SEATTLE — Demonstrators from across Washington marched through Seattle streets Saturday, calling for affordable health care for all.
The event was called “Health Care for All in 2009 — Mothers Leading the Way.” The demonstrators held signs reading “Health care not health crisis,” and “Medicare for all.”
Organizers said the march from Seattle’s Central District to downtown was endorsed by scores of groups, including labor unions, health providers, small businesses and grassroots organizations.
One participant, Dorothy Dale, told KOMO-TV that she hopes the demonstration, along with similar ones around the country, will lead to health-care reform that she says the country has needed for a long time.
A rally also was held in Tacoma.
A national event is scheduled June 25 in Washington, D.C.
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