Medicare For All activists in NYC's Grand Central Station

[PHIMG]

Run time: 04:36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbMJsX9Rz4w   Posted on YouTube: November 19, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: November 19, 2009 By DU Member: PHIMG Views on DU: 690

 
On Tuesday, Nov. 17, during the evening rush-hour, two dozen activists organized by the Private Health Insurance Must Go! Coalition (PHIMG) demonstrated peacefully in Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal to demand "Medicare for all."

A broad cross section of people: workers, the middle class, the disabled, immigrants, students and health-care professionals circled the information booth at the famous transportation hub to make their voices heard for guaranteed comprehensive health care for all people in the U.S. Dozens of police officers monitored the demonstration, sometimes outnumbering the demonstrators. Despite Grand Central's attempt to drown us out by deliberate increased high volume announcements, our collective voices were loud and strong.

Indeed, we made a highly visible statement to evening rush hour commuters and international travelers. Many people rushing to board trains paused to express agreement with the goal of Medicare for all, as the demonstrators marched for an hour and a half around the information booth, nearly 1/3 of us were in wheel chairs. Several joined our protest for a moment or two.

The Grand Central action is part of our on-going campaign of street actions designed to achieve high visibility and mass political support for removing private insurers from our medical system, by improving and expanding the successful and efficient Medicare program to everyone residing in the U.S.A.

The move to Medicare For All establishes access to comprehensive health care as a human right in the United States, improves patient outcomes and generates trillions of dollars in cost savings.

Medicare for All is overdue, but thanks to the actions of a growing number of committed activists around the country, it's just around the corner.

If you want to help us in this historic civil rights movement, come to our next working meeting on Friday December 4, 2009 at 7pm at the Murphy Institute for Worker Education and labor Studies, 25 West 43rd St 18th floor NY NY (between 5th and 6th Ave) Also, go to www.phimg.org.

[ellenfl]

1. good job! thank you. eom

[truth2power]

2. Good to know that some people stopped to express their support...

From the video it looked like all those well-dressed people skittered by, not wanting to be anywhere near those radicals promoting...<gasp>...universal health care.

[PHIMG]

3. I know.... Medicare is so scary.

Giving everyone what Grandma and Grandpa have would be the first step to COMMUNISM, don't you know?

Just like Saint Ronnie told us back in his AMA Coffee Clatches.

[robo50]

4. WHY are the MSM ignoring stuff like this???

I wonder.

[PHIMG]

5. The fix is in.

Big Insurance bought off enough Democrats like Max Baucaus to take Medicare For All off the table, and the major media won't report this as a real movement because the Democrats turned thier back on us.

The bigger question is why don't more people join the grassroots movement calling for real, affordable reform?

[fishcreek]

7. I think many still believe they will get a pony with it is signed.

[swilton]

6. Power to the People!

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