"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is
the most shocking and inhumane"
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
10% of children in the United States in 2008 were
without health insurance
(Kaiser Family Foundation: http://facts.kff.org/chart.
(Kaiser Family Foundation report, September 2009)
The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign believes that no one should die as a result of lacking health insurance.
The March to Fulfill the Dream will demand that all people -whatever the color of their skin or the amount of money in their bank accounts - have the right to health care.
Health care is a human right.
On April 26th 2008, from 9am-5pm, PPEHRC convened the Health Care As A Human Right! Conference in Minneapolis, Mn as a part of our organizing building up to the Republican National Convention.
Part 1 - Conference Intro By Cheri Honkala
Part 2 - Includes Song By Ernie Perez
Part 3 - Includes Congressman John Conyers
DOCUMENT HEALTH CARE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS!
Click Here to tell your story of how you have suffered as a result of lacking access to quality health care OR document any lives that have been lost as a result of lacking health insurance.
This documentation is part of Faces of the Fallen, a PPEHRC project that documents human rights violations that take place in the richest country in the world.
HEALTH CARE ADVOCACY TOOLKITS (make this a link to lead to the bulleted points below)
Health Care is an Economic Human Right Toolkit http://weap.org/health-care-
This great resource provides numerous fact sheets regarding health care as a human right and offers suggestions for how to put the toolkit into action!
This website provides up-to-date information on health care reform, including a report card on single payer health care and a report that highlights the connection between single payer health care and human rights