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‘Mad as Hell’ Doctors for Single-Payer Rally

While Congress works to water down health care reform with legislation that will cover fewer people and cost the country more, citizens across the nation are turning out to cheer a group of physicians who are speaking out for a comprehensive, cost-effective, single-payer solution.

On Saturday, September 26, the region’s leading single-payer advocate, Dr. Quentin Young, will welcome the “Mad as Hell Doctors” to a public rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Here’s Young’s greeting:

The rally kicks off at 11 a.m. at the University of Illinois School of Pharmacy, 833 S. Wood Street. Participants are encouraged to RSVP at MadDocsChicago.com. The Chicago stop comes just days before the doctors’ journey culminates with a protest on the steps of Congress on September 30.

“These doctors are more evidence of the growing and increasingly vocal support for single-payer across the nation,” Young says.

The Mad as Hell doctors have requested a meeting with President Obama upon their arrival in Washington, and public emails supporting the meeting have already overwhelmed the White House email box. Adam Klugman, National Creative Director for the physicians’ tour stated, “Chris Whitty from the White House Office of Scheduling called me and said he has been ‘besieged with emails’ from the millions of single payer supporters in this country…I told him that we’d be glad to take the letter down, just as soon as the President agrees to meet with us.”

Several national advocacy organizations are supporting the Mad as Hell Doctors by organizing rallies and town hall meetings. In Chicago, the group is sponsored by the Illinois Single Payer Coalition and the UIC Graduate Student Council, with support from Chicago Single Payer Action Network, Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), and the Progressive Democrats of America.

For more information, please visit MadDocsChicago.com and MadAsHellDoctors.com.

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