it did not include any rights to access health-care that geraldine smith demanded, these bills certainly did not recognize a right to health care but they did represent a turning point, the voices of patients could no longer be ignored. welfare mother's invasion of a hospital meeting in 1970 brought the language of patient's rights into the mainstream health system for the first time. my second example fits well with last night's keynote address, an activist from the flight named olga maddar who started working in auto plants in 1970 and first female member of the united autoworkers. she was one of the first co-founders of the coalition of labor union women and she became a president in 1974. as president of clue, she led the first national campaign against discrimination against women in the private health-insurance industry. in a speech reported in newspapers around the country she announced insurance companies were charging women premiums as much as 160% higher than men. insurers justified the practice by arguing women have higher health costs. they describe us as clunkers like old ca