Demand for Genuine Healthcare Reform Intensifies, Drawing Crowds from Pennsylvania and Surrounding States
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- From towns throughout Pennsylvania and at least 6 surrounding states, crowds of single-payer advocates will gather in the Capitol rotunda for a rally and march from 10am to 12pm on Tuesday, October 20. The crowd will be addressed by a host of speakers, representing the diverse groups that support single-payer healthcare as embodied in both state legislation (SB 400 and HB 1600) and national legislation (HR 676 and S 703). The rally represents the increased attention and advocacy around single-payer as current proposed health reforms are falling short of the widely shared goals of universal healthcare coverage and cost control.
WHO: 1000 or more healthcare advocates, members of labor unions, doctors, nurses, and patients, along with State Representatives and Senators
WHAT: Single-Payer Healthcare Rally in Pennsylvania Capitol
WHEN: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 10am to 12pm
WHERE: Capitol Rotunda, Harrisburg, PA
Single-payer healthcare would eliminate health insurers and instead funnel healthcare dollars through a 'single-payer,' similar to how Medicare works. By eliminating the bureaucracy and profit-driven motives of a private health insurance system, single-payer would reduce costs for individuals, business, and municipalities. It is the only proposed health plan that would guarantee comprehensive coverage for everyone - a point admitted even by President Obama on July 22, 2009, "Now, the truth is unless you have what's called a single-payer system in which everyone's automatically covered, you're probably not going to reach every single individual."
Keynote speakers will include Wendell Potter, former Cigna executive who has testified before Congress on the tactics health insurers use to deny care and who now advocates for single-payer; Senate Bill sponsor Senator Ferlo; AFL-CIO President Bill George; PASNAP President and Temple University Hospital ER nurse, Patricia Eakin; Tim Carpenter, President of Progressive Democrats of America; and, others.
SOURCE Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
