Dr. Berger to Webcast on Autism, Biomedical Therapies, and Vaccine Safety

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US Health Care Community Reform Discussion / Dr. Berger Webcast on Autism, Biomedical Therapies and Vaccine Safety

Please forward this to all interested parties: Note: see below for event being led by Dr Berger.

(As posted at http://change.gov/page/s/hcdiscussion)

"President Elect Obama's transition team is asking for citizens to sign up to lead a health care discussion over the holidays.Health care is a top priority for President-elect Obama and for Senator Tom Daschle, Secretary-designate for Health and Human Services (HHS). They both are committed to health care reform that comes from the ground up -- that's why this holiday season, we're asking you to give us the gift of your ideas and input.

Please sign up to lead a Health Care Community Discussion in your home, community center, or even a local coffee shop, anytime until December 31st.

We will provide you with a special Moderator's Guide that will give you everything you need to get the discussion going. Secretary-designate Tom Daschle will even choose some discussions to attend in person." Click here for more information and to sign up to lead a discussion: http://change.gov/page/s/hcdiscussion

In response to this request, Dr Berger, Board Certified Pediatrician from Tampa, FL, will be leading a discussion on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 3:30PM at the Jimmie Keel Library in Tampa. The main focuses of the discussion will be increasing research and insurance coverage for biomedical/alternative therapies and vaccine safety. If you wish to attend this event, please RSVP to emily@.... In order to involve as many people around the country as possible, there will be an online live webcast of this discussion. Please RSVP if you are interested ASAP to lab@..., as there is currently a limit of 75 viewers at a time, but if the demand is high enough the webcast will be moved to a larger server.

The link for the webcast will be sent by email on 12/26 to those who sent in an RSVP email. All participants, either in person or on the webcast, will also be emailed a Participation Guide which can be filled out after the event. This provides a survey and questions to be answered, so that the opinions of each participant can be registered directly with the Health Care Transition Team.