LET’S GET ORGANIZED TO STOP

THIS MEDICARE PART D DISASTER

 

The January 1 start date for Medicare Part D has showing

us that it is even worse than we imagined, it is time to fight back while working for a REAL prescription drug benefit.  Here are two important, upcoming events

 

Thursday Feb 9, 2006.

 

10 AM - 12 PM, St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough St . @ Geary

MEDICARE PART D ADVOCACY TRAINING & “SHOUT – OUT”

 

Help organize people in your community to help fight back against this Medicare Part D disaster. Join with senior and disability groups in urging Congress and the State Legislature to Reconsider and Replace Medicare Part D with a Real Prescription Drug Benefit.

 

- AND -

 

1PM – 2:30 PM,  75 Hawthorne St,  downtown SF

SHOUT OUT TO CMS – ASK THEM TO HAVE A HEART!

CMS (Center for Medicare Services) is the federal agency responsible for implementing the Part D program.  For months consumers and advocates warned them of the problems with this new Part D roll-out, but little was done. Now that the “disaster” has struck, we must demand that CMS HAVE A HEART and fix this flawed program. Join us:

 

12:30pm   Buses load at St. Mary’s Cathedral 1111 Gough to go to  CMS

 

1:00pm     Assemble at CMS – 75 Hawthorne St,

(Between 2rd & 3rd, Folsom & Harrison)

 

2:30pm     Buses return to St. Mary’s Cathedral

 

If you want to go directly to CMS in downtown SF, directions are below.

 

LOCATION OF THE CMS OFFICE:

75 HAWTHORNE STREET, DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO

 

Directions from BART – take BART to San Francisco and get off at the Montgomery Street Station.  Walk South for 2 ½ blocks.   See map – walk down Montgomery and at Howard Street, make a slight jog to the right then continue down Hawthorne Street.

 

Directions on MUNI – The following bus lines travel within a block of 75 Hawthorne – the #12, #15, #30, #45, and the #76.  Also, you can connect to a #14 Mission Street bus or the Market street transit lines, get off on Montgomery and walk south down Montgomery and at Howard Street, make a slight jog to the right then continue down Hawthorne Street.

 

mapTraveling by Car?  Parking is available in lots in the area – the further from Market Street, the cheaper the parking (however, please note that nothing is very cheap in that area!)

 

                                                                             CMS Office, 75 Hawthorne