HEALTHCARE STORIES- Why We Need a Public Option

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The Southern Coalition for Social Justice has been teaming up with Durham Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) as a part of the national Health Care for America Now (HCAN) Campaign to win quality, affordable health care for all. On June 25th, 2009, tens of thousands of people marched on the capital to demand a public healthcare insurance option. While Congress has discussed many options, it is clear that we need a public option for health insurance to challenge the private, for profit insurers who leave millions uninsured. It has become clear that the time for comprehensive healthcare reform is now, and that we have a right to quality health coverage.
According to Article 25 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, passed on December 10, 1948, “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of herself and of her family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond her control.”
It is a well know fact that the United States is the wealthiest country in which its citizen’s right to health coverage is not covered. The human impact of millions of leaving without health insurance is immeasurable and undeniable. We need to remind our politicians, like the thousands who marched on Washington two weeks ago, that quality health insurance is a human right!
As a part of the push towards positive healthcare reform, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice has recorded individual’s stories from North Carolina in an attempt to project the stories of people in North Carolina who need access to proper healthcare for their children, their loved ones, their businesses, and their livelihoods. Check them out!

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The time is now for a change. Healthcare for all now!
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