KALW San Francisco, Your Call, May 12, 2021
On this edition of Your Call, host Rose Aguilar took questions about what an improved and expanded Medicare for All system would look like. How will it work and how will we get there?
The U.S. spends more on health care than any other industrialized nation, but it ranks last in health care access and quality, according to the Health System Tracker. One in 10 Americans have no health care coverage at all. More Americans lack access to health care than citizens in any other wealthy country. Health care advocates say Medicare for All is the only solution.
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Guests:
Dr. Micah Johnson, physician, health care researcher and co-author of Medicare For All: A Citizenās Guide
Phillip Kim, community organizer with the California Nurses Association / National Nurses United campaign for Medicare for All
Web Resources:
Jacobin, Jonathan Michels: Winning Medicare for All Would Have Massive Implications Beyond Health Care
Data for Progress, Sanjay Kishore & Micah Johnson: EXPAND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS TO HEAL THE NATION
CNN, Abdul El-Sayed and Micah Johnson: Medicare for All would have ensured the US had a better pandemic response
CapRadio, Sammy Caiola: With Latest California Single Payer Health Care Bill Shelved, Advocates Push Newsom For Support
Stanford Medicine: Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for Medicare, according to Stanford study
