Louisville, Kentucky to Stand Together for Health Care Justice
Standing together for health care justice
At sunset on Friday, September 28, health care reform advocates will gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, to commemorate those who have lost their lives because they lacked access to adequate and affordable health care. Similar vigils will be held nationwide--in Chicago, in Denver, and in Louisville. Please join us.
Vigil
Friday, September 28, 2007
7– 8 pm
2240 Frankfort Avenue
(Clifton area, between Rastetter and Jane Streets)
Louisville, Kentucky (The Google)
7– 8 pm
2240 Frankfort Avenue
(Clifton area, between Rastetter and Jane Streets)
Louisville, Kentucky (The Google)
Light a candle in memory of the 18,000 adults who die each year in the US due to a lack of health insurance.
Join us as we to mourn the loss of Clay Morgan and other Kentuckians whose deaths were caused, directly or indirectly, by the inhumanity of our current health care system.
Eileen Morgan shares her husband’s story: Just a few months after the family had declared bankruptcy due to medical debt, Clay was diagnosed with cancer. He faced expensive treatment. With no health insurance and no ability to pay, he knew his family would endure long-term impoverishment. In despair, with no solution in sight, Clay took his own life.
An estimated 564,000 Kentuckians lack health care coverage, including more than 80,000 children. We must fix our broken system.
"Of all forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
This event is sponsored by Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care and the Kentucky chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. Join us in our work in support of HR 676, the single payer health care bill now before the US Congress. Our meetings are held at 5:30 pm, on the third Thursday of each month at the Louisville Public Library, downtown, 301 York St.
www.kyhealthcare.org www.pnhp.org Tel: (502) 899-3861
