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Occupy Portland teams up with health care reform groups for rally, march for universal health care | OregonLive.com
At Pioneer Square, organizer Dr. Paul Gorman, part of Mad As Hell Doctors, asked the marchers to talk about why they were mad as hell. A father lamented that he chooses between $400 monthly multiple sclerosis medication for himself or food for his four children. A 4-year temporary worker at the Oregon Zoo still doesn't have benefits. A former medical transcriptionist never had health care through years of working in the health care industry.
"It's outrageous that while the 1 percent make record profits, the 99 percent are an illness away from bankruptcy," Gorman, an OHSU doctor, said.
"It's time to get the 1 percent out of the way so we can get the health care every Oregonian deserves."
At Pioneer Square, organizer Dr. Paul Gorman, part of Mad As Hell Doctors, asked the marchers to talk about why they were mad as hell. A father lamented that he chooses between $400 monthly multiple sclerosis medication for himself or food for his four children. A 4-year temporary worker at the Oregon Zoo still doesn't have benefits. A former medical transcriptionist never had health care through years of working in the health care industry.
"It's outrageous that while the 1 percent make record profits, the 99 percent are an illness away from bankruptcy," Gorman, an OHSU doctor, said.
"It's time to get the 1 percent out of the way so we can get the health care every Oregonian deserves."