10/3 - How to Fix Health Care: Single-Payer – Medicare for All!

[Orlando Sepulveda]

How to Fix Health Care: Single-Payer – Medicare for All!   Republicans and the right wing claim President Obama’s plan is a “government takeover.”  It is nothing of the sort.  His plan keeps the private, for-profit insurers at the heart of the system and mandates the uninsured to buy coverage or be penalized.  Advocates of single-payer health care support John Conyers’ legislation, HR 676, expanded and improved Medicare for all.  Conyers’ bill abolishes the insurance industry and makes health care a human right for all – including the undocumented.   Come listen to a panel of experts explain the single-payer solution and the struggle to win it.   SPEAKERS: Vanessa Beck, International Socialist Organization and founding member of Chicago Single-Payer Action Network (CSPAN) Dr. Claudia Fegan, board member and past president of  Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) DATE: Saturday, October 3rd, 6:30  LOCATION: University of Illinois at Chicago , Adams Hall African-American Cultural Center, 830 S. Halsted   Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization http://www.socialistworker.org