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Featuring Michael Lighty, founding fellow of the Sanders Institute and former healthcare constituency director for Bernie 2020:

What’s holding the U.S. back from Medicare for All? (Hint: It’s not just Trump.) What about California? In this second episode in a podcast series with host Brenda Gazzar, Michael Lighty, founding fellow of the Sanders Institute and former healthcare constituency director for Bernie 2020, discusses the political obstacles to winning single payer and the essential connection to the issue of racial equity in health care.

Will “a little bit of this and a little bit of that” solve America’s healthcare problems? Is COVID-19 a game-changer in the fight for single-payer? In this first episode of a podcast series with host Brenda Gazzar, Michael Lighty discusses the Medicare-for-All movement and the Democratic Party’s new unity task force.

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Time for much reflection. Thinking about family, friends--- the paths we've taken over the years. All roads for me this morning lead to the love and gratitude I feel for the life I have lived and the family and friends that I am blessed with. I came upon a song I wrote a while back and it just felt right to share. To all my sisters and brothers out there... I'm with you.....

Patients and healthcare professionals deserve better. The nations healthcare system is broken!

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With us for this podcast is Executive Director of Business for Medicare for All, Daniel Barlow. “The employer-based health insurance system hurts economic growth, suppresses wages, and creates a stagnant workforce,” Barlow said. “Options like Medicare for All don’t just improve public health, they also improve our economy". Business for Medicare for All is comprised of business owners nationwide who believe Medicare for All must be the top policy priority of American business. For more information visit We comprise business owners nationwide who believe Medicare for All must be the top policy priority of American business. We comprise business owners nationwide who believe Medicare for All must be the top policy priority of American business.

For more information visit http://www.businessformedicareforall.org.

Are American businesses looking to ditch the current health insurance system? Executive Director of Business for Medicare for All Daniel Barlow gives us the answer to that question. For decades, a “good job” has been one that includes benefits – primarily health insurance. When most Americans worked full-time for a single employer and health care costs were lower, that worked fine. But these days, the average American will have 12 jobs over the course of their lifetime.

The Truth about Social Security: The Founders' Words Refute Revisionist History, Zombie Lies, and Common Misunderstandings. That's quite a title and author and President of Social Security Works, Nancy Altman means every word of it. In the book, she uses the founder's own words to debunk myths and reveal the truth about the most popular and successful government program in our nation's history.

Ben Day is no stranger to the National Single Payer movement. He currently serves as Executive Director of Healthcare NOW and prior to taking on this role he was the Executive Director of MASS-Care, the Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care, for eight years.

Listen as Ben gives a short overview of the differences between a "public option" and "Medicare for All".

All Myths aside the case for Medicare for All is getting stronger every day. "“We need to destroy once and for all the preposterous myth that the so-called “free market” will ever be capable of delivering the health system we need if we are to remain an economic super power”, said Richard Masters one of the founders of the Business Initiative for Health Policy, an independent, nonpartisan policy focused on public education and advocacy to advance the business and economic rationale for Medicare for All in the U.S.