AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

A group of California nonprofit arts organizations is organizing to get
health care for California artists. They need a snapshot of where
California¹s artists stand on health care and health insurance, a map
of who is covered, who isn¹t and why.

Please help by taking a brief, and very easy to complete online Survey
­of mostly multiple choice questions. Click here to go to the
Survey:
http://www.artistsunitedforhealthcare.org/survey

And please forward the link to your friends in the arts and
entertainment communities. The broader the sample, the more powerful
the data will be for their lobbying efforts.

Here is the group of nonprofit arts organizations if you would like more
information:

Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) has teamed up with Leveraging
Investment in Creativity (LINC)
http://www.lincnet.net/

The Actors Fund
http://www.actorsfund.org/
and Evolve Strategies, a social action
technology firm, to create a new website
http://www.artistsunitedforhealthcare.org/
with summaries of the
major issues involved in the proposals for a universal health care plan
in California, and easy click through action steps for you to send
messages
to your state assembly member and / or state senator, if you so desire.
The next TEN weeks will be a crucial time if artists are to have any
influence and impact on what kind of provisions are in a health care
insurance bill passed in California. Artists need to register their
position with their elected representatives. You can be sure the
opposition will.

Here are some links to some other websites with information and
background on health care insurance issues ­ particularly as related
to artists:
http://www.health-access.org/
-
summary of proposals in the California legislature
http://www.ahirc.org/
- state by state
information on health insurance plans
http://www.itsourhealthcare.org/

- campaign for quality affordable healthcare for all Californians
http://www.sfhp.org/HealthySanFrancisco

details of SF's coverage
insurance plan

Yours truly,
Victoria Goldfarb
Associate Director
California Lawyers for the Arts
1641 18th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-998-5590 phone
310-998-5594 fax
CLASoCalAAMS@aol.com
http://www.calawyersforthearts.org/