June 10th, 2009

Announces a press release from healthcare reform advocacy group HealthCare4All PA:

Several hundred Pennsylvanians will rally at the Capitol Rotunda, 11 a.m., Thursday, June 11, in support of newly reintroduced Senate Bill 400 and House Bill 1660, the “Family and Business Healthcare Security Act.” The Harrisburg unity gathering represents the broadest coalition of groups ever to support the Single Payer Solution: publicly-funded, privately-delivered, quality, comprehensive, healthcare for all.

In addition to Patricia Eakin, RN from Temple University Hospital and PASNAP President, speakers will include William George, President of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO; David Fillman, Executive Director, AFSCME 13; Representative Thomas Murt, Republican, Montgomery County; Donna Smith, California Nurses Association/NNOC and star of documentary “SiCKO; Mike Stout, President, Steel Valley Printers of Pittsburgh; and Chuck Pennacchio, Executive Director, Healthcare for All Pennsylvania.

WHO: Dressed in hospital gowns, hundreds of nurses, doctors, patients, healthcare advocates and labor unions along with State Representatives and Senators who support single-payer healthcare in Pennsylvania

WHAT: Healthcare Rally at Capitol

WHEN: Thursday, June 11th, 11:00 Entertainment; 11:30-12:30 Speakers

WHERE: Capitol Rotunda, 100 Third Ave, Harrisburg, PA, 17120
The PA AFL-CIO will also join the rally, and put out a press release of their own, announcing:

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Bill George said, “Our health care system is broken. Over three million of Pennsylvania’s workers and their families are either uninsured or underinsured and over 47 million Americans are uninsured. Every day three Pennsylvanians die (75 nationwide) due to the lack of health care coverage, millions of people suffer in silence. Every day thousands more are losing their health care due to the recession. It’s time to face the facts – minor improvements will not fix the crisis. We need a major overhaul – we need comprehensive healthcare reform now which provides guaranteed, affordable, quality health care for every man, woman, and child in Pennsylvania.”