell meeting is in LC 120 at Flathead Valley Community College.

The public is encouraged to participate. The purpose of the event is to highlight the need for health-care reform and to inform the audience about the latest national reform proposals.

The forums will allow time for patients and caregivers to share their experiences and thoughts on the priorities of the reform.

To RSVP for the event, go online to http://action.acscan.org/mttownmeeting or call (406) 373-8490.