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From YouTube: Save Our Care Advocacy Rally
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Healthcare is an issue which is made up of millions of personal stories. To help share some of those stories, Major Walsh and Congressman Kennedy joined the "Drive for Our Lives" Team at City Hall Plaza for a rally about the importance of healthcare.
A
A
Health
care
for
all
is
a
non-profit
advocacy
organization
working
to
create
a
healthcare
system
that
provides
comprehensive,
affordable,
accessible
and
culturally
competent
care
to
everyone,
but
especially
the
most
vulnerable
among
us.
We
want
to
welcome
our
friends
from
the
save
my
care
bus
to
Boston
save
my
care
has
been
traveling
across
the
country
on
this
bus
to
lift
up
the
stories
from
those
most
affected
by
the
threats
to.
A
Since
January
we've
been
fighting
against
con
direct
congressional
attempts
to
repeal
the
Affordable,
Care
Act
and
dismantle
Medicaid
here
in
Massachusetts,
we
are
deeply
grateful
to
Mayor
Walsh,
congressman
Kennedy,
governor
Baker
and
the
entire
Massachusetts
congressional
delegation,
who
have
been
strong
and
consistent
voices
focused
on
protecting
consumers
and
keeping
these
federal
programs
strong.
But
this
fight
is
not
over.
You
will
hear
from
people
today
whose
health
coverage
is
at
risk,
along
with
providers,
elected
officials
and
other
champions
who
are
working
to
protect
our
care.
C
Thank
you
very,
very
much
Amy
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
coming
here
today.
I
also
want
to
thank
congressman,
Kennedy
Anton,
Gunn
who's
here,
first
as
well,
and
all
the
speakers
that
are
with
us
today.
Thank
you
for
coming
to
our
city
here
to
speak
on
this
important
issue.
I
want
to
thanks,
save
my
care
for
coming
to
Boston
today.
C
This
group
is
concerned,
passionate
group
of
people
who
came
here
after
the
election
to
protect
our
national
health
care
system
and
that's
something
that's
important
and
while
Congress
has
been
out
of
recess,
save
my
care
has
been
driving
across
our
country,
amplifying
the
people's
stories
and
sending
messages
about
health
care
being
a
fundamental
basic
human
right
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
that.
C
I
also
want
to
thank
the
Massachusetts
delegation
for
standing
up
for
health
care,
but
just
standing
up
for
every
single
thing
that's
been
going
on
here
in
this
country
over
the
last
year
year
and
a
half,
we
need
to
keep
that
we
should
clap
for
them.
They've
been
incredible
and
we
need
to
keep
this
momentum
moving
forward.
The
ACA
is,
you
all
know
as
say
as
survive.
Several
attempts
on
on
taking
its
life
quite
honestly
and
we're
gonna
continue
to
fight
so
that
plug
does
not
get
pulled.
C
C
Caps
on
premiums,
barriers
on
pre-existing
conditions,
vital
kids
will
be
stripped
from
our
seniors
and
low-income
people
and
other
vulnerable
populations.
Access
to
birth
control
for
over
a
million
women.
Millions
of
women
is
in
jeopardy
rollback
on
Medicaid
in
addiction,
treatment
in
the
middle
of
a
national
epidemic.
C
We're
seeing
what's
happening
in
Houston
right
now,
and
the
only
thing
that's
a
guarantee
for
the
folks
of
Houston
is
that
when
they
walk
into
a
doctor
they
they
have
health
coverage,
their
life's
turned
upside
down.
Sometimes
when
somebody,
when
you
have
a
sick
child
or
a
sick
parent,
your
life
gets
turned
upside
down
and
not
having
to
worry
about
the
expense,
because
you
have
insurance
is
a
relief
for
people.
So
we
want
to
keep
that
in
mind.
This
might
sound
dramatic
because
it
is
dramatic.
Health
care
hurts
our
entire
country.
C
If
we
can't
have
a
strong,
strong
economy,
if
our
workforce
isn't
healthy,
that's
not
gonna
happen.
We're
gonna
feel
those
effects
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
oftentimes
in
Boston.
We
say:
what's
not
gonna
happen
here
because
we're
home
to
world-class
hospitals.
We
all
know
that
if
the
ACA
is
appeal
repealed,
we
will
lose
jobs
in
Massachusetts,
I'm,
confident
that
our
Legislature
will
step
up
and
because
we
had
unit,
we
were
the
first
state
in
the
country
of
universal
health
insurance,
but
it
will
be
different.
It
will
affect
our
economy
will
affect
our
businesses.
C
It'll
affect
what's
happening
in
our
city
and
the
world,
we'll
also
potentially
lose
lose
life-saving
breakthroughs
that
are
happening
here
in
our
city.
I
can
honestly
say
today
that
I
wouldn't
be
here
today
as
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston
or
even
on
this
earth.
If
my
family
didn't
have
access
to
good
health
insurance,
when
I
was
a
kid
because,
at
the
age
of
seven
years,
old
I
was
diagnosed,
I
suffered
from
Burkitt's
lymphoma,
a
rare
form
of
childhood
cancer
back
when
I
had
it,
the
survival
rate
was
low.
C
I
well
I'm,
just
one
example
of
health
insurance
in
Boston
and
one
example
of
cancer
care
in
Boston.
Think
about
the
millions
of
children's
and
families
that
rely
on
Medicaid
and
other
forms
of
health
care
every
single
day
in
this
country,
children
who
are
fighting
against
all
the
odds,
they're
fighting
for
their
lives
and
as
a
nation.
We
cannot
and
should
not
and
will
not
fail
them.
I
hope
that
the
Republicans
and
the
Democrats
will
find
a
way
to
come
together
in
this
issue,
because
this
is
bigger
than
the
president.
C
This
is
bigger
than
the
Congress
or
any
branch
of
government.
It's
a
moral
issue.
We're
gonna
continue
to
hold
them
accountable.
We're
gonna
continue
to
fight
along
with
champions
like
congressman
Kennedy
behind
me.
We're
gonna,
keep
telling
our
stories
so
there's
no
way
that
members
of
Congress
and
when
I
say
this
I,
don't
mean
our
delegation
I'm
talking
outside
of
our
delegation
can
ignore
it.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today
and
I
truly.
Do
appreciate,
save
Mike
here.
A
D
Thank
You
mr.
mayor,
thank
you
for
having
us
this
morning.
Thank
you
for
your
inspiring
words
and
thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
stewardship
of
this
city
to
say
my
character,
Coalition
to
health
care
for
all
to
the
activists,
to
the
advocates
to
the
parents,
to
the
patients
to
the
doctors
that
have
made
today
possible
that
are
here
with
us
this
morning
that
made
certain
that
our
country
stood
up
to
a
misguided
and
painful
debate
over
health
care
and
that
we
stood
for
each
other
it
profound
in
deep.
Thank
you.
D
D
D
That's
what
this
debate
was
about
the
content
and
character
of
our
country
and
because
of
you,
because
of
some
of
the
parents
and
the
children
behind
us.
Our
country
came
off
better
for
it,
but
this
debate
is
not
over
and
this
risk
is
not
gone
as
one
of
your
members
of
Congress
I'm
here
before
you
to
say.
Please
keep
your
voices
up.
D
A
Thank
you
so
much
representative
Kennedy.
It
is
now
my
pleasure
to
introduce
Angela
Ortiz,
the
mother
of
a
child
with
special
healthcare
needs
and
the
founder
of
the
Massachusetts
pediatric
home
nursing
care
campaign.
She's
going
to
share
her
story
about
why
access
to
Medicaid
is
so
important
for
the
health
of
her
daughter
and
her
family.
E
Thank
you
Amy.
My
husband
and
I
were
so
excited
to
be
expecting
twin
girls.
Four
years
ago.
We
didn't
know
if
we
would
ever
be
able
to
have
children.
Due
to
his
leukemia
diagnosis.
Back
in
2010,
we
were
eager
to
end
a
very
scary
chapter
in
our
lives
and
start
a
new
little
did.
We
know
that
we
were
about
to
travel
down
the
most
heart-wrenching
path.
E
E
She
needed
heart
surgery
at
3
days
old,
and
that
would
be
the
first
of
many
uphill
battles.
Her
diagnosis
of
towns,
brock's
syndrome
resulted
in
her
having
a
heart
defect:
cleft
palate,
critical
airway,
low
vision,
hearing
loss
and
needing
to
be
fed
through
a
feeding
tube.
She
has
had
over
250
medical
appointments,
25
hospitalizations
5
surgeries,
and
she
is
currently
followed
by
18
specialists.
She
is
one
of
Massachusetts,
most
medically
complex
children.
E
Beyond
all
of
this,
she
is
still
a
child
with
her
own
personality
interests
and
feelings.
She
is
at
the
center
of
our
family,
inspiring
us
and
giving
us
greater
purpose.
This
road
has
not
been
an
easy
one,
but
there
is
one
thing
that
has
kept
our
family
afloat
and
that
is
Medicaid,
and
although
we
have
private
insurance,
Medicaid
is
what
pays
for
most
of
a
TLAs
interventions,
life-saving
equipment,
specialized
formula
medications
and
all
of
her
60
hours
of
skilled
nursing
at
home.
E
Medicaid
is
our
lifeboat,
and
I
can't
even
bring
myself
to
think
of
the
devastating
domino
effect
it
would
have
on
AILA's
life
and
our
entire
family.
If
we
didn't
have
it
at
a
time
when
the
GOP
is
shamelessly
working
to
strip
this
away
from
us,
I
am
reminded
of
the
strength
behind
AILA's
name,
which
means
oak
tree
and
the
encouragement
poem
by
Johnny
ray
Wright,
a
junior
that
has
always
given
me
fortitude.
E
It
reads:
a
mighty
wind
blue
night
and
day
it
stole
the
oak
trees
leaves
away
then
snapped
its
boughs
and
pulled
its
bark
until
the
oak
was
tired
and
stark,
but
still
the
oak
tree
hell
it's
ground,
while
all
other
trees
fell.
All
around
the
weary
wind
gave
up
and
spoke.
How
can
you
still
be
standing
oak?
E
The
oak
tree
said
I
know
that
you
can
break
each
branch
of
mining
to
carry
away
every
leaf,
shake
my
limbs
and
make
me
sway,
but
I
have
roots
stretched
in
the
earth
growing
stronger
since
my
birth
you'll
never
touch
them.
For
you
see
they
are
the
deepest
part
of
me
until
today,
I
wasn't
sure
of
just
how
much
I
could
endure,
but
now
I
found
with
thanks
to
you,
I'm
stronger
than
I
ever
knew.
E
A
Thank
you
so
much
Angela
for
sharing
your
powerful
story,
your
advocacy
work
and
your
beautiful
daughter
and
family
here
with
us
today.
Next
we
invite
Rhoda
Gibson
a
disability
rights
advocate
and
MassHealth
member
to
share
how
important
Medicaid
is
to
enabling
people
with
disabilities
to
remain
independent
and
in
the
community.
F
Fortunately,
I
have
friends
that
would
not.
Let
me
lose
my
spirit
in
2012
Medicaid
in
Massachusetts,
provided
the
services
and
supports
I
needed
to
live
independently
in
the
community
keyword
being
live
without
my
Medicaid
I
will
lose
my
section
8
PCA
services,
medical
equipment
and
supplies
and
all
the
things
I
need
for
basic
activities
of
daily
living.
F
A
G
Good
morning
and
thanks
to
the
grassroots
activists
and
resistance
we've
seen
around
the
country,
we
want
an
important
battle
in
the
Senate
last
month.
So
first
I'd
like
to
thank
everyone
here
and
the
millions
of
Americans
around
the
country
who
fought
the
GOP
plan
to
sabotage
our
health
care
system.
The
fight
is
not
over,
though
Republicans
are
still
committed
to
stripping
health
care
way
for
millions
Americans
just
to
score
political
corner.
G
We
know
that
President,
Trump
and
Republicans
in
Congress
remain
determined
to
take
away
health
care,
no
matter
how
reckless
it
is
or
how
many
millions
of
Americans
it
would
hurt.
We
know
it
because,
after
failing
to
pass
his
partisan
health
care
bill,
President
Trump
is
still
threatening
the
council
subsidy
payments
that
will
help
7
million
low,
lower
and
middle-income
Americans
to
afford
their
insurer.
G
We
here
today,
because
we
won't
let
Republicans
turn
back
the
clock
to
the
time
when
Americans
were
one
pre-existing
condition
or
illness
away
from
bankruptcy
at
the
nation's
second
largest
teacher
union
and
nurses,
union,
representing
more
than
130,000
health
care
professionals
and
nearly
1.7
million
members
in
total
I,
remember
see
the
positive
impact
of
the
Affordable
Care
Act
every
day
in
their
classrooms
and
their
hospitals
and
their
communities.
Now
members
see
what
happens
when
patients
delay
or
forgo
medical
care
because
they
can't
afford
it,
they
get
sicker
and
they
have
poor
outcomes.
G
Nurses
and
doctors
have
an
obligation
to
advocate
for
their
patients,
educate
them
about
the
disease,
prevention
and
management
and
treat
the
whole
person
so
that
people
can
thrive
and
contribute
to
their
communities.
Unfortunately,
the
GOP
health
care
beer
bill
undermines
our
ability
to
deliver
our
promise
to
provide
quality
to
all
our
patients.
G
There's
a
reason.
Every
major
nation,
physician
and
public
health
and
Hospital
organization
opposes
the
GOP
plan.
The
proposal
would
be
a
disaster
for
American
families.
It
raises
cuts,
coverage,
wakens
productions
and
ends
Medicare.
As
we
know
it,
the
plan
would
put
Poland
would
cut
thirteen
billion
in
federal
Medicaid
contribution
to
Massachusetts
of
the
next
decade.
The
plan
would
put
more
than
four
hundred
nine
thousand
Massachusetts
at
risk
of
and
coverage
more
than
60%
of
the
state
population.
G
Those
losses
would
be
felt
hardest
by
most
vulnerable
population
in
gauging
their
health
care,
55,000
children
and
34,000
people
and
disability
there's
a
reason
we
called
this
bill
cruel.
The
plan
would
slash
the
73
million
that
Massachusetts
schools
received
each
year
through
federal
Medicaid
funding,
which
cover
crucial
special
education
services
to
students
and
disabilities
for
nurses
and
health
care
professionals.
This
bill
would
mean
sicker
patients,
less
funding
for
the
hospitals,
for
parents
and
children
with
special
needs.
G
It
would
mean
losing
school-based
services
and
keep
their
children
safe
and
healthy
for
people
with
cancer
diabetes,
asmin
of
a
pre-existing
kissing.
It
would
mean
skyrocketing
premiums.
So
I
message.
It's
clear.
We
will
not
forget
the
GOP
voted
time
again
to
strip
health
care
for
millions
of
American.
217
Republicans
in
the
house.
49
Republicans
in
the
Senate
will
cut
our
care
and
we
will
hold
them
accountable.
G
Instead
of
undermining
Americans
health
care,
president
Trump
and
the
GOP
should
work
with
the
growing
number
of
senators
and
representatives
from
both
parties
that
want
to
fix
ACA
and
it's
our
responsibility
to
keep
up
that
pressure
on
a
lawmakers
until
all
Americans
can
access
high-quality,
affordable
health
care.
Thank
you.
A
H
Good
morning,
everyone,
my
name,
is
destiny
Tolliver
and
I'm.
A
pediatric
resident
physician
at
the
Boston
combined
residency
program,
so
I
take
care
of
children
and
families,
as
she
said,
at
Boston,
Medical
Center,
and
at
Boston,
Children's
Hospital,
everyday
I've
provided
care
to
hundreds
of
children,
hundreds
of
children
and
families
for
everything,
ranging
from
routine
checkups
to
prolonged
hospital
stays,
and
my
patients
range
from
Boston
natives
to
people
from
all
over
the
country
and
from
all
over
the
world
who
come
to
Boston
seeking
excellent
care.
H
One
patient
that
I've
seen
recently
has
complex
medical
needs
that
were
identified
soon
after
birth
he's
less
than
two
months
old
and
already
he
needs
special
formulas
medications.
Frequent
lab
testing
and
follow-up
with
multiple
sub
specialists,
with
access
to
health
care
and
good
care
coordination
supports
for
his
family.
He
has
the
potential
to
thrive
and
do
well
and
grow
up.
Another
patient
I
care
for
was
born
three
months
early
and
he
required
a
breathing
tube
and
a
feeding
tube,
but
with
the
excellent
care
that
he
received
in
the
neonatal
intensive
care
unit.
H
He's
now
a
healthy,
active
toddler
running
all
over
the
running.
All
over
the
exam
room
coming
in
for
his
vaccines
and
for
his
routine
screening,
as
well
as
for
the
occasional
cold
both
of
these
children
are
covered
by
Medicaid.
Medicaid,
provides
health
care
coverage
to
30
percent
of
the
children
in
Massachusetts,
making
it
the
largest
single
insurer
of
children
in
our
state.
H
So,
when
I
hear
about
policies
that
threaten
Medicaid
coverage,
I
think
of
the
children
I
described
for
you,
as
well
as
many
of
the
patients
I,
see
every
day
who
rely
on
this
coverage
to
access
the
care
that
they
need
in
order
to
grow
up
healthy
and
strong.
When
I
hear
about
people
trying
to
repeal
the
Affordable
Care
Act
I.
H
No
parents
should
have
to
choose
between
their
own
medications
and
making
sure
that
their
children
are
healthy,
have
a
healthy
meal
and
have
a
roof
over
their
heads
Medicaid
and
the
Affordable
Care
Act
work
together
to
bring
high
quality,
affordable
care
to
these
families.
To
my
patients
and
I'm,
not
alone
in
this
already
millions
of
Americans,
including
health
care
workers
around
the
country,
have
been
working
hard
to
stop
the
repeal
of
the
ACA
and
halt
any
cuts
to
Medicaid.
H
A
B
Good
morning,
everyone
I
am
so
excited
to
be
here
again.
My
name
is
Anton
Gunn
I'm,
a
board
member,
we're
community
catalyst,
a
former
senior
official
in
the
Obama
administration,
who
worked
hard
every
day
to
make
the
Affordable
Care
Act
become
a
reality
I'm
here
today.
Thank
you,
I'm
here
today,
because
I've
been
on
this
bus
for
the
last
couple
days,
traveling
the
country
with
great
passionate
people
who
care
as
much
about
health
care
as
I
do
because
it
is
now
a
right
in
the
United
States
of
America
to
have
health
care.
B
It
is
no
longer
a
privilege
and
we're
blessed
to
be
in
a
city
that
has
incredible
leadership
who
supports
health
care.
Mayor
Walsh
supports
health
care,
we're
blessed
to
be
in
a
state
that
has
a
governor
that
supports
healthcare,
we're
blessed
to
be
in
a
state.
They
have
congressmen
like
congressman
Kennedy
and
the
entire
delegation
that
supports
healthcare.
B
What
we
have
in
Massachusetts.
What
we
have
in
the
city
is
something
called
leadership
leadership.
It's
understanding
that
you
have
to
do
what
is
right
and
responsible
for
the
people
that
you
serve,
that
it
doesn't
matter
about
the
politics.
It's
not
about
the
art
behind
your
name
or
the
deep
behind
your
name
or
the
red
jersey
or
the
blue
jersey.
It's
about
right
and
it's
about
wrong
and
it's
about
stopping
wrong
and
doing
right
and
we
are
blessed
to
be
in
a
place
that
has
leadership
that
understands
what
the
right
thing
to
do
is.
B
But
we
need
to
remember
yes,
we
need
to
remember
that
this
battle
is
just
a
battle.
It
is
not
the
war,
because
the
President
of
the
United
States
and
several
leaders
in
Congress
have
vowed
to
repeal
and
replace
the
ACA
at
all
cost
and
if
they
can't
do
it
by
policymaking,
they'll
do
it
by
rulemaking
by
undermining
the
opportunity
for
people
to
get
coverage.
But
we
are
here
today
to
make
sure
that
does
not
happen
in
this
country.
B
B
Dr.
Martin,
Luther,
King
jr.,
said
everyone
can
be
great
because
everyone
can
serve.
So
the
question
is:
what
are
you
doing
to
serve
those
around
you
in
your
community
to
make
sure
that
they
understand
that
health
care
is
always
a
priority
for
every
person
and
when
I
say
a
priority?
I
fundamentally
believe
that,
in
order
for
you
to
live
out
your
god-given
potential,
given
to
you,
you
have
to
be
healthy
in
your
body.
B
You
have
to
be
healthy
in
your
mind
and
we
have
to
be
healthy
in
our
communities
in
our
cities
across
this
country
we
have
to
be,
and
so,
as
a
leader,
what
are
you
going
to
do
to
serve
to
make
sure
that
stays
a
reality
for
every
person?
Every
life
that
you
touch?
We
all
touch
lives
in
some
way,
shape
or
form,
so
a
leader
must
first
serve.
B
B
We
have
to
be
vigilant
in
this
way,
so
we're
not
going
to
let
them
turn
back
the
clock,
we're
going
to
make
sure
they
understand
that
the
power
rests
with
each
one
of
us,
because
we
know
how
to
serve.
We
know
how
to
empower
and
by
God
we're
going
to
do
our
part
to
make
sure
we
leave
a
legacy
for
those
that
come
after
us
again.
B
A
Thank
You
Anton
and
thank
you
to
all
of
our
speakers
from
this
morning,
I
think
we
were
able
to
hear
from
elected
officials
providers
other
champions
about
the
importance
of
working
to
protect
our
care.
But
now
we
have
some
action
steps
that
we
need
to
do
to
ensure
that
Angela's
daughter
continues
to
get
the
coverage
she
needs
that
Rhoda
can
continue
to
live
independently
and
then
millions
of
people
across
the
country
who
rely
on
the
AC
and
Medicaid
for
coverage
are
not
forgotten.
So
here's
what
we
need
you
all
to
do.
A
First,
as
we
have
said
multiple
times
today,
we
are
very
fortunate
in
Massachusetts
that
our
delegation
is
committed
to
the
gains
we've
made
in
health
care.
Please
take
the
time
to
call
your
members
of
Congress
your
Senators
and
thank
them
for
their
leadership
on
this
issue
and
ask
that
they
continue
to
remain
strong.
A
A
Call
your
relatives
and
friends
in
other
states
and
talk
to
them
about
why
health
care
is
so
important
to
all
of
us,
ask
them
to
reach
out
to
their
members
of
Congress
and
share
their
personal
stories,
and
last,
please
visit
the
health
care
for
all
website
at
WWF,
AMA
org,
to
join
our
efforts
here
in
Massachusetts,
or
take
your
phones
out
right
now
and
text
our
lives
one-word
our
lives.
Two
five,
two
eight
eight
six
to
get
connected
with
larger
national
efforts.