By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.
The 10-minute YouTube video found after the jump shows Dr. Andrew Coates of upstate New York, president of Physicians for a National Health Program, speaking at a program organized by Maryland’s Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign in Columbia, Md., on June 27.
Excerpt: “We need to claim our proper place in society and part of doing that is advocating for a national health program, nothing less than something that will provide comprehensive care for absolutely everyone.”
Watch Dr. Coates on restoring integrity and justice to the medical profession by fighting for universal health care, and hear his thoughts on why doctors can no longer stand for an exclusionary and privatized system.