An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Bernie Sanders has introduced his long-anticipated Medicare-for-All bill. Where do things now stand in the long fight for health care justice?
Medicare-for-All supporters at press conference announcing Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’s bill on Wednesday. Public Citizen / Flickr
On Wednesday, Bernie Sanders introduced his long-anticipated Medicare-for-All bill in the Senate. The legislation bears an impressive sixteen Democratic cosponsors — a reflection of just how much the political gravity has already shifted.
Still, the impediments to winning universal health care are enormous. Private insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry, the Democratic establishment — these are formidable opponents.
To get a sense of where things stand in the long fight for health care justice, Jane Slaughter of Labor Notes caught up with Mark Dudzic, coordinator of the Labor Campaign for Single Payer.
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