Our goal is to achieve “quality affordable health care for all” in Iowa, Illinois, and the Midwest. We place a special emphasis on educating, engaging, energizing, and mobilizing the residents of the Quad Cities as well as on engaging in the political process. Top Priorities: public awareness, public pressure, and public policy. Contact Karen Metcalf, 563-355-0093.

Meetings: The 1st Tuesday of every month at 7pm Davenport Unitarian Church, 3707 Eastern Ave.

Join our Yahoo group: Quad Cities Alliance for Health Care! OR Email: qcahc@yahoogroups.com

Quad Cities Coming Together:
What We Need in Health Care Reform

You are invited to participate in a bi-state Town Hall Meeting on Saturday, March 28, at Augustana College to gather local input for health care reform. Staff from the local offices of most of our U.S. Senators and Representatives will be there to participate and have agreed to take our ideas to our Senators and Representatives in Washington. click to download the flyer

Aaron Buchko, Ph.D., of Bradley University will set the task as we meet together at the beginning. We will then break into small groups, each with a trained facilitator, to discuss community health care needs and share ideas about meaningful and measurable changes we want in order to meet those needs. At the end we will gather again as a large group, moderated by Dr. Buchko, to review the results of the small group discussions.

Advance registration (at no charge) is strongly recommended for guaranteed seating and materials. Contact Terry Wisecarver at or 309-234-5991 to register. (If Terry’s phone number is long distance for you, call Karen at 563-355-0093.)

As event materials become available, links will be posted on this page for those wishing to review them in advance. click to download the flyer

What: Quad Cities Coming Together: What We Need in Health Reform
When: Satuday, March 28, 2009, registration at 12:30 p.m. (program begins promptly at 1 p.m. and ends at 4 p.m.)
Where: Augustana College, Olin Center, maps and driving directions (Park in lot by Centennial Hall)
Who: This free event is open to the public; we are seeking a diverse cross-section of the public to include health care providers, health care consumers, and the business community.
Advance Registration (at no charge): Terry Wisecarver at or 309-234-5991 (If Terry’s phone number is long distance for you, call Karen at 563-355-0093.)

Cosponsoring organizations include: AARP Chapter 40 (Rock Island County); AARP Illinois; Augustana College; Campaign for Better Health Care; Church Women United Units of Moline and Rock Island/Milan; Churches United; Citizen Action Illinois; Friendly House; Genesis Health System; Iowa Citizen Action Network; Iowa and Illinois Chapters of Health Care for America Now (HCAN); LULAC; Metropolitan Community Church; Progressive Action for the Common Good (PACG); Quad Cities Federation of Labor; Quad Cities Interfaith (QCI); Quad City Health Initiative; Quad-City Times; Rock Island County Medical Society; Saint Ambrose University; Scott County Medical Society; Scott County Chapter and Rock Island and Mercer County Chapter of National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI); Trinity Regional Health System; United Neighbors

Quad Cities Coming Together Steering Committee: Karen Metcalf (QCI and PACG), Mary Milas, R.N. (QCI), Dr. Alta Price (PACG and Scott County Medical Society), Margaret Tweet (Church Women United), Terry and Ron Wisecarver.

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