DEMONSTRATION AGAINST AHIP'S CONFERENCE ON MEDICAID AND MEDICARE
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Healthcare-NOW! and the single-payer movement needs your support in Washington DC Monday, September 22nd! In addition to the 2nd Annual Health Care Justice Vigil at the Capitol Reflecting Pool at 6pm, Single-Payer Activists will be demonstrating at the the American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Conference on Medicaid and Medicare. AHIP is the organization responsible for creating the broken healthcare system in the United States by developing plans that focus on increasing profit, while limiting necessary care, causing thousands of deaths in the United States every year. Because of these corrupt policies, 42% of people under the age of 65 have no insurance or are without adequate coverage. Join us Monday, September 22nd to tell them healthcare injustice must end! Please RSVP to Katie at info@healthcare-now.org or call 800-453-1305 for more information.
END HEALTHCARE INJUSTICE
SINGLE-PAYER NOW!
11:45am - 1pm Capitol Hilton - 1001 16th Street NW - Washington DC
sponsored by California Nurses Association, Healthcare-NOW!, American Patients United, Physicans for a National Health Plan, Progressive Democrats for America, and the Single-Payer Labor Caucus
The 2nd Annual Health Care Justice Vigil and Speak Out!
September 22nd, 2008
6pm
Washington D.C.
The Capitol Reflecting Pool
Speakers: Donna Smith, featured in Michael Moore's SiCKO and founder of American Patients United and more!
This Vigil is held in memory of the thousands lost to the broken health insurance system, and in honor of those still fighting. Take a stand against the private health insurance industry and speak out!
If you can't make it to DC, there may be a Vigil being planned near you. In solidarity with the DC Vigil, Healthcare-NOW! activists are holding solidarity vigils across the country - from New York City to the state of Washington. The events uphold a deeply important time for those whose family or friends have been victims of the U.S. for-profit healthcare system. For one too many...an insurance denial equals death.
If you can't make it to DC, find a vigil near you http://www.healthcare-now.org/pdfs/08vig...
The number of deaths due to insufficient healthcare in the wealthiest of all nations is a grim reminder of the scope of the healthcare crisis. The Urban Institute estimated that 22,000 adults died in 2006 because they did not have health insurance. A 2008 study published in Health Affairs Journal analyzed the health systems of 19 countries. The study found that the United States had the highest rate of preventable deaths before the age of 75. The study concluded that as many as 101,000 deaths a year could be prevented by ensuring that all patients receive quality care in a timely manner. That’s one death every five minutes that would be prevented if the US healthcare system were fair and accessible to everyone.
To read testimonials from people who have had horrible experiences, you can view them in the new booklet Death by Spreadsheet.
Find an event near you, or plan to organize your own solidarity vigil. Follow the suggestions in the Vigil Tool Kit.
Also, if you are in the DC area, download this flyer to distribute: http://www.healthcare-now.org/pdfs/2ndHC...
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Excellent
and speaking of broken healthcare, the ACLU has a call to action to speak out against the Bush Administration's proposed denial of care regulations regarding reproductive health. See here.