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Medical Students from Across Nation Gather in Houston: Rally for Health Care Access For All
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Mar 12, 2008 - 8:32:06 AM

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - HOUSTON, -- Rallying for affordable health care for all, hundreds of medical students from around the country will gather at Houston City Hall on Friday, March 14, 2008 in conjunction with the American Medical Student Association's (AMSA) 58th Annual Convention. The group will meet at the Hyatt Regency Houston and march to City Hall at 4:30 p.m.

Texas has the largest uninsured population in the nation. Houston alone has 1.1 million uninsured people. Almost 40,000 of them are children.

"A person is a person; a child is a child; and there are no good moral, ethical, rational or medical reasons to ever exclude human beings from getting the health care they deserve," says Flavio Casoy, AMSA's Jack Rutledge Fellow and leader of the rally. "As future physicians, we declare that healthcare is a human right for all people, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, or country of origin. We invite all Houston residents to join us in asking the 2008 presidential candidates to support a single, public, national health insurance program."

Low income workers affiliated with Service Employees International Union will speak about their daily struggle to secure affordable health care for their families from their employers.

Date: Friday, March 14, 2008

Time: 4:30 p.m.

Location:
Meet at Hyatt Regency Houston
March to Houston City Hall

About the American Medical Student Association


The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), with more than a half-century history of medical student activism, is the oldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training in the United States. Founded in 1950, AMSA is a student-governed, non-profit organization committed to representing the concerns of physicians-in-training. With more than 68,000 members, including medical and premedical students, residents and practicing physicians, AMSA is committed to improving medical training as well as advancing the profession of medicine. To learn more about AMSA, our strategic priorities, or joining the organization, please visit us online at www.amsa.org/.

Web Site: http://www.amsa.org/

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