Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital? (Pt. 29) - March Against the Health Insurance Industry

10/26/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers Occupy Wall Street's, Healthcare for the 99%, as they lead a "March Against the Health Insurance Industry." Coverage picks up at final destination, St. Vincent's Hospital, as local activists from the Coalition for a New Village Hospital and Hands Off St. Vincents!, prepare to greet the marchers and conduct a teach-in.

Real estate developer Bill Rudin, has purchased the hospital property for approximately $260 million and has announced plans to build luxury condominiums. Also planned is an "urgent care center," which activists argue will leave the area without an adequately equipped full-fledged hospital.

More to come, stay tuned.

In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:

http://watclosingstvincentshospital.b...

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UPDATE:
Healthcare For The 99% - Last Hearing on St. Vincent's Hospital Being Turned into Luxury Condos
Meet: March 6th, 8am
http://owshealthcare.wordpress.com/20...

St. Vincent's Hospital: Timeline of a Crime / March 2010 - March 2012
http://prezi.com/uayvj2uyigms/st-vinc...
Related articles/links:

Healthcare for the 99% -- Occupy Wall St Working Group
http://owshealthcare.wordpress.com/

Daily Kos - Video of Healthcare for 99%/OWS March in NYC
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10...

DNAInfo: Village Hospital Coalition Joins Occupy Wall Street Protesters
http://dnainfo.com/20111003/greenwich...

DNAinfo.com - Luxury Condos in Former St. Vincent's Building to Hit the Market
http://dnainfo.com/20110926/greenwich...

PNHP - Doctors Support Occupy Wall Street Because Wall Street Is Occupying Health Care
http://www.pnhp.org/ows/index.php

Gotham Gazette - St. Vincent's Highlights Crunch for Hospitals Serving the Poor
http://gothamgazette.com/article/heal...

NY Magazine - St. Vincent's is the Lehman Brothers of Hospitals
http://nymag.com/news/features/68991/

Paul Krugman - NY Times - Patients Are Not Consumers
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011...

David Brooks - NY Times - Where Are the Liberals?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/opi...

Related sites:

Occupy Together
http://occupytogether.org/

Coalition for a New Village Hospital
http://demandahospital.blogspot.com/

Hands Off St. Vincent's!
http://handsoffstvincents.com


Hands Off St. Vincents Call for a New Hospital (Petition)
http://signon.org/sign/hands-off-st-v...

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