<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Nicholas Lusiani</b> <<a href="mailto:nlusiani@escr-net.org">nlusiani@escr-net.org</a>><br>crossposted from: <a href="mailto:escr-Right-to-Health@yahoogroups.com">escr-Right-to-Health@yahoogroups.com</a><br>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">Today NESRI, along with the National Health Law Program, releases a human rights assessment of the presidential nominees' health care plans entitled, <em><span>Human Right to Health Care: Nominees' Plans Lag Behind Public Demands</span></em>.  The nominees' plans currently rely on market competition to solve the current health care crisis, without addressing how markets could be incentivized to put health protection ahead of profits.  The assessment compares the plans and suggests some basic steps the nominees could take towards meeting human rights standards.</span></p>

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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">To see the press release, visit, <a title="http://www.nesri.org/programs/PressRelease_Human_Care_Assessment2.pdf" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.nesri.org/programs/PressRelease_Human_Care_Assessment2.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nesri.org/programs/PressRelease_Human_Care_Assessment2.pdf</a></span></p>

<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">To see the human rights assessment, visit <a title="http://www.nesri.org/Human_Rights_Assessment2.pdf" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.nesri.org/Human_Rights_Assessment2.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nesri.org/Human_Rights_Assessment2.pdf</a></span></p>

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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For any comments or feedback on the assessment please contact Anja Rudiger at <a title="mailto:anja@nesri.org" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:anja@nesri.org" target="_blank">anja@nesri.org</a> or 212.285.1723.</span></p>

<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Anja Rudiger</span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Right to Health Program Director</span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Joint Program of the National Economic &amp; Social Rights Initiative and</span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">National Health Law Program</span></p>
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