‘Health Care at Risk’ panel, on Sunday, October 12th at Live Oak UU in Cedar Park, features panel steeped in medicine and advocacy.
A four-member panel steeped in medicine and advocacy will discuss “Health Care at Risk,” convening at 2 pm Sunday, October 12, 2025, at Live Oak Unitarian Universalist (LOUU) Church in Cedar Park (3315 El Salido Pkwy, Cedar Park, TX 78613). The event is hosted by Indivisible 1431 and the LOUU Church Social Justice Team.
Our distinguished panel comprises two physicians, a Texas state Representative and former critical-care nurse, and, for the moderator, the president of the Austin Chapter of Texas Alliance of Retired Americans (TARA):
- Lynn Cowles, Director of Health and Food Justice from Every Texas
- Dr Christine Eady Mann, family practice doctor, political activist, former Congressional candidate
- Dr Karen Van Matre Smith, award-winning family medicine specialist with published research
- Jan Lance, President, Austin Chapter of Texas Alliance of Retired Americans (moderator)
The panel will consider whether American healthcare is at risk under the Trump Administration.
Topics of interest for the panel include:
- National or state healthcare policy and administration
- RFK Jr’s qualifications to be HHS Secretary and the policies that he has enacted since taking office
- The attack on vaccines
- The potential impact of cuts to Medicaid and ACA via the congressional bill recently passed and signed by the White House
- Drastic cuts to medical research, including mRNA vaccine development
- How medical and mental health practices have and will change because of the above
The event will be about 1.5 hours in total, including time for Q&A. The event will be non-partisan. The facts speak for themselves.
Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church (Live Oak) is a diverse and welcoming community based on liberal religious values. We gather together to explore our spiritual journeys, make connections, transform lives, and work to heal our world.
