Local congressional candidates will share where they stand on health care issues during a community forum next week.

Kansas Health Care For All is sponsoring the forum “America’s Health Care Crisis” which will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 21 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s auditorium, 325 Maine.

Ira Stamm, a member of the advisory council for the Kansas Health Policy Authority, and Burdett Loomis, Kansas University professor in the department of political science, will talk about the presidential candidates’ proposals for change.

Also invited to speak are U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, Former Congressman Jim Slattery, U.S. Representative Nancy Boyda, State treasurer Lynn Jenkins, U.S. Representative Dennis Moore and State Sen. Nick Jordan.

An interactive discussion with the audience and panelists will follow the presentations.

For more information, visit the group’s Web site.