OFA L.A. Event - Medical Resident at County Hospital Discusses Need to Improve Public Health Care

Brittany De Klerk, a chief resident at L.A. County Hospital and an officer of the national Committee of Interns and Residents ( http://www.cirseiu.org/ ), discusses the shortcomings of the current "public option" -- health care for those without health insurance and those with Medicaid -- as in terms of its being catastrophic care instead of preventative care, which would be more humane and less expensive. Video clip is one of a series of the Sept. 3, 2009 Organizing for America ( http://barackobama.com ) event in Los Angeles shot by Doug Drenkow ( http://douglasdrenkow.com ), reporting for OpEdNews ( http://opednews.com ).

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News & Politics

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• public health
• Medicaid
• health insurance
• public option
• health care reform
• Organizing for America
• Congress