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Dwain Reynolds
for State Board of Education

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for UM Board of Regents

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Vote No on Obama-care! Healthcare is Our Human Right!
Adopted by the Socialist Party USA National Action Committee


While citizens in most other industrialized nations enjoyed the benefits of publicly administered healthcare from the aftermath of WW II forward, Americans have suffered under a healthcare system dominated by private corporations. For-profit healthcare has produced negative health outcomes at all levels of the system. More than 48 million people have no health insurance, 30 million more are underinsured and 6 out of 10 Americans report that they have either delayed or deferred a necessary medical procedure in the last year. Americans are more than ready for publicly-run healthcare that guarantees access at all levels of the system.

Unfortunately, the bill recently passed by the House of Representatives, The Affordable Healthcare for America Act (HR 3962), and the proposals being considered by the Senate will not provide the relief Americans so desperately need. Instead, these reforms were shaped and, in some cases, authored by the very same private interests who have spent decades collecting massive profits by restricting access to care. As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama sensed the growing public anger about healthcare and scored many popularity points for promising “universal healthcare coverage.” Once in office, after taking millions from the healthcare lobby, his rhetoric shifted to the neoliberal promise of “choice and competition” in healthcare...

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Socialist Party of Michigan - State Meeting
Sat. Sept, 11th, 2010
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Detroit, MI 48202 (map)


Detroit Socialist Party - Project Working Group Meeting
Sun. Sept. 12th, 2010
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Detroit Socialist Party local office
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Detroit, MI 48202 (map)


Detroit Socialist Party Monthly Meeting
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Detroit, MI 48202 (map)



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