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Now is the time in the congressional calendar before bills are re-introduced when we can make necessary changes in the proposed single payer legislation.

Bernie Sanders’s proposal to create a national emergency health insurance plan could have a transformative effect on the national health care debate, long after the COVID pandemic is over. But that plan, along with any other progressive policies, will be rendered moot if Joe Biden sticks to his insistence on seeking Republican support in Congress.

National Improved Medicare for All? Free Market? Public Option? The American Conversation Series: Healthcare — An Issue of Our Time from the Stubblefield Institute. Details here. Be sure to register and submit your questions ahead of time. September 21, 6:30–8:00pm via Zoom and Facebook Live

This National Nurses United call is to learn more about the basics of Medicare for All and the national campaign to win it.

By Maggie Mills — A recent study by Yale epidemiologists found that Medicare-for-All would prevent 68,000 deaths a year. These 68,000 deaths are not quiet, peaceful deaths. They are gasping-for-air, writhing-in-pain, bleeding out, wasting, violent, gruesome deaths. These deaths often follow extended periods of physical pain, emotional distress, and financial ruin. The same study found that Medicare-for-All would save the United States 45 billion dollars annually. ...

Reserve your free ticket for The American Conversation Series: Healthcare- The Issue of Our Time on March 12, 6:30pm, at the Frank Center Theater. Single-payer proponent, Richard Master, of Businesses for Medicare for All, is on the panel. He produced the film Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point.