New allies in health care fight
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Author: Flávio Casoy and Courtney Barry
People's Weekly World Newspaper, 10/04/07 15:40


Our nation’s health care crisis is in the public eye, and while Democratic presidential candidates, with the exception of Dennis Kucinich, are trying to appropriate the language of universal health care to win support for plans that don’t eliminate the private insurance industry, new opportunities for alliances and advocacy continue to appear.

Organizations that have previously focused on providing communities with educational services are rethinking their strategies and beginning to advocate systemic change.

For example, the American Cancer Society (ACS) recently announced it would dedicate its full $15 million advertising budget to promoting health care reform.

According to its web site, the ACS aims for a health care system that is no longer “segmented,â€