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CANCELLED: NO Single Payer Mtg., Thur. Oct. 1, 2015
October 1, 2015 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
The Oct. 1, 2015, meeting of Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care has been cancelled so that everyone will be able to attend the Day of Action organized by University of Louisville School of Medicine students who have organized a chapter of Students for a National Health Program SNaHP.
Please join the students at 5:30 pm in the plaza at U of L Medical School, 500 S. Preston, downtown Louisville.
Walk with them on Liberty to Jefferson Square Park (6th and Jefferson) where they will hold a rally and a vigil to remember the lives lost for lack of medical care because they were uninsured or underinsured.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 15, 2015
Below is the press release for the event.
Contacts:
Brandi Jones, Students for a National Health Program at University of Louisville School of Medicine,
brandi.jones@louisville.edu, 317-474-1743
Emily Henkels, Students for a National Health Program, e.henkels@pnhp.org
Mark Almberg, Physicians for a National Health Program, (312) 782-6006, cell: (312) 622-0996, mark@pnhp.org
Medical students at University of Louisville to participate in National Day of Action for ‘Medicare for All’ on Oct. 1
Citing the persistence of thousands of preventable deaths each year due to lack of health insurance, students at more than 25 medical schools will hold teach-ins, rallies and candlelight vigils on Oct. 1 (#TenOne) to bring national attention to ‘our failing health care system’ and the need for single-payer health reform
MEDIA ADVISORY
What
Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP) – working in coalition with the American Medical Student Association, WhiteCoats4BlackLives, the Latino Medical Student Association, Universities Allied for Essential Medicine, and Pre-Health Dreamers – will hold teach-ins, rallies, and candlelight vigils to remember the millions of people in our country who remain uninsured, underinsured and underserved by our current health care system. We will also underscore the need for a more fundamental health reform – a nonprofit, publicly financed, single-payer health system. Our SNaHP chapter at University of Louisville will participate in this momentous nationwide day of action on October 1.
Details of the event can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/events/763246980470650/
When
Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015
Teach-In Session – 12:00 to 4:00 pm
Rally and Candlelight Vigil 6:00 – 8:00
Who
Students from various schools and social justice groups. The public is welcome to attend all events.
Where
Teach-In Session: Intersections of Chestnut St. near the medical school campus
Rally and vigil: March from 500 S. Preston St. to Jefferson Square Park (6th and Jefferson) via Liberty St.
The press is welcome to attend our rally and candlelight vigil at 6pm EST at Jefferson Square Park.
Why
The United States is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not guarantee universal health care. Unfortunately, the Affordable Care Act is neither universal nor affordable. It will leave 30 million Americans uninsured and tens of millions underinsured, unable to afford needed care. Tens of thousands of people will continue to die every year just because they lack health insurance. Medical problems are the leading cause of bankruptcy in the U.S., and research shows nearly 80 percent of those declaring bankruptcy due to medical debt had insurance at the onset of their illness. Our patients need and deserve better.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Medicare. As medical students, part of our mission is to ensure that everyone who needs care gets it. One way to achieve this goal is by improving the Medicare program and expanding it to cover all Americans.
We urge our fellow students and the public to join us for this #TenOne: Medicare-for-All National Day of Action on Thursday, Oct. 1, to bring national attention to our failing health care system and the need for single-payer health reform.
For more of the thinking behind the #TenOne initiative, including patient stories, please read these posts on SNaHP’s official blog by medical students Vanessa Van Doren and Bryant Shuey.
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This project was initiated by Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP), the student arm of Physicians for a National Health Program (www.pnhp.org), an organization of more than 19,000 physicians, health professionals, medical and health professional students who advocate for universal, single-payer, improved Medicare for all.