Regional conference on health reform set March 13

The conference - one of six across Tennessee - begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. It will be held in the Professional Development Center, 305 College St.

"Health Reform is Real & Happening: Putting the Pieces Together: Tennessee's Role in New Reform" promises to:

* Provide the latest on health reform and how reform will affect Tennessee.

* Describe how health care reform will affect individuals.

* Help individuals learn what they can do to encourage lawmakers to reform health care.

* Provide speakers, workshop and practical tools as well as lunch and snacks.

The registration fee is $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Scholarships are available on request.

For more information or to register, send an e-mail to Emily Fulmer at: efulmer@thcc2.org, or go to the THCC Web site: www.thcc2.org.

The THCC is a nonprofit consumer health care advocacy group in the health care justice movement. The group's goal is to have affordable, guaranteed health care choices. THCC was established in 1989 and has been sponsoring regional conferences for five years.