Quentin Young Endorses DAPAC

Recently Dr. Quentin Young contacted DAPAC's office to inquire as to what questions are on our candidate questionnaire regarding universal health care. After finding out the answer he was thrilled enough to contribute to DAPAC and to endorse our cause.

Dr. Quentin Young is the national coordinator for Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), which has more than 10,000 physicians as members who support single payer national health insurance. Dr. Young has been a leader in public health policy and social justice issues for several decades. In 1980, he founded the Health & Medicine Policy Research Group. In 1997, he was inducted as a Master of the American College of Physicians, and in 1998 he served as President of the American Public Health Association.

In addition to these positions he has held a career as a distinguished physician and is good friends with documentary filmmaker Michael Moore. Recently Dr. Young has been helping Moore promote his new film, “Sicko,” across the country. In this documentary Moore points out the many problems with America's health care industry and the problems inherent in the corporate takeover of medicine in this country.

When we informed Dr. Young that one of our questions to candidates before he or she receives our endorsement was, “Do you support publicly funded universal health care,” he said that was precisely the question we should be asking of our politicians.

With such an influential leader in the field of health care agreeing with DAPAC's strong stance, it is clear that an endorsement from DAPAC means that a candidate will be committed to fighting for sensible, affordable, and better health care for all Americans.