Portland News
Blues Benefit for Single Payer Campaign
va’s and the Cotton Club, and
Renee Mitchell, former columnist
for The Oregonian and renowned
poet and author.
Joanne Cvar of HCAO says
making real, affordable healthcare
for all is the point.
“Right now we have multi-
tiered insurance, so some people
have insurance, and they have the
opportunity pay a premium every
month, but they don't have the
money to pay the deductible —the
deductible is so high that they
don't have access to healthcare.
‘Celebrity Masters of Ceremonies for
the evening are Paul Knauls, a NE
Portland businessman and former
owner of legendary blues/jazz clubs
Geneva’s and the Cotton Club, and
Renee Mitchell, former columnist for
The Oregonian and renowned poet
and author’
affordable, high quality health
care for all Oregonians.
Celebrity Masters of Cere-
monies for the evening are Paul
Knauls, a NE Portland business-
man and former owner of
legendary blues/jazz clubs Gene-
“So the premium that might only
be $100 some people have premi-
ums as high as $500
depending on their age, but I still
don't have access to healthcare,
they just have access
to the opportunity to pay for
Page 8 The Portland and Seattle Skanner April 2, 2014
PHOTO BY GREG JOHNSON
A
festival to support Health-
care for All Oregon, the
coalition sponsoring legis-
lation for single-payer health care,
brings together the hottest and
most-loved blues artists in the area
Saturday, April 5 at the Melody
Ballroom.
Featuring Norman Sylvester and
a host of all-star Northwest musi-
cians, the Third Annual Healing
the Healthcare Blues festival
returning for a night of music that
will benefit Health Care for All-
Oregon, to get simple, fair,
Tevis Hodge Jr. (left) and Norman Sylvester are part of the Inner City Blues Festivals’ Healing the
Healthcare Blues, April 5 at Melody Ballroom in Portland.
insurance they can't use,” she says.
Food and drink will be available
for sale, with a no-host bar, 21 and
over. There will be Community
Village information tables, raffle
prizes and a silent auction. Come
party with us at the Melody Ball-
room, 615 SE Alder in Portland,
on Saturday, April 5. Doors open
at 6 p.m.; the show,starts at 7 and
runs until midnight.
Tickets are $15 in advance at
www.tickettomato.com; also at
Music Millennium, 3158 E Burn-
side; Geneva’s Shear Perfection:
5601 NE Martin Luther King Jr
Blvd.; and Musicians Union Local
99, at 325 NE 20th
For more information about the
Inner City Blues Festival, go to
www.hcao.org.
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