So it took, literally, my uncle getting a death sentence before he was able to get health insurance. That health care gets him out of those free clinics and into an actual cancer clinic in Illinois. But they can’t tap into any health care system, because at that time, there really isn’t any organized health care system to speak of. jeneen interlandiBut this time, under Montague Cobb’s leadership, the nation’s black doctors come out in full force to support Medicare. And their message is what it’s been for a long time: Health care is a human right, and that any program that expands access to health care is the duty of a free and democratic society.

Source: New York Times January 23, 2020 23:37 UTC