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DESCRIPTION:In the United States, 18,000 people die every year from preventable illness 
 and injury. In California, health insurance giants deny care to a third of 
 applicants. Yearly, two million people are bankrupted from medical costs 
 – most of them insured – while nearly 50 million have no coverage at 
 all. Most Americans agree our costly, profit-driven health care system 
 needs a complete overhaul. But in the recent debate, the real alternative 
 of a Single Payer system was ruled out before it began. Insurance companies 
 who profit from misery have been allowed to set the terms. With right-wing 
 pundits denouncing every hint of public provision as “socialized 
 medicine,” come along to hear what socialists really say about 
 healthcare, and participate in the debate on how we can win a just 
 healthcare system. \n\nSpeakers: LORRIE BETH SLONSKY is an Emergency 
 Medical Services worker, unionist and long-time social justice activist. 
 Her eyewitness account of the systemic failures of government and 
 law-enforcement agencies in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane 
 Katrina received widespread acclaim. \n\nCheck out the following Socialist 
 Worker articles. \n\nSeptember 3, 2009 COLUMN: BRIAN JONES Why the free 
 market can't cure health care 
 \nhttp://socialistworker.org/2009/09/03/market-cant-cure-health-care\n\nAugust 
 3, 2009 COLUMN: LANCE SELFA Making excuses for health care non-reform 
 \nhttp://socialistworker.org/2009/08/03/excuses-for-health-care-non-reform 
 \n\nJune 18, 2009 EDITORIALS Keeping real reform off the table 
 \nhttp://socialistworker.org/2009/06/18/real-reform-off-the-table\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/25/18623271.php
SUMMARY:A Peoples' Guide to the Healthcare Debate
LOCATION:Laney College, Student Center 4th Floor Conference Room\n900 Fallon Street, 
 Oakland CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/25/18623271.php
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