Charlotte doctors host advocate of Medicare for all

Dr. Andrew Coates, a New York physician and immediate past president of Physicians for a National Health Program, will speak in Charlotte Thursday in support of a single-payer health plan. His free talk, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Myers Park Baptist Church, Heaton Hall, 1900 Queens Road, is sponsored by Health Care Justice-North Carolina. Coates will outline his reasons for favoring expansion of Medicare, the federal health program for seniors and the disabled, to cover all Americans. Karen Garloch

This story was originally published July 20, 2015 at 10:17 AM with the headline "Charlotte doctors host advocate of Medicare for all."