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A small group of health care advocates fighting for universal medical coverage rallied at the State House in Annapolis on Saturday evening, urging people to get involved and educate themselves about health care
The first part of the gathering, attended by an estimated 50 people, was a vigil for those killed and injured
"It's not just about victims of tragic events. Everyone is a patient. It's just a matter of when. A car accident, an animal bite or a bullet from an assault rifle are now everyday realities of this nation," said
She and other attendees are concerned about
"There are 138,000 children in the state of
But the recent actions or inaction by
"We want a single payer for all, an end to co-payments and all other challenges people face when it comes to actually receiving quality health care," Landry added.
Many speakers targeted
Speakers made the point that the country is not facing a health care issue but a health coverage issue.
Several stood to tell their own stories.
He thought it might be pneumonia, but he still did not go. "If I didn't have coverage to go to the doctor for a cold, I definitely did not have it to see a doctor for pneumonia."
His condition grew so debilitating he ended up in the emergency room four months later, nearly 50 pounds underweight. It had become decimated tuberculosis spreading throughout his body, spine, organs and brain.
He was in isolation for 17 days. Four months later he was discharged from the hospital. His discounted bill was
"I waited. Too many people keep waiting until the end," he said. "We need to create a system that our people can live here and with a means of surviving."
She told those gathered that her mother had to show the transplant pre-screening panel she had at least
"We don't have statistics about how many people die because they are too poor to even get approved for a transplant," Dinverno said. "But we do know someone is added to a transplant list every 10 minutes and 20 people die every day waiting for a transplant."
She said she is no hero for donating her kidney. "But the fact I am a donor means I have a pre-existing condition," she said, making the point if health care proposals that have been brought to a vote in this
"If you buy a car, you get a car. If you buy groceries, you get groceries. But when you buy health insurance, you don't know what you are going to get," he said.
If a health insurance company ran the grocery store, he suggested, you would go to buy a load of groceries and then the clerk would go through your basket and pull items out. "You aren't getting this, or this, or this," he said.
She hopes that it might take shape along the lines of the Tricare system military personnel and their families have. Hurwitz is an eight-year, active-duty
She hopes "the citizens of
Credit: By E.B. Furgurson III - [email protected]
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