Washington, D.C. residents and others have gathered today for a rally for health care and science funding. The event is a direct response to the Trump administration’s attacks against public welfare programs, colleges, and research funding. Freezing medical and other research funding and prohibiting federal health organizations from communicating key information with the public? That’s a good enough reason to get a crowd of people out in the streets. The ongoing peaceful gathering has featured a variety of speakers, including healthcare professionals and people with disabilities.
D.C. Still Cares About Health and Science
Voices rising in protest against Trump have been common, be they words on a banner or at a rally microphone. The D.C. rally for health care is only one such protest in the past few weeks. The protests follow a series of attacks by the Trump administration against virtually all avenues of public health. The installment of anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist RFK Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services has only spurred on calls to action.
A variety of speakers took the mic at the D.C. rally for health care, testifying to the importance of health care for everyone. Whether someone is a medical professional, lives with a disability, or simply values a society that cares for all of its people, this is one of the most important issues in the U.S. A sign on the podium behind the speakers summarized a core message for many,
Our Health Care Is Not For Sale!
There’s been a spotlight on America’s discriminatory and exploitative healthcare system for a long time. The assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson only brightened it. The public response to that event made one thing obvious. Many people are done being bullied by greedy insurance companies and the capitalist lawmakers that back them.
