Single Payer

Healthcare advocate Timothy Faust (@crulge) joins us to discuss his book, “Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next.” On today’s show: MSNBC’s Vaughn Hillyard asked Iowa voter Bob Fisher which candidate he supports, he responds, “I’m white, old, they call me all kinds of name, who do you think?” Healthcare advocate Timothy Faust […]
The GOP continues their death spiral promotion as every Dem senator who wants to be president in 2020 signs on to Bernie’s single-payer bill. How the democrats are attempting to set both poles of the healthcare debate. On the fun half: Hillary is being destructive, a cop gets yelled at by a brave guy with […]
Stephanie Taylor of the PCCC joins us to talk about efforts to recruit progressive candidates, the GOP Senate comes to the defense of Jeff Sessions, and Anthony Scaramucci has an extended public meltdown 24 hours into the job. On the fun half – Trump’s disgusting attack on trans service member, Bernie takes the lead on […]
Why did single payer in California fail and the structural reforms needed to succeed in the future. North Korea tests an ICBM. How the Bush Administration helped create the North Korean nuclear crisis. A new delusional project for Silicon Valley plutocrats. On The Fun Half: MR’s war against the Dumb Dumb Left continues. Bernie Sanders […]
Will Menaker (@WillMenaker), cohost of podcast Chapo Trap House, joins the show today. Will the democrats ever support Medicare for All? The Democrats’ fetishization of complexity. Why the GOP has no room to offer a coherent healthcare policy. Ezra Klein selling out of single payer. On the fun half – Reince Priebus says Trump guiding […]
Jeb Bush claims that he is winning by losing. Bernie Sanders and the data breach controversy. Democrats focus on Donald Trump at the Democratic Debate and ignores the rest of the Republican crazies. Bernie and Hillary clash on regime change. Hillary’s conflicted policy on Syria. The problem with Hillary Clinton’s “no new middle class tax” […]
Political strategist Cliff Schecter explains what led to the fracking ban in New York and why taking on Andrew Cuomo was such a good idea. Why Single Payer isn’t happening in Vermont. Did elizabeth Warren want Al Franken to endorse Hillary Clinton already? Why President Obama could give us a second stimulus right now with […]
Journalist Steven Brill explained what is behind exploding health care costs, why hospitals and Doceters routinly overcharge for treatments and what we can do to bring down costs. Professor James Kimmey, Professor Emeritus of the St Louis School of Public Health, explained why health care is not a normal commodity, and why a single payer health […]