{"id":141053,"date":"2025-09-30T14:35:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=141053"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:54:00","slug":"health-care-at-risk-panel-at-live-oak-uu-in-cedar-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/health-care-at-risk-panel-at-live-oak-uu-in-cedar-park\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Health Care at Risk&#8217; panel at Live Oak UU in Cedar Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><b>\u2018Health Care at Risk\u2019 panel, on Sunday, October 12th at Live Oak UU in Cedar Park, features panel steeped in medicine and advocacy.<\/b><\/h3>\n<div>A four-member panel\u00a0steeped in medicine and advocacy\u00a0will discuss \u201cHealth Care at Risk,\u201d\u00a0convening\u00a0at\u00a02 pm Sunday, October 12, 2025, at\u00a0<strong><a id=\"m_-5276274231031802422OWA4dbe206c-0946-aae0-b51c-66b98a08fde6\" href=\"https:\/\/liveoakuu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/liveoakuu.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1759349022775000&amp;usg=AOvVaw06T8xU3nsILGZeVxhT6yDe\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Live Oak Unitarian Universalist<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(LOUU) Church\u00a0in Cedar Park (3315 El Salido Pkwy, Cedar Park, TX 78613). The event is hosted by Indivisible 1431 and the\u00a0LOUU\u00a0Church Social Justice Team. \u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Our distinguished panel\u00a0comprises\u00a0two 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\u00a0(TARA):\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li role=\"presentation\">Lynn Cowles, Director of Health and Food Justice from Every Texas<\/li>\n<li role=\"presentation\"><b>Dr\u00a0Christine Eady Mann<\/b>, family practice doctor, political activist, former Congressional candidate\u00a0<\/li>\n<li role=\"presentation\"><b>Dr Karen Van Matre Smith<\/b>, award-winning family medicine specialist with published research\u00a0<\/li>\n<li role=\"presentation\"><b>Jan Lance<\/b>, President, Austin Chapter of Texas Alliance of Retired Americans (moderator)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The panel will consider whether American healthcare is at risk under the Trump Administration. \u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-141054 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"936\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7.png 936w, https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7-2x1.png 2w, https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7-50x28.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Topics of interest for the panel include:\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li role=\"presentation\">National or state healthcare policy and administration \u00a0<\/li>\n<li role=\"presentation\">RFK Jr\u2019s qualifications to be HHS Secretary and the policies that he has enacted since taking office\u00a0<\/li>\n<li role=\"presentation\">The attack on vaccines\u00a0<\/li>\n<li role=\"presentation\">The potential impact of cuts to Medicaid and ACA via the congressional bill recently passed and signed by the White House\u00a0<\/li>\n<li role=\"presentation\">Drastic cuts to medical research, including mRNA vaccine development\u00a0<\/li>\n<li role=\"presentation\">How medical and mental health practices have and will change because of the above\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The event\u00a0will\u00a0be about 1.5 hours in total, including time for Q&amp;A. The event will be non-partisan. The facts speak for themselves.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church (Live Oak) is a diverse and welcoming community based on liberal religious values. We\u00a0gather together\u00a0to explore our spiritual journeys, make connections, transform lives, and work to heal our world.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilize.us\/indivisible1431\/event\/833227\/\">Register Here!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Health Care at Risk\u2019 panel, on Sunday, October 12th at Live Oak UU in Cedar Park, features panel steeped in medicine and advocacy. A four-member panel\u00a0steeped in medicine and advocacy\u00a0will discuss \u201cHealth Care at Risk,\u201d\u00a0convening\u00a0at\u00a02 pm Sunday, October 12, 2025, at\u00a0Live Oak Unitarian Universalist\u00a0(LOUU) Church\u00a0in Cedar Park (3315 El Salido Pkwy, Cedar Park, TX 78613)&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141053"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141075,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141053\/revisions\/141075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}