[MarignyBywater] New Orleans City Council rejects healthcare discrimination - See it on YouTube!

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New  Orleans City Council rejects healthcare  discrimination - See it on 
YouTube! 

National Coalition for  Dually Eligible People 
Sheldon Hersh, MD,  President 
On December 18, 2008,  the New Orleans City Council unanimously rejected 
Louisiana healthcare policy which discriminates against  elderly and disabled poor 
people in New  Orleans and elsewhere. 
To view the City Council  presentation on YouTube,  
Click on _http://www.nacdep.org/presentation.html_ 
(http://www.nacdep.org/presentation.html) .   
See how Louisiana healthcare  policy  
    *   decreases healthcare access and  increases disparities in health 
care.  
    *   disproportionately harms elderly  African Americans and mentally and 
physically disabled people.   
    *   makes it illegal for poor Medicare  beneficiaries to receive the same 
benefits as wealthy beneficiaries, even  though everyone paid taxes and 
purchased the same Medicare benefits.   
    *   heightens New Orleans mental  health crisis.  
    *   causes a doctor drain out of poor  neighborhoods.  
    *   penalizes Orleans, Jefferson, St.  Bernard, and Plaquemines Parishes 
more than 60 other parishes.   
    *   harms 108,000 elderly and disabled  people in Louisiana and 5 million 
people  across the United  States.

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