Can California beat the odds and ditch for-profit healthcare? by Progressive Voices Network

THIS WEEK ON CODE WACK!

As Trump Administration attacks on public health care ramp up, what’s California doing to fight back? Can the state break free from a system that puts profits over patients — and build a truly universal, single-payer healthcare system? Or will political roadblocks and federal inaction keep us stuck in a broken status quo? Bottom line, how close can California - the 4th largest economy in the world - get to single payer on its own?

To find out, we spoke with Michael Lighty, president of Healthy California Now, who has organized, advocated and developed policy for single-payer Medicare for All nationally and in California for over three decades.

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