Pearl korn biography

It is with a heavy heart that I write this email. PDA’s dear friend and longtime Medicare For All advocate, Pearl Korn, has lost her battle with cancer. To the end, she remained an activist for better healthcare and for better treatment of both patients and the caregivers who attend them in a system that too often prioritizes profit over decency and equity.

It is fitting that this brief profile of Pearl occurs during Women’s History Month, as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is in the confirmation process for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, making history for women across America.

Pearl was an indomitable force for transformative healthcare reform, and yet her lifelong efforts remain unknown to most Americans. Like so many women, she lived and worked and advocated for her issues with no thought toward personal fame or reward, spurred by the need to make the world better for others.

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