PHA-Exchange> HR Brigades to Save Health Care in the USA

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From: <SAULELYDIS at aol.com>

> Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC)- USA Announces Plans
> for an Emergency Human Rights Brigade to Save Tenncare, Tennessee's
Medical Care
> Program
> Memphis Day Labor Project Holds Poor People's March and Rally, in the USA
>
> PPEHRC members from KWRU, the Nashville Homeless Power Project, and the
> Memphis Day Labor Project united last weekend in Memphis, Tennessee, USA
for two
> important events.  The weekend started with a rally to save Tenncare, the
> Tennessee state medical assistance program. The event was organized by the
Southern Christian  Leadership Conference and had strong representation from
allies in the  religious community. The state of Tennessee plans to cut
323,000 people from Tenncare, and to minimize the coverage for 396,000
others. The effort to eliminate  TennCare is considered to be a model for
the elimination of medical care for poor  and working families across the
United States.
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