Occupy St. Vincent’s flyer seen in the West Village

On Wednesday, October 26th, various groups focused on healthcare and health insurance issues will join with Occupy Wall Street for a series of demonstrations and teach-ins under the name “Occupy St. Vincent’s”. The group is named after the former hospital in the West Village, which was famous for its service during 9/11 and its controversial closing, which left the West Village area without an urgent care facility.

The full text of the flyer is printed below:

The Coalition for a New Village Hospital joins
#Occupy Wall Street and
Healthcare for the 99% Working Group and
Hands Off St. Vincent’s to

#Occupy St. Vincent’s

A Teach-in on the direction of health care in New York and the USA and a call to restore a hospital at the site of St. Vincent’s

Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 5:30 PM
At the site of the old St. Vincent’s Hospital
7th Avenue at West 12th Street

Teach-in participants will be joined at 6:00 PM by marchers from the March Against the Health Insurance Industry organized by Healthcare for the 99%

March Details:
* 4:00 PM Zuccotti Park/Liberty Plaza – Share your personal struggles with our healthcare system
* 4:30 PM Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield / One Liberty Plaza – Located across the street from Zuccotti Park, Empire is a subsidiary of WellPoint, the largest publicly-traded health insurance company.
* 5:30 PM WellCare / 110 5th Ave: the for-profit company that administers Medicaid and Medicare Advantage programs in New York and other states. Currently being investigated for fraud with estimates that WellCare illegally siphoned $400 million to $600 million from state health insurance programs for the poor.
* 6:00 PM Teach-in at St. Vincent’s Hospital

Don’t allow our hospital to be turned into luxury Condos for the 1%
Stand Up. Fight Back. Teach In.

For more information, visit:
demandahospital.blogspot.com or OWShealthcare.wordpress.com
facebook.com/demandahospital Twitter: #OccupyStVincents