White House Summit on Health Care Reform
Los Angeles - April 6, 2009
A farce of a “Summit” inside: Political grandstanding about “universal” this;
“stakeholders working together” that; “shared responsibility”, etc. But
not one concrete mention or discussion of the crux of the matter: redirecting
the incentives of our healthcare billions of dollars towards health --
and away from the current profit-motive.
Put Single-Payer on the Table!
Major Rally in Los Angeles - April 6, 2009
That message -- missing from the "official" White House Summit" inside -- was delivered outside at the Rally, attended by hundreds of supporters. Watch the whole rally in 6 YouTube segments, starting here
Our Medical Student Fellow, Parker Duncan, gave the impassioned closing speech for the rally: (beginning at 7:40; this is Part 5 of the 6 video segments), which continues on part 6
White House Forum on Health Reform Attracts Varied Voices
Read this excellent coverage of the Rally outside the supposed "White House Summit" on LAist.com, written by Anjali Taneja, MD, MPH from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance, CA).
Watch videos of entire Rally and speakers on YouTube (6 short segments)
