Med Students Call for National Insurance.Boston On May 2, more than 100 medical students from Harvard, Tufts, and Boston University Boston University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1839, chartered 1869, first baccalaureate granted 1871. It is composed of 16 schools and colleges. gathered at the Massachusetts State House The Massachusetts State House, also called the New State House, is the state capitol and seat of government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is located at Boston in the Beacon Hill neighborhood. . The candlelight vigil A candelight vigil is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset. Such events are typically held either to protest at the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of lives lost to some disease, disaster, massacre or other tragedy. hoped to draw attention to the forty-four million Americans who are without health insurance. The future practitioners belong to the American Medical Student Association American Medical Student Association, n.pr the largest independent organization of medical students in the United States. Local and national initiatives led by this group involve medical education, patient and student advocacy, health policy, public , which supports a national health care plan. For more information, call the American Medical Student Association at (703) 620-6600 or visit www.amsa.org. |
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