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Rallies for Single-Payer/Universal Health Care Outside Gubernatorial Debate Smashing Success (VIDEO AVAILABLE)
Over 200 people gathered in front of Bailey Hall, the site of Tuesday, 9/26, gubernatorial debate, in support of a single-payer/universal health care system for the State of New York. The intiention of the rallies, which started at the Commons in Ithaca with over 100 people, and marched up to Bailey Hall, was to put pressure on gubernatorial candidates, Spitzer and Faso, to support a bill already passed in the New York State Assembly (Bill A-6576) which would establish a single-payer universal health care for the State of New York. The measure has yet to pass the Senate. Locally, both the City of Ithaca Common Council and Tompkins County Legislature have passed resolutions in support of single-payer universal health care.
To view each one of the excellent speakers at the rally at Bailey Hall, click on the following links: Rally for Single-Payer Heath Care Nathan I. Shinagawa, Tompkins County Legislator, District 4 Rally for Single-Payer Heath Care Alex Berg, Cornell Organization for Labor Action (COLA) Rally for Single-Payer Heath Care Terry Sharpe, President, U.A.W. 2300 Rally for Single-Payer Heath Care Mary Clark, Southern Tier Director, Citizen Action of New York Rally for Single-Payer Heath Care J. R. Clairborne, City of Ithaca Common Council, 2nd ward Rally for Single-Payer Heath Care Kathy Luz Herrera, Tompkins County Legislator, District 5 Rally for Single-Payer Heath Care Michelle Berry, City of Ithaca Common Council, 2nd ward, and Tompkins County Poet Laureate Rally for Single-Payer Heath Care Shawn Galbreath, Exec,Director, Ithaca Breast Cancer Alliance Rally for Single-Payer Heath Care Eric Lessinger, M.D., Medical Director of Hospicare and Palliative Care Services Rally for Single-Payer Heath Care Nathan I. Shinagawa, Tompkins County Legislator, District 4 |
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