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ATTN: Universal Healthcare Activists on Campus

by: saziz577

Thu Feb 22, 2007 at 22:39:35 PM EST

I would to draw your attention to a google group created to organize universal healthcare activists on campus.

Here is the description of the group from its site:

This is a welcome message to the low volume announcement list of COMA-CT (Colleges Organizing for Medical Access of Connecticut). This email list is design to announce events or efforts by COMA and various student groups across Connecticut to support health care reform, and introduce universal health care to Connecticut and the nation.
If you would like me to remove your email address, please let me know. If you would like me to put an alternative email address on the email list, or know of others who should be on the email list, please let me know. If you are interested in contributing to COMA efforts, there is an open email list for COMA discussions.
http://groups.google...
There will be a conference on health care reform on Sunday April 29th at Yale this spring, ISA. The following weekend, Saturday May 5th, the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut intends to hold a rally at Bushnell Park in Hartford, Connecticut. The near term focus of COMA-CT would be those two events.
In addition, we would like to open a call for those who have graphic ability and can help in developing attractive flyers or other efforts for the events in April and May. We should also introduce the organization to those beyond the UCONN School of Medicine in Farmington, CT, given our initial meetings there.

If you are a universal healthcare activist, please consider this group. Also, please notify any graphic designers who may be interested in helping them with flyers.

This google group was created very recently and only has 23 members--and I'm sure there are many more who would be interested in participating in this group discussion. So please join the list, advertise it, help it grow into a powerful online movement.

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ATTN: Universal Healthcare Activists on Campus | 2 comments

Only in America do you have to ask this BUT: (0.00 / 0)

What kind of Universal Healthhcare do they advocate for?

The real single-payer, government funded and operated kind?

Or one of those fake insurance company ones that is just another shiny ball? (see comments there)

Drinking Liberally in New Milford
ePluribus Media

by: Connecticut Man1 @ Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 13:23:09 PM UTC

we are a student group (4.00 / 1)

Yes, I understand that we need to have our radar out for astroturf front groups for industry, but we are a bone fide student group at the UCONN School of Medicine. We are not related to industry in any way. We work with the Universal Health Care Foundation of CT as you can see in the post. And of course I personally endorse a single payer system, especially the expansion and improvement of Medicare to cover all.

Rep. Peter Stark of California is the main proponent of expanding Medicare into what he calls "Americare". Rep. Kucinich also endorses expanding medicare for all. It would be great if Senator Dodd came out for expansion of Medicare for all. That would really light a fire under his campaign and maybe pull him out of obscurity.

But I do not think we have to have the services government run, just the funding. It would be too vastly too disruptive to force all medical services under the purview of the government, like a VA system for all medical services.

Thanks!
Omar Scott Antar

by: oantar @ Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 16:44:46 PM UTC