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Sign the petition and join the movement to declare …Health Care is a Human Right. Download the petition here: Page One - Page Two​

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Health Care is a Human Right: Sign our online petition

We thank those of you who have signed our online petition, and for those who have not we ask that you please do so. Since the initial launch of our petition on November 26, 2012, and as of today, we have received over 875 signatures. The more signatures we have, the better and stronger the message will be to persuade our elected officials. We need health care, and we need it now!

In addition, we are also requesting that you sign up to receive our movement’s newsletter and notifications. SUBSCRIBE HERE: We ask you to join us in our struggle toward achieving a universal publicly funded, comprehensive health care system. We need and appreciate your support. Please help us, in whatever manner you choose, in continuing to advocate for a public good that benefits all.

Please CLICK HERE to sign our petition. We also encourage you to share these sites with your families, neighbors, friends, co-workers and other networking contacts. Having financial access to health care services is the difference between quality of life and a preventable premature death.

We believe health care is a “Human Right!”

 Thanking you once again for your undying support.

From all of us at HCAO,

Glendora Claybrooks, Petitioner

HCAO Volunteer Organizer

Is Health Care a Product, a Privilege, or a Basic Human Right?

By Robert Fischer, HCAO-Bandon 1/7/2013

Health care is a product when it is commodified and sold by profit-seeking corporations. It is the product of a financial industry that makes billions of dollars year after year selling people the promise of access to doctors’ services and hospitals.

Health care is a privilege when it is granted by insurance companies to people who are in good health and earning a good salary. It’s a privilege that insurance companies can revoke when people need it most.

Health care is a human right when people say it is, and have the courage and determination required to make it so. These people do Read More

The Healthcare Movie at Clinton Street Theater

The Healthcare Movie,

This event is hosted by activists from the Health Care For All-Oregon coalition, Physicians for a National Health Program, the Mad-As-Hell Doctors and the Labor Campaign for Single Payer. Admission is $5-10, sliding scale....no one turned away.

On Monday December 10 at 7p.m. in the Clinton Street Theater, there will be a screening of   narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. This one-hour film will be followed by a short Q&A session and then a ten-minute video about Vermont's successful "Healthcare Is A Human Right" campaign.

Our goal is both financial and inspirational. Yes, we hope to fill all 250 seats to help pay for our work. More importantly, we hope to inspire others to join us.   

Tickets available through the TicketTomato site or at the door. If you are planning to attend bring a friend, especially if you know someone who has suffered under our current system. Perhaps you can print a copy of the flier and post it where you live or work?  Or help with logistics the night of the movie? If so, please contact:
Ray Kenny   (503) 699-5802
                                         OR
Robin Cash    (503) 421-6125

  Lastly, if you can't make this screening but would like to help our fight, please forward this email widely and consider making a contribution to:

HCAO
316 SW Washington
Corvallis, Oregon 97333

To make your contribution tax-deductible, make the check out to HCAO-EF (education fund).