 Our Solutions: Shop Local
This holiday season consider buying clothing, jewelry, or gifts from local stores for your family and friends. When you shop in the neighborhood, you help local businesses thrive. Local spending puts money into the neighborhood’s economy for jobs. Also, when buying from any store, please ask if they are paying their employees a living wage. We must hold businesses accountable for paying a decent wage. |
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Reimagining Hospital Care
In response to the recent closing of Hahnemann Hospital, my office will host a listening session on reimagining hospital care. Participants, including the PA Department of Health, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Drexel University and La Salle School of Nursing, will discuss how we can address hospital closures. The session is on Wednesday, 18 December from 9-11:00 a.m. at La Salle University. Please attend to learn about improving the process for hospital closure notices, achieving new urgent care solutions and more.
The People’s Budget
It’s time to invest in education, infrastructure and protecting the environment in Pennsylvania. We need a People’s Budget that benefits everyday people.
Currently, our state loses $3 billion every year by not taxing the rich fairly, by failing to impose a severance tax on natural gas, and by spending too much on tax credits that benefit corporations and wealthy families. The People’s Budget captures the $3 billion and applies it toward lowering student loan debt, fairly funding our schools, investing in infrastructure that will make travel easier and the internet more readily available for everyone, providing property tax relief for senior citizens, and much more. Please share “The People’s Budget” with your friends and neighbors, so that we can make Pennsylvania work for all. It can be found on my website at www.SenatorHaywood.com.
The People’s Budget is the first initiative my office will be undertaking from our “Year of Justice 2020” agenda.
2020 Census: Get Counted
 The 2020 U.S. Census count will begin soon. When you complete the Census, not only will you be counted, but also you earn federal government money for our communities. Please visit the Census website for more information about why completing the Census matters.
Want to get more involved? The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting thousands of people to work on the 2020 Census count. Workers hired in our area will earn anywhere from $16.50 to $27.00 per hour. Call 1-855-562-2020 for more information.
Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Event
Are you covered for health insurance if you get injured or sick? The open enrollment period to sign up for health care ends on 15 December. Apply now at https://www.healthcare.gov/. On Monday, 11 December, join me and State Representative Steve McCarter at Oak Street Health in the Cheltenham Greenleaf complex for help in finding an insurance plan that works for you. Insurance navigators will be available from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Plans begin as low as $0 monthly. Receive assistance with completing your application. The deadline for enrollment is near, so make sure you and your family are insured.
Upcoming Events
 9 December – 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. – Weatherization Event – Morris Estate Cultural Center – 1610 W. Chelten Avenue, Philadelphia PA
11 December – 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. – Affordable Care Act (ACA) Enrollment Event – Oak Street Health –2401 W. Cheltenham Avenue, Wyncote PA
18 December – 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. – Reimagining Healthcare Listening Session – La Salle University – Medical Office Building, Room 148 – 1 Penn Blvd. Philadelphia PA
25 December – 5 January – Winter Holiday, Offices Closed
Be the Light,
Art Haywood
State Senator
4th District
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