Citing the persistence of thousands of preventable deaths each year due to lack of health insurance, students at more than twenty medical schools will hold teach-ins, rallies and candlelight vigils on Oct. 1, 2015 to bring national attention to “our failing healthcare system” and the need for single-payer health reform.

The Census Bureau says number of uninsured has dropped to 33 million in wake of Affordable Care Act.

But the Census Bureau is silent on problems of rising deductibles, copays, coinsurance and narrow networks that deter people from seeking care.