…for lack of health care
Photos by K. Kendall
Doctors, nurses, and medical students rallied this morning to plant 558 crosses by the Salmon Fountain, representing the 558 people in Oregon who die each year for lack of health care.
A minute of silence for the 558 dead this year.
Dr. Paul Gorman
Organizers of the march for health care thank Occupy Portland for generating the energy to make this happen.
Members of her family died for lack of health care coverage.
After the rally, Portlanders buried crosses by Salmon Fountain in memory of the 558 who died this year for lack of health care coverage.
A Right, Not a Commodity
What do we want? Health care for all!
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