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Activist
Campaign: Socialized Healthcare
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In order to promote a vision of,
and program for, free and comprehensive health care for all, the
National Committee of the Socialist Party USA has initiated a national
campaign for socialized health care.
The Socialist Party stands for a socialized health care system based on
universal coverage, salaried doctors and health care workers, and
revenue derived from a steeply graduated income tax.
A national health care
program with:
- Comprehensive
standard and alternative medical, dental, vision, and mental health
coverage for all.
- Publicly funded
through progressive taxation
- Controlled
by democratically elected assemblies of health care workers and
patients.
We call for a health care system that:
- Emphasizes preventive
care.
- Respects patients’
privacy and gives special attention to the needs of people with
physical or mental disabilities.
- Conducts treatment
and research unimpaired by sexism, racism, or homophobia.
We call for:
- Full funding for AIDS
research, prevention, and treatment.
- Public ownership and
worker and community control of the pharmaceutical industry.
- Educational programs
to help prevent drug addiction and for voluntary treatment programs for
addicts and alcoholics and for the availability of free, sterile
needles for those still using IV drugs.
- Reinstatement
of funding to community mental health services so that low-cost and
no-cost treatment is available on a voluntary basis, with clients’
rights respected. (We oppose involuntary incarceration for treatment
without due process).
Upcoming: May 30th-
National Day of Action
Nationwide Rallies for Improved Medicare for All
Join thousands of
single-payer supporters in a nationwide week of action to support
improved Medicare for all (HR 676). Single-payer activists will be
gathering all over the country to say, "Healthcare, yes; Insurance
companies, no," and to show solidarity with demonstrations at the AHIP
(American Health Insurance Plans, a private health insurance lobby)
conference in San Diego.
If an action isn't already in your city, plan your own day of action!
It can be a town hall meeting, demonstration in front of a local
insurance company, film showing, vigil, or your own unique idea. Let us
know what you'd like to start planning by contacting
info@healthcare-now.org.
47 million Americans are uninsured. Private insurance rates are rising
faster than inflation and our incomes. By 2025 the cost of private
health insurance will exceed our projected income.
A national, single-payer healthcare system is the only healthcare
reform option that will cover every American resident while saving us
billions of dollars. The majority of Americans want it. The majority of
physicians want it. The only thing missing is the political will in
Washington.
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Albany,
NY - May 27th
Atlana,
GA - May 27th
Augusta,
ME - May 30th
Austin,
TX - May 30th
Billings,
MT - May 16th
Boston,
MA - May 30th
Chicago,
IL - June 2nd
Cleveland,
OH - May 30th
Denver,
CO - May 30th
Elmwood
Park, NJ -
June 5
Fenton,
MI - May 21st
Gainesville,
FL - May
28th & 30th
Grand
Rapids, MI -
May 30th
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Greeley,
CO - May 30th
Indianapolis,
IN - May 20th
Kent,
OH - May 30th
Lawrence,
KS - May 30th
Los
Angeles, CA
- TBA
Louisville,
KY - May 28th
Middleton,
CT - May 28th
New
Albany, IN -
May 30th
New
York City, NY
- May 30th
Philadelphia,
PA - May 30th
Pittsburgh,
PA - May 29th
Phoenix,
AZ - May 30th
Pontiac,
MI - June
16th
Portland,
OR - May 27th
Princeton,
NJ - May 31st
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Pueblo,
CO - June 2nd
Reno,
NV - May 31st
Rochester,
NY - May 30th
San Diego, CA - June 3rd
San
Francisco, CA
- May 29th
Seattle,
WA - May 30th
Sioux
Falls, SD -
May 30th
Springfield,
MA - May 27th
Tampa,
FL - May 28th
Topeka,
KS - May 30th
Towson,
MD - May 30th
Wheaton,
MD - May 30th
White
Plains, NY -
May 30th |
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Socialized Healthcare Committee
The Socialist Party has created the Socialized Healthcare Committee as
a way for local and state organizations, as well as at-large
organizers, to coordinate their activities and share ideas and
strategies in our campaign for socialized healthcare. To join the
committee contact the National Office at natsec@socialistparty-usa.org
with the subject line "Socialized Healthcare Committee".
Next Committee
Meeting: tba
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