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"Health is a Human Right, not a commodity!" Prof. Eduardo A Espinosa

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Prof. Eduardo A Espinosa F., MD, MPH, Former Dean of the School of Medicine, Secretary for National and International Relations of the University of El Salvador, Public Health Researcher

Question: You participated in the People’s University on Political Economy and the Right to Health, what was your experience?

Eduardo A Espinosa:

In developing countries such as ours, we are going astray from the necessary achievement of development and health for All. The value of a school like that is to share experiences and to train a new generation in the struggle so that the movement for the Right to Health can be expanded and become more powerful. Inequities among people will never be reduced unless the social and economic determinants of health are also addressed.

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"USA: Towards a safe universal health care reform?" Jennifer Dingman PULSE, Colorado

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Jenni, a long time patient safety leader and advocate, is also actively engaged in the American movement for universal health care coverage. She campaigned for Obama, attended the Denver Democratic convention with her son, Joey, a leader in the youth for Obama movement during the campaign. She hopes that a powerful grass root movement will convince the President to make the right choices.

Q: Could you explain what the Single Payer movement is about?

Jennifer Dingman:  The Single Payer movement has been in existence for nearly 20 years officially, but it goes back much further from what I have been told.   The movement began with a group of physicians who felt that having a system similar to that in England would best serve all players involved, providers, patients and facilities.

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