Reid to lead health reform rally at UNLV on Monday

A Democratic Party official says Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., will headline a health reform rally Monday evening at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Also at the event will be former CNN correspondent Veronica De La Cruz.

De La Cruz's story has been well chronicled; she waged an unsuccessful battle to help her brother Eric, of Las Vegas, who died July 4, receive a heart transplant.

According to De La Cruz's Web site: "De La Cruz was shocked to learn, however, that although covered under state Medicaid, Eric’s residence in a state with no transplant programs basically meant he could not get the treatment he needed. His application for federal Medicare was rejected twice and his final appeal would not be heard for a year, time he almost certainly did not have." Eric made it onto a transplant waiting list in California, but died a month later without having the operation.

The rally will be an invitation-only event.