Scotus Health Care Decision: Faculty Quotes
July 11, 2012
Women's Studies professor Ruth Zambrana on the Supreme Court health care ruling.
Women's Studies professor Ruth Zambrana on the Supreme Court health care ruling.
By David Ottalini, UMD Newsdesk
Ruth Zambrana is the director of the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity at the University of Maryland and a professor in the Department of Women's Studies
"The Supreme Court's ruling Wednesday was a victory not only for public and medical health personnel but more importantly for the American people. In 1935 we lost an opportunity to assure the health of all Americans when the US withdrew its support from a national health insurance program that Western Europe adopted. Today 77 years later we witnessed the highest court understand the needs of our nation and vote to strengthen the core of the American people.
Good health is a necessity and must be available to all if we are to be a productive and healthy nation. We can now be assured that our future generations of Americans will have access to health care. No better legacy can be left for the future."