Senior Action Network (S.A.N.) 16th Annual Convention: Universal Health Care NOW!Anh Lebyline‚ Oct. 16‚ 2006Seniors from throughout San Francisco filled the St. Mary’s Cathedral Conference Center to capacity last Thursday to attend the Senior Action Network (S.A.N.) 16th Annual Convention, where the theme was “Universal Health Care NOW!” S.A.N. is a San Francisco-wide federation of Senior organizations formed to improve the lives of San Francisco’s Seniors and all of San Francisco’s residents. S.A.N. has programs on health care, housing, pedestrian safety, and Senior leadership development and empowerment. Bill Price, President of S.A.N., Beverly Taylor, Vice President of S.A.N., and David Grant, Executive Director of S.A.N., led the Seniors in celebrating local and state victories on health access issues. In San Francisco, S.A.N. worked hard to organize a coalition of groups to help pass the “Health Access Program,” which provides all uninsured San Francisco residents with a full range of health care services and requires employers in San Francisco to spend on health care for workers. |