Pat talks to promising young Progressive Congressional Candidate Muad Hrezi, running for US Congress in CT-01, about the potential for transformational change that Medicare for All would provide for individuals, families, Unions, and small businesses. The benefits of a single payer system that were discussed included: negotiating drug prices to bring costs down, standardizing hospital costs, eliminating the costs to the system of uninsured or underinsured patients, and more. The potential boon to small businesses of having healthcare already covered for any employees was another topic discussed. In the midst of a deadly pandemic, with many insurance companies already starting to refuse coverage for Covid related expenses, the time to reimagine our healthcare system is now. A single payer system is the best way to reduce cost, improve outcomes, and ensure that resources are allocated based on need, not based on profit potential. 

In the open, Dan, CMoney, and Pat discussed the potential implications on healthcare of the upcoming Infrastructure bill and the "Build Back Better" bill that are currently being debated in Congress. 

You can learn more about Muad Hrezi here: https://hrezi.com/

or follow him on Twitter: @muadhrezi 

As always, this podcast was edited, mixed/mastered by audio production guru CMoney Burns. If you have audio that you want to publish with professional sound quality, connect with CMoney on twitter: @cmoneyburns