Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and 15+ key Democratic Senators back Medicare for All
by Cory Doctorow from on (#321QT)
It's "single payer" and not "universal health care" and there some potential structural pitfalls in this incarnation, but Sanders, Warren and the two dozen progressive and health activist groups who've backed this proposal are planting a flag and declaring that healthcare is not something that markets can provide -- it's the duty and right of civilized states to protect the health of the people who live in their borders. (more")