Progressive Voices

Can California beat the odds and ditch for-profit healthcare?


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THIS WEEK ON CODE WACK!
As Trump Administration attacks on public health care ramp up, what’s California doing to fight back? Can the state break free from a system that puts profits over patients — and build a truly universal, single-payer healthcare system? Or will political roadblocks and federal inaction keep us stuck in a broken status quo? Bottom line, how close can California - the 4th largest economy in the world - get to single payer on its own?
To find out, we spoke with Michael Lighty, president of Healthy California Now, who has organized, advocated and developed policy for single-payer Medicare for All nationally and in California for over three decades.
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