Gov. Gregoire to co-host White House regional health forum

Gregoire encourages Washingtonians to submit questions online

OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday will join California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in Los Angeles to help host the nation’s fifth regional health forum. Following the March 5 White House Forum on Health Reform, President Barack Obama worked with Democratic and Republican governors across the nation to organize these meetings to develop strategies to improve our health care system.

“While we have made tremendous progress in Washington state to ensure our citizens are healthy and have access to high-quality, affordable health care, I often say our health-care crisis needs national solutions,” Gregoire said. “With President Obama, we now have a partner who is set to bring national health reform solutions to the United States.”

The Los Angeles forum will bring together Americans from across the region, key health care stakeholders, and elected officials to discuss what must be done to change the health care system.

People are encouraged to submit questions to be answered by Gregoire and Schwarzenegger. To submit a question, visit: http://www.healthreform.gov/regionalhealthforum.html.

To watch the Regional Forum on Health Reform, visit: http://www.healthreform.gov/

Event Date: Monday, April 6

10:30 a.m. Gov. Gregoire & Gov. Schwarzenegger co-host White House Regional Forum on Health Reform

The California Endowment

1000 North Alameda Street

Los Angeles, CA


Media Availability:

Gov. Gregoire will be holding a conference call with interested reporters at 2:15 p.m. following the health forum. To participate, please dial: 360-407-3780, pin number 490597#


For television stations: If you would like to record a clean feed of the health forum, please use the following satellite coordinates:

Ku analog
AMC15 - Transponder K9, 36 MHz
Downlink at 11880 Vertical
AUDIO SUBCARRIERS: 6.2 full program / 6.8 mix minus