Assemblyman Richard Gottfried,Chair NYS Assembly Health Committee, Dr. Mary O'Brien, Board Member,Physicians for a National Health Program, US Senator Bernie Sanders, US Representative Jim McDermott
Could This Be the Year in NYS for a Single-Payer Health Care System? with Assemblyman Richard Gottfried,Chair NYS Assembly Health Committee and Dr. Mary O'Brien, Board Member,Physicians for a National Health Program, primary care physician at Columbia Univ., who participates in the medical economics section of the clinical practice course for fourth-year medical students.
Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, rolled out his bill establishing a statewide single-payer health care system, a structure often shorthanded by advocates nation-wide as Medicare for All. Even though the nation is only beginning to implement the federal Affordable Health Care Act, Gottfried said the Empire State should not have to wait years before seeing where it falls short. " Federal health care reform has done a lot of good, but it still leaves us in the hands of insurance companies. It would save the billions of dollars that we now spend on insurance company administrative costs. You and your doctor would work to keep you healthy. New York Health would pay the bill with the funding from broad-based revenue based on ability to pay" Gottfried said and "New York can do better. "
Plus Sen. Bernie Sanders & Rep. Jim McDermott discuss the state by state approach to enacting Medicare for all single payer health insurance plan as pioneered by Vermont which could become the model for the nation.
produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg
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