Sheraton Grand
1230 J St.
Sacramento, CA 95814
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Host Organization:
California Medical Association
Contact:
Yna Shimabukuro
(916) 444-5532
yshimabukuro@cmanet.org
The California Medical Association (CMA) will host its 39th annual Legislative Leadership Conference on April 16. Speakers include Gavin Newsom, California Lieutenant Governor and Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state's health benefits exchange. The conference will be held at the Sheraton Grand in Sacramento. Click here to download the agenda.
The event will also feature a bipartisan legislative panel moderated by political strategist Jason Kinney. Panelists include Fabian Nunez, former California State Assembly Speaker and Jim Brulte, chair of the California Republican Party.
Attendees will go to the Capitol in the afternoon to meet with legislators on health care issues. The meetings will be scheduled and coordinated by local county medical societies.
CMA will also host a special advocacy training session for medical students with CEO Dustin Corcoran. Medical students will have a special afternoon schedule to meet with elected state officials, separate from the regularly scheduled physician legislative meetings.This is a unique event for California physicians and is free of charge to all CMA members. RSVP today and join more than 400 physicians, medical students and CMA Alliance members who will be coming to Sacramento to lobby their legislative leaders as champions for medicine and their patients.