Minority groups launch health care campaign
As the Senate Finance Committee moves toward a vote on the health care reform bill later in the week, African American and Latino organizations have joined forces in a new ad campaign to make sure their voices are heard in the debate. We speak to Deepak Bhargava, executive director of the Center for Community Change, a grassroots organization dedicated to helping low-income people make an impact on public policy; and Dr. Herbert C. Smitherman Jr., assistant dean of Community and Urban Health at Wayne State University School of Medicine.
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