Sameer Dossani
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Sameer Dossani is the Director of Amnesty International's Demand Dignity
Campaign. Prior to joining Amnesty in 2009, Sameer served as Director of 50
Years Is Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice which campaigns
for the radical reform of international financial institutions including
the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

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Human Rights Missing from Health Care Debate

Posted August 31, 2009 | 15:30:34 (EST)

Though Alyce Driver worked three jobs, none of them provided health insurance. Regular teeth cleaning and yearly physicals for her five children were a luxury she could not afford. One day her twelve-year-old son Deamonte complained of a headache. Seven weeks later, Deamonte was dead.

The diagnosis? An abscessed tooth.

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