Report on “Healthcare is a Human Right” event Oct. 20, 2009
Hi all,
For those who couldn’t be at the “Healthcare is a Human Right” event last night … here are some of the powerful messages the panelists offered:
- Dr. Pippa Abston had people stand who knew someone suffering because they can’t afford healthcare … almost every person (70 people) in the room stood!
- Dr. Celia Lloyd-Turney talked about how any kind of healthcare system, besides Medicare for All, is going to short-change the poor, who are often people of color. Healthcare is a human right and everyone deserves to be treated equally.
- Dr. Wally Retan laid out the main options before us …. (1) we can stay with the current system and costs will double in 10 years; (2) we can go with a public option which is not fully defined yet, but all ideas still leave millions of Americans left uninsured; (3) or we can simply expand an improved version of Medicare to every single American from birth to death.
The evening was filled with lots of other good information and excellent questions from the audience.
The Huntsville Times has a great article and photo in today’s issue. (It’s not online yet.)
THANKS!
We thank our three great physician panelists (Dr. Abston, Dr. Lloyd-Turney and Dr. Retan) as well as our skilled moderator (David Person).
We also appreciate the time donated by our volunteers: Barb Adle, David Barry, Noor Gillani, Jean Scott, Margaret Stephens, Stef Watson and Ron Wyatt, MD.
And, of course, we owe a hearty thanks to Jerry Burnet and the St. Bartley Primitive Baptist Church for hosting the event!!
Please continue to speak out about Medicare for All! See our “Take Action” page for ideas on what you can do http://www.northalabamahealthcareforall.org/take- action/
Onward,
Linda Haynes, Co-Coordinator
North Alabama Healthcare for All
http://www.northalabamahealthcareforall.org
256-489-3884