Michael Lighty, Policy Director for National Nurses United, makes the case for Medicare For All and points out the gap between the Democratic “base” and its “donors.” Plus Ralph tells us about his new book, “To The Ramparts: How Bush and Obama Paved the Way For the Trump Presidency and How It’s Not Too Late to Change Course.” Plus, listener questions!
Will Democrats Fight for Medicare For All?
I question how stupid the citizens can be ? US can pay billions to bomb the world but somehow can’t find the funds to maintain a healthy citizenery. Do these people understand that all costs(-profit) are absorbed by all with health care policy’s. This means no matter what you think you know- US health care will continue to cost more and degrade in performance.My question is This is what they want??
+Fluffy Bunny I stand in solidarity with you
Jim Rogers, same here.
john james, I many friends in Canada & they love their healthcare.
Jim Rogers your comment is confusing – “sit?” WTF?
Jim Rogers MMT / fiat money can be printed by government any time for any purpose they want – check out The Real Progressives on YT. We got rid of gold standard under Nixon but nobody in gov explains this to people. You are misinformed
15:00…that’s the question. Shame on corporate media. I know why they don’t mention it, but can’t understand why Bernie and the like can’t explain this clearly…instead of slogan-like platitudes.
“How do we pay for that?”
A: start with the nearly two trillion you’re using now for subsidies.
The correct answer is: just like all federal spending… keystrokes on a computer.
I don’t know where you have been but your distain for Sanders is shining. Sanders has explained and very clearly.
+Janette Shultz …distain? I’m just saying I’ve never heard him specifically state the health expenditure subsidies quote…or focus on Canada.
When someone says Scandinavia, swing voters get more easily brainwashed against it.
I’d vote Bernie for PM of Canada…
They won’t, because they are bought by the corporate oligarchs, just like the Republicans.
Puppets that the banksters and the minions practice, control with no soul.
+public domain yes, welcome to the owners of the system and they wont give up thier power willingly, and even if they lose power, you can bet that another set of gangsters and criminal cartel will be there to take it.
18:58 Sorry, this idea that a Wall St. speculation or transaction tax has anything to do with health care or health insurance is economic nonsense. First of all, federal taxes don’t fund spending, so you don’t need any tax at all to “pay for” M4A. The more important point is that this type of tax is a Pigovian tax which means that if it is successfully enforced, it will reduce the activity and “revenue” (the taxes collected, not really revenue at all) will be reduced if not eliminated. The whole idea is economically illiterate.
Yep, they can just print the money to pay if they wanted to, but I do not want a socialist medical plan, and I do not like the big pharma cartel or the insurance cartel either
Ha, ha, I was playing bridge while listening! Hardly expected Ralph to weigh in on how I was spending my time! And he did so like only Ralph can: “a complete sub-economy of delightful leisure.” 🙂
lol 49:43
amy not funny! you are the problem
sandy hardly the first time i’ve heard that! have you been talking to my bridge partner?
I noticed your Facebook post isn’t there for today yet. Just a FYI !
David Feldman has been having “Technical difficulties” his entire life! what does that mean, i don’t know!.
Get Mr Nader a microphones that let’s him sound like he’s in the studio. It’s silly to sound like he’s on a telephone in the back up a pool hall. Good show otherwise.
Tom S.
Make it a horror flick. Base it on, a tale of two cities, the rats eat Washington DC. Problem solved. Of course, the good guys find a way out. Is that possible?
He could be a secret plot of a super rush of rats that will emerge to eat the entire planet. The funny thing is, everyone think the problem is in the middle east win, is the reason Africa is splitting into two. Massive rats emerge from a deep fisher near the core and emerge to find a bounty of feast.
Isn’t that how our government behaves?
capitalism has become viscious and violent socialism will be the same
You obviously don’t read much. Watch too much fox news / cnn.
+Kevin T Honestly I would embrace a Canadian type system. I know many canadians and they love it and are very honest of its shortcoming s. The truth is more Americans leave the USA to GET affordable health care then come to the USA FOR healthcare. That is for the rich and they do come .
whatever you say pal
At this point, I wonder if they Democrats will even fight for Medicare for those over 65 or for Social Security.
I benefited from the medic-aid system to get through cancer treatment, as ACA was being debated, back when. Had to jump hoops and be just the right age and position to hold on my life let alone material assets and liabilities. Being taxed for war is what is sucking the life out of
everything that is precious and worthy of living. I’ll be voting with focus and clarity on a goal that progresses life sustainable, and at this point, mitigating remedies, to current looming issues.
public domain bless you & hope you are well but we cannot settle for less than single payer. Vote out all Repubs & corporate dems & vote Green down ticket & local
Fwk..utube makes it hard..to find this stuff…
Try searching with Google.
9% pay raise is something needed for the working class, too. On average the working class will get a 9% increase in pay, with Medicare for All.
Dem corporate fakers vote to support GOP (and ISRAEL) in destroying life for all Americans. Beyond S A D.
sPatricia So vote them out
Medicare is not a single payer plan. Like the Affordable Healthcare Act, it is not affordable. Ask any senior citizen. I hope no one pushes for Medicare for all. Medicaid is the true single payer healthcare plan. Medicare has high deductible, co-pays and premiums. Medicaid has none of those. The Affordable Healthcare Act was written by the insurance lobbyist. It was the insurance companies bailout, their TARP. It too like Medicare is not single payer healthcare plan.
Medicaid in its original form did not contain insurance companies. Insurance companies are a major source of the damage to America’s healthcare system. They have nothing to do with healthcare. They take a cut of the money that would have gone to the healthcare provider as their profits. It is the healthcare provider that gives healthcare. Insurance companies are banks. They have nothing to do with healthcare. They collect deposits called premiums. Unlike other banks, insurance companies are not required to give back any of the premiums. Medicaid in its original form frees our healthcare from the financial industry’s banks called insurance companies.
The state of Georgia’s candidate Stacey Abrams is pushing Medicaid for all. She as many Black and Brown people know that Medicaid is better for all than Medicare. Medicaid has many cost savers like price negotiation. If generics are available, Medicaid requires that prescriptions be filled with the generics. Medicare has no negotiation for the cost of prescriptions. Medicaid has a fraud unit. Many poor receiving Medicare have to apply for Medicaid to make ends meet. So why not start with Medicaid in the beginning. Anyone having used both Medicare and Medicaid knows Medicaid is the true single payer plan
Stop pushing pushing health insurance and push true single payer. How did we become so brainwashed to equate healthcare with insurance? If insurance company’s policies are killing us, why are you pushing health insurance? Many healthcare providers, especially private physicians are against health insurance. Stop putting the word “insurance” with the word “healthcare.”
A friend corrected my post of this data:Hemsley at time of retiring made 18.45 million. D. Wickman makes 17.4, and it’s a non profit. So are your figures of 60 mil made up mostly of compensations? I’m losing an argument out here with these figures. 1,887 CEOs at 2,681 hospitals avg compensation $600,000. Rural hospitals $118,000. 2015 figures.
karen, good question & what about prisoners? why can’t they vote? or ex felons?
The democrats have a bad track record of doing things for the working classes.
I appreciated Michael Lighty’s comment regarding Canada’s Medicare enhancing their national unity, it caused me to see why the mainstream media constantly deflects, digresses, and lies about single payer healthcare in the US on behalf of their corporate advertisers. The division of citizens in this nation is key to the corporate interests’ continued profits. Bottom line is that single payer healthcare success will likely pave the way for other successes in reining in corporate dominance in government.