Podcasts about medicare4all

On this edition of Parallax Views, Santa Claus is running for Congress! Hailing from North Pole, Alaska, where he's served as the President of the Chamber of Commerce and two terms in the City Council, the ordained monk who legally changed his name to Santa Claus and became a local legend for his work helping children in need is throwing himself into a carnival-esque Congressional race in Alaska that includes over 40 candidates including Sarah Palin. This real-life St. Nicholas isn't some joke candidate either. He's gone viral and is gaining grassroots support. Moreover he's a Santa Claus of the people who describes himself as a Democratic Socialist, supporter of Bernie Sanders, and proponent of Medicare4All. In a past life he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild and did work on counter-terrorism. Through his life he's come to see what he calls the love vs. fear dynamic that holds us apart. With his run for congress he wants to inspire children across the world much like he did visiting them in orphanages, making videos for them during the COVID crisis, and more.  In this conversation you'll learn the funny story about how President Obama got him to run for taxes as well as his stances on human rights, housing, medical marijuana, indigenous peoples, the wealth tax, and much, much more as well as the importance of making a difference to children in these polarizing times. It's a heartwarming, thoughtful episode of Parallax Views that you won't want to miss!

Poor People's Campaign's Scott Desnoyers: Joe Manchin Derails Biden's Build Back Better Human Infrastructure BillSierra Club's Adele Shraiman: New Report Finds U.S. Financial Sector the 5th Biggest Emitter of CO2 in the WorldThe Daily Poster's Andrew Perez: How Dark Money Bought a Supreme Court SeatBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:• Midsized autocracies are projecting more hard power• Maine's new “right to food” could sprout legal challenges• Detroit removing problem highways to reconnect black neighborhoodsFor more information, related links, transcripts and in-depth interviews, visit our website BTLonline.org after 4 p.m. ET Wednesdays

Patrick reads Sedaris, talks about Medicare4All, and concludes Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls.

Tina Landis, environmental and social activist and the author of the book “Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism,” joins Misfit hosts Bob Schlehuber and Michelle Witte to discuss the US Senate's love of fracking and what the White House could be doing to aid our economic recovery instead of calling for more oil to be pumped out of the ground. Bill Honigman, retired Emergency Physician and California State Coordinator and Healthcare Issue Team Coordinator for Progressive Democrats of America, talks about President Joe Biden's proposed health care reforms, what's missing from them, and whether we might see real change in the near future. Radio Sputnik's own Garland Nixon, cohost of the Critical Hour, discusses the ban Facebook dropped on him after trying to share a story about Hunter Biden and why Facebook can't hide behind the “private company” excuse for this kind of censorship. Member of Freedom Fighters DC Afeni helps break down the connections between the US war machine, the oppression of racial minorities and the exploitation of anyone not in the upper economic echelon in this country. She also discusses shifting attitudes in the US about socialism, and how to spread this shift from the public to politics. The Misfits also send Miley Cyrus, Jamie Spears, Chet Haze and a bunch of other American celebrities far, far away for the weekend.

Madge attends a #Medicare4All rally in Chicago and plays some of what she heard there. Then, she has a nice chat with Hagatha and talks about such topics as olympic dongs flopping around, comedy's demise, shit licking vs. eating, Simone Biles, Tom Daley's sugar daddy and lover(s), flat dick heads, and the delta covids.

This was my first ever participation in the annual Pride48 Live Stream. Hagathurd joined me and it was really fun. First I went into some queer podcast history, then Hag and I disgust such topics as bird rescue, scratch and sniff olympics, dad dicks, Hag's naked mom on all fours, vaginal rosebuds, recessive small dick trait, sucking on dentures, Bezos' flop, floppy gran pussies in zero gravity, cleaning carpets, PrEP coverage, #Medicare4All, Vaccine requirements at the Olympics, Hoda, Overwhored returns, and tiktok torture.

Happy Wednesday! On this week's minisode, Isaac, John, and Holy talk about the United State's Healthcare system and why we need Medicare4All like, yesterday! Visit millennialamericapod.com today to find merch and see what's up! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/millennialamerica/message

Jim Kavanagh, a writer at The Polemicist and CounterPunch and author of "The American Farce Unravels: Shreds of January 6th," joins us to discuss the COVID relief plan that passed Congress. The plan addresses the needs of the middle class, but fails to address the systemic problems that created long-term economic instability. The only initiative in the plan that would have addressed income inequality was the minimum wage increase, and that was unceremoniously dismissed early in the process.Marvin Weinbaum, Director for the Middle East Institute's Center for Pakistan and Afghanistan Studies, joins us to discuss Afghanistan. A leaked memo shows the US plan to end the Afghanistan war. The document shows that the US wants significant input in the design and operation of the Afghanistan government's structure and foreign policy. A number of proposals have already been ruled out by the Taliban, and are likely to be rejected out of hand. Also, the document appears to spell out exactly what the role of Islamic law will be in the new government.Netfa Freeman, Host of Voices With Vision on WPFW 89.3 FM, pan-Africanist and internationalist organizer, and Dr. Jemima Pierre, associate professor of Black Studies and Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and editor of the "Black Agenda Review," join us to discuss Bobi Wine. The Ugandan pop star-turned-politician has demonstrated support for US-backed Venezuelan regime-change puppet Juan Guaido. A Black Agenda Report article by Netfa Freeman and Jemima Pierre argues that he is auditioning for a position as an imperial puppet. They maintain that this shocking move is a reminder that we must support movements and not individual politicians in the quest for freedom from oppressive imperial rule.Alexander Mercouris, editor-in-chief at TheDuran.com and host of "The Duran" on YouTube, joins us to discuss China and Russia's growing unity. Zhang Hanhui, China's ambassador to Russia, recently stated that the two nations have a specific responsibility to maintain world peace and stability. He went on to add that the military cooperation between the two countries is an “important pillar” of their relationship, and an “important safeguard” in maintaining the strategic balance of the world. He specifically named relations with the US as the most pressing issue that requires joint cooperation.Teri Mattson, the Latin America coordinator for Code Pink, joins us to discuss Western oppression of the global south. A recent investigative report contends that the UK government clandestinely supported the recent coup in Bolivia in order to gain access to the nation's massive lithium reserves. The UK Foreign Office was outright in supporting the coup government after the operation, but never took credit for their contribution to the illegal overthrow of the democratically-elected President Evo Morales.Dan Cohen, filmmaker and writer for the Gray Zone Project, joins us to discuss the US media's support for war and regime change. President Joe Biden recently joined the club of US presidential warmongers when he illegally bombed Syria. Alan Macleod writes that President Biden's "aggressive actions will also be met with approval by corporate media, who have continually found creative ways to pitch such actions to the traditionally anti-interventionist left, primarily through the use of progressive language to justify Washington's global agenda." Also, an article at fair.org argues that the US media purged inconvenient facts about the recent Syria bombing.Professor Richard Lachman, Professor at the University at Albany, SUNY and author of "Capitalists in Spite of Themselves," joins us to discuss the US healthcare system. Recent articles about US citizens who were forced to raise money for their medical bills have been presented as "feel good" stories in the mainstream media. However, proponents of a national healthcare system argue that they are indicators of a broken system that does not address the needs of citizens. Shane Stranahan, co-host of Radio Sputnik's Fault Lines, joins us to discuss the proposed digital health pass. The US government is in talks with vaccine maker Moderna regarding a method to track vaccine administration in real-time through its various blockchain, artificial intelligence, and hybrid cloud services. While it is proposed to open as a voluntary program, many fear it may eventually become mandatory and threaten constitutional safeguards.

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Some 40 million people are facing eviction. But hey, at least we got two new centibillionaires! Meanwhile, a tar sands oil pipeline is considered essential, but now just isn't the time for healthcare for all.  PLUS some good news like tumbling coal towers and folks in NC showing up for incarcerated justice.   stopline3.org welcomewaterprotectors.com

This is the full 12-13-2020 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, Democratic Socialist of America (DSA) host their own Medicare4All campaign relaunch, shortly after NNU’s kickoff. The relaunch event includes Chicago nurse Dennis Kosuth, NNU and CTU member. Then the CTU hosts a discussion of rising teacher union militancy nationwide. And UE releases a booklet entitled “Them and Us Unionism”. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

This is the full 11-29-2020 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On tonight’s episode of Labor Express Radio, cuts in the Cook County hospital system and nurses on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis fightback. An interview with Stroger Hospital nurse Elizabeth Lalasz, member of National Nurses United who works with COVID patients on the likely effects of the cuts to Black and Brown working-class communities on the Southside of Chicago and how nurses are organizing regardless to fight for safe workplaces and patient centered care. Plus, NNU launches a renewed fight for Medicare4All within weeks of the 2020 elections. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork

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Thomas and Sherry discuss Sherry's adeptness at driving her wheelchair, lettuce, puking, going back to school, and the upcoming and final run of her award winning play STIFF at Synchronicity Theatre in Atlanta. It's 420 somewhere. Music: Wes Cunningham wescunningham.bandcamp.com synchrotheatre.comtwitter.com/wardthoinstagram.com/wardthotwitter.com/sherryjowardinstagram.com/sherryjoward

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If you've been advocating for Medicare 4 All in recent years, this podcast is for you. Though all of us are in agreement that a well-orchestrated Medicare 4 All program would be great for the US, Krish and Millan are on opposite sides on whether it's feasible and whether it's worth fighting for instead of more incremental change to healthcare, with Alex serving as a more neutral arbiter with his own musings and wisdoms to chime in. For the #Medicare4All advocates out there, this podcast may give you some perspective/ammo in your fight to secure healthcare as a right. This episode was something of a different type of episode than we've done before, but we hope you'll enjoy it all the same. Thanks for watching, and don't forget to subscribe! Sponsored by the Iowa Mockus project: https://iowamockus.com Find Millan on Twitter @millantweets and on Instagram @millangrams.

This podcast, I Interview unknown comedian. Cap'n Buck Hammond for my STICK IT TO THE MAN w/Trista SHOW. We talk all about Ass-clown & how he's like a cross between John Wayne & Gacey, the fn mass-killer. I announce my candidacy for PRESIDENT, for the PROGRESSIVEPARTY USA; #progpartyUSA. I nominated meself VP last week to the PP; this week I'm changing it to President, making it clear that if I/We The PP & amerikkkan people can garner enuff support by a certain date, PRESIDENTSANDERS will be my VP. That will get BERNIE BACK IN THE RACE, whether he wants to or not! And at LEAST a third- of amerikkkans now have a choice to vote for. I also outline : A PEOPLES PROGRESSIVE AGENDA: #m4A of course; total student loan amnesty; defundthemilitary; defundthepolice; takebackbanks & make them all credit unions; #democratizetheworkplace; recreationalization of mj; & of course MY FIRST DAY IN OFFICE WE #LockThemAllUP. QUOTABLE QUOTES : We can build a new society: we should present our DEMANDS: PEOPLES PROGRESSIVE AGENDA”: 1)CANCELALL STUDENT DEBTS; RAise teachers salary to that of city mayor 2) Bernie will be VP; so BERNIE WILL RE-ENTER THE Race demprimaries2020; OR, if my PPA & presidential candidacy...Joe Biden could go dimented in 3 mos; I'm suing the DNC too. I have growing federal lawsuit; started out against Douchey; then amended ; I'm asking Bernies endorsement THIS IS HARDCORE; we've got concentrations WELL LOCK UP ALL U COPSUCKERS AND THEN AMERIC will be safe again. We're gonna take the banks back; we bailed em out twice, we own them. We're turning them into credit unions & we're gonna democratize the workplace; everybody will have lots of MONEY, because they don't have student debts, but they have #Medicare4All; de-criminalization of ALL PLANTS; talk admiringly about the garland of coca leaves worn at his inauguration; I ask for Evo Morales' endorsement! :) Trump wants to keep the show going, anything from fervent I gotta curtain to open & . WHAT A GREAT PERFORMANCE, MR ASS-DUMP! U were the greatest mass killer-turned President that ever existed! THEY LOVE IT; the more madness, the better: WHAT ASSHOLERY HAS THIS GACEY FIGURE CARRIED OUT TODAY?? My conspiracy theory: do a movie about trump: which he'd love,but it'd shine a light IM IN FRUMPS MIND. He would JIZZ HIS PANTS IF HE COULD THIS GUY, he's the ultimate anarchist. Sticking a knife in the side of everybody, the blacks,&the generals, everybody actually. I said the obvious: THESE PEOPLE Should haha I HATE HILLARY TOO. She should be indicted for #electionfraud. I'm doing a zero dollar; I appreciate offer of campaign do actions: Inwanna make it illegal to As a sheriff, that's like buying our influence. I'm tired of politicians asking us for money. It doesn't cost anything to run for office. I was part of Jerry browns transition team to Oakland mayor's office; Sam Jackson aide in WShington DC; called They Education Candidate' during my run for City Council in DC; I'm fighting to GET RID OF VOTE SUPPRESSION AND INTIMIDATION TACTICS, BY LAWYERS, basically. Benny. white miscounted 17 Pima county voters' signatures, whilst Runnin' for Pima county recorder-ironically, & disgustingly is the person who's supposed to count things fn. : he's actin' like a total fn Whitney. This mal-Administration has Us BY RHE BALLS RIFHT NOW! Over 200,000 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF THIS #PRESIDENTJIMJONESGACEY ADMIN. Any words of comfort for the amerikkkan people? YEAH, BEND OVERVAND KISS YER ASS GOODBYE! :) It's ALL A RACIST SHOW: & EVEN WORKING W/Trump, who stated by tweet, ergo matter of public record: he fomented rebellion, incited violence - insanely violation' 25th Amendment-‘LIBERATE MICHIGAN', screamin', ‘They're takin' away our Second amendment Rights, Judd!' Everybody: Start reporting all these blatent white supremacists on social media! Get rid of em!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Misfit hosts Bob Schlehuber and Jamarl Thomas and producerMichelle Witte broke down the incidents of violence against protestersover the weekend and some of the latest polling on the protests andthe issues driving Americans into the streets. They also scratchedtheir heads over the WHO’s latest confusing statements on asymptomatictransmission of the COVID-19 virus.Joel Segal, co-author of the original Medicare for All bill, executivedirector of the Justice Action Mobilization Network and nationaldirector of the COVID-19 Emergency Response Group, explained thedifference between hate, systemic racism and structural racism, andbroke down some of the passive ways inequalities are enforced withoutdrawing attention. He drew the clear connections between poverty andcrime, and to the permanent black underclass that has come to beaccepted in the US. These protests can help usher in a new America,but they have to address structures. He also offers some advice onframing demands.Artist and activist Billie Krishawn discussed the art she’s beendocumenting in downtown Washington, DC, around Lafayette Park.Americans have been turning their pain into beauty on streets andwalls, she says, and officials have been engaged in a full-timeerasure of it. There is a struggle playing out on surfaces as well asin three dimensional space, and it is important to commemorate thisstruggle without endangering those involved. She also describes thesolidarity she’s felt in the streets and how people involved in theseprotests are managing their own community.The Misfits also covered Rio Tinto’s destruction of priceless culturalheritage sites.

Joel Segal, co-author of the original Medicare for All bill, executive director of the Justice Action Mobilization Network and national director of the COVID-19 Emergency Response Group, tells hosts Bob Schlehuber and Jamarl Thomas what is clear to all: that the president is in way over his head. Trump was hoping to cruise to reelection on a supposedly booming economy, and with that plan shot down, he’s launched an utterly reckless pandemic response that’s not only killing people but killing the economy. Now more than ever, we see the need for new, more representative leadership, Segal says. The work is getting people moving and involved in electoral processes. Jamal "DJ One Luv" Muhammad, host of the "Love Lounge" radio show on Square1Radio.com, dropped by to talk about the reverberations of these planned armed protests against the pandemic lockdown and the striking sanitation workers in New Orleans, who have been fired and replaced with prison labor, individuals who, of course, are paid far less than the striking workers. The fragility of the US economy is being reflected in the fragility of the economic health of its workers, and the pandemic has tipped these systems large and small into crisis. They also work through the role of identity politics in slowing rebellion against the Democratic Party. Renae Al-Fdeilat, the artist behind Penawapskewi Designs, and Carrie Moran McLeary, artist and owner of Plains Soul, joined to talk about the intersection of native arts, politics and commerce and what it means to keep arts traditions alive. The boys also broke down Joe Biden’s latest efforts to use China to bash Trump, Trump’s rebuke to a reporter to “ask China,” and how the city of Wuhan is about to stomp the US’ testing efforts.

This is the full 5-5-2020 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, nurses at Stroger hospital, members of NNU, protest hospital administrators refusal to follow CDC guidelines, putting employees and patients at risk.* Moises Zavala and Eric Basir are back. This time Moises is talking about organizing in the cannabis industry and Eric is discussing his own battle with COVID-19 and with his employer, the CTA, over testing and sick leave. And Marianela D'Aprile, member of the National Political Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), discusses the “Bernie bump”. The Bernie Sanders for president campaign may be over but just like in 2016, that campaign has swelled the ranks of the DSA which is full steam ahead on its work for Medicare4All, a Green New Deal and now has launched new partnerships with several unions. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio *Thank you to Dale Lehman for providing the audio of the nurses at Stroger Hospital.

Venezuelanalysis.com writer and editor Paul Dobson joined Misfit hosts Bob Schlehuber and Jamarl Thomas to explain what exactly is happening in Venezuela's oil sector and in its national oil company, PVDSA. There is a wave of privatisation happening in Venezuela, he said, and it is possible that reports in Western media of the privatisation of PVDSA contain some truth. Such a move would be unpopular at home, though obviously much desired by neoliberal economies. Dobson broke down the major players on the oil scene and what they really represent, and the complex pressures Caracas is operating under. He also gives an overview of the media landscape in the country so maligned by the US, and the view on the ground of attacks on its major industry. Dr. Margaret Flowers, co-director of Popular Resistance and a member of the steering committee of HOPE, Health Over Profit, an organization working to achieve a national improved Medicare for All healthcare system, joined to explain this week’s Supreme Court decision that Congress has to pay for some bills accrued because of the Affordable Care Act and put it in the context of the long battle for humane health care in the US. She discussed how a national single payer health care system would function, including during a pandemic, and how for-profit health hurts the public. They also got into the politics of health systems and the need to be uncompromising and independent of parties when pushing for health care reform, as well as the dishonesty in mainstream discussions about the “cost” of single payer systems. Bob also waxed apoplectic about the latest Russiagate revelations, namely the release of documents that further undermine the already shoddy case against Michael Flynn and the innocuous correspondence between Roger Stone and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and Jamarl let loose on Tara Reade’s attackers and Joe Biden’s enablers. The hosts also covered the new jobless claims released by the US, the collapse of state systems intended to protect workers, and plans for unprecedented walkouts in the US to mark May Day.

Corona Virus (COVID-19) in Fresno County https://abc7news.com/health/health-officials-confirm-first-case-of-coronavirus-in-fresno-county Capitalism, immigration, Fresno, and Medicare4All—what do all of these things have in common? The corona virus will spread faster and do more damage in Fresno due to “crisis” capitalism (that type of especially malevolent capitalism that feeds off manufactured scarcity during catastrophes), and the way the undocumented are being treated in Fresno county. We need Medicare4All. We have already seen price gouging on things like hand sanitizer, rubbing alcohol, and cough and cold medicine. Capitalism loves itself a crisis—nothing like infinite demand to rake in the $$$$$. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/retailers-stand-accused-of-price-gouging-as-supplies-vanish-from-shelves-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/ We have already seen the White House implement prohibitions on using public health services if one is not a full citizen. So, many undocumented people end up paying the full cost out of their own pocket. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/factors-government-will-consider-under-new-public-charge-rule In Fresno county, many of our undocumented community members work in the fields, picking fruits and vegetables. Their wages are incredibly low, many will not be able to afford an out-of-pocket doctor's visit. We have a huge chunk of our population unable to access medical care before it becomes severely symptomatic. For those who continue to repeat the heartless motto of “why should they get healthcare and why should I have to pay for it?” ---well, if they don't get healthcare, you will still have to pay for it; possibly with your own (and all of our) health. #Medicare4All Support SOS Media on patreon for early access and bonus bvlogs! https://www.patreon.com/southofshawmedia --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/southofshawmedia/support

Special guest is Steve Poikonen to discuss left politics, Julian Assange and the growth of his YouTube channel Slow News Day. Also, whistleblowing: when it’s real. Prolly some stuff on Ukraine, Medicare4All, Venezuela and other thoughts from the left.

Adam E. Block, PhD is currently an Assistant Professor of Public Health at the School of Health Sciences and Practice at New York Medical College. He is a health economist with deep experience in the hospital, health plan and government sectors. His research is focused on how individuals make decisions in health care markets including patient choice of hospitals, physicians and insurance plans.  We discuss the new push for “Medicare for all.”  First, we discuss what Medicare is, what it covers and doesn’t cover, then get into House Bill 1384, the Medicare for all act of 2019.  We discuss why this could be financially problematic for physicians and lead to a physician shortage for patients.  Ultimately, we discuss that for political reasons, we really don’t need to worry about this on a national level, but it could happen on a state level. Prior to joining New York Medical College in 2017, he worked developing contracting models for value-based purchasing for a major hospital system and has worked extensively performing financial analysis and evaluation of medical management programs for a large Medicaid managed care plan. Before that, Dr. Block spent several years developing the legislation on the Affordable Care Act as an economist at the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation and subsequently wrote regulations and regulatory impact analyses for key parts of the Affordable Care Act as Division Director of Health Plan Policy in the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at CMS.  In July, 2018 Dr. Block founded Charm Economics, LLC a translational economics consulting group.  His consulting work focuses on managed care contracting and pricing optimization of new technology and data analytics.  Dr. Block received his PhD in Health Policy from Harvard and undergraduate degree in neuroscience from Amherst College.

Why are Josh and Ryan so worked up? Well, The Atlantic published a pearl-clutching #boomer screed about the so-called "radicalization" of the Democratic Party (by a #NeverTrump Republican who worked for Reagan, both Bushes, and now for a Koch-funded thinktank, so you know he really cares!), and we had to digest it line-by-line. From the #GreenNewDeal to #Medicare4All to #AbolishIce to #FreeCollege to #Taxes to #Israel to abolishing the electoral college and packing the Supreme Court, we discuss why you don't have to be "radical" to know that huge changes to the status quo are needed for young people in the US and around the world to have a real shot at a better future. At 31:15, our guest is author, wordsmith, and visionary Michael Poore. His latest novel, Reincarnation Blues, was named one of National Public Radio's Great Reads of 2017 (https://www.npr.org/2017/08/26/543933403/take-a-walk-on-the-wilder-side-of-death-with-reincarnation-blues). You can visit him at michaelpoore.live and follow him on Twitter at @mikepoore227. PS: Shoutout to our dear friend Delilah Asterales (a.k.a. @HawaiiDelilah on twitter) for coming down to Honolulu to hang with us, shoutouts to Bar Leather Apron and Bethel Union for showing the three of us a good time, and shoutout to the fine folks at Hawaii Public Radio for letting us join them and answer phones at their pledge drive! What a fun week. Listen, discover, enjoy, subscribe, share, get in touch, and stay tuned for more!

This week Healthcare In America Senior Correspondent Donna Smith introduces medicare4all.org. The site is sponsored by National Nurses United and Our Revolution and is a great resource for people across the country to get involved in the grass roots campaign. Astronomical health care costs and lack of access continue to drive individuals, families, and businesses past their breaking point while insurance companies continue to soak-up billions of health care dollars as millions of children’s basic needs go unmet. Medicare has provided guaranteed health care for millions of American seniors for more than 51 years. It’s time we have a Medicare for all, single-payer health care system that would end health disparities, effectively control costs, and assure that everyone has equal access to an excellent standard of care.

This week, we talk about the #Nike #Kaepernick controversy, the latest drama surrounding Trump and the NYT op-ed, Elon Musk being an idiot, Obama pretending to support #Medicare4All, and the #McCainFuneral

During this episode of Cold Call we talk about what our current class schedule looks like and we also discuss Amazon, Medicare for All, NAFTA, and the Minnesota State Fair.

This week, we talk Jake Tapper lying about mathematical conclusions of the Koch Funded study re: #MedicareForAll, Lana Del Rey playing a show in Israel despite their human rights atrocities, & the latest Trump indictments.

We talk to Riley Brann from the Portland DSA about Medicare4All, how to campaign for it, and why. Natasha & Garrett join in to bring their healthcare industry knowledge. We also get into the moral theory _why_ healthcare should not be a profit center at all, and John Rawls' Veil of Ignorance. Later, Tim Faust calls in from his West Coast campaign speaking to crowds about Health Justice and how single-payer is just one way to get there. He updates from the road from the folks he's talked to, all about the backyard wrestling federation he helped start in Austin, and even gives a metal band you should check out. - - - - See Tim's speaking tour! 7/19 - Eugene- Straub Rm 145, U of O - 7:00 PM 7/20 - Portland - Sunnyside Community House - 3520 SE Yamhill St, 6:30 PM 7/21 Olympia - 222 Columbia St NW - 12:00:00 PM - - - - For show notes and further links: http://goo.gl/s47kxk - - - - Find us on FB: http://www.facebook.com/givingthemic/ - - - - Help us make the show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic - - - - Main theme by The Mysterious Breakfast'r Cereal on SoundCloud @chiptheme - - All items trademarked and copyright their respective owners. Please don't sue. Please don't sue. Please don't sue.

Air Date: 09/29/2017 Today we look at the Bernie-Sanders-lead movement to implement the most comprehensive universal health insurance system in the world Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Join the Best of the Left Social Network! Donate or become a Member to support the show!  Visit: https://www.patreon.com/BestOfTheLeft  how Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: America Is Ready For Universal Healthcare - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date: 09-20-17 Ch. 3: Song 1:  Turning on the Lights - Speakeasy Ch. 4: Act 2: ANALYSIS: Bernie's Single Payer Healthcare Proposal - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 09-14-17 Ch. 5: Song 2:  On Our Own Again - The Pine Barrens Ch. 6: Act 3: Understanding the extraordinary costs of our health care system - Who What Why - Air Date 7-14-17 Ch. 7: Song 3:  Flattered - Delray Ch. 8: Act 4: Understanding the Canadian health insurance system - The @BernieSanders Show - Air Date 9-17-17 Ch. 9: Song 4:  Dirtbike Lovers - Desert Orchard Ch. 10: Act 5: No Is Not Enough Naomi Klein on Bernie's Medicare-for-All Bill & Future of Democratic Party - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 09-18-17 Ch. 11: Song 5:  Flagger - Cloud Harbor Ch. 12: Act 6: What Can YOU Do To Support the #Medicare4All Movement? - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 13: Song 6:  Chilvat - Lillehammer Ch. 14: Act 7: Challenging the private health insurance orthodoxy - The Zero Hour w @RJEskow - Air Date 9-16-17 Voicemails Ch. 15: Amazon App doesn't help BotL - Alan from Connecticut Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics Ch. 16: Final comments on Amazon, brainstorming ways to join the medicare-for-all movement and teasing our latest members-only show Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone (Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions)  Activism: TAKE ACTION What are the top 3 things you can personally do to contribute to the movement to support #Medicare4All? Call the voicemail line at 202-999-3991 and tell us your ideas to inspire others Read the details of Sen. Sanders’ Medicare for All bill Some other ways to get involved: Our Revolution groups (Sen. Sanders’ action organization) Health Over Profit (nonprofit grassroots org fighting for Medicare for All) Fight4Medicare.com (grassroots #Medicare4All action campaign)  Social Security Works (nonprofit defending our social programs)  Truth Out “Medicare for All” Series (independent media outlet looking to focus on Medicare for All coverage) MoveOn.org Petition (do NOT let signing this be all you do!)  EDUCATE YOURSELF Bernie Sanders's new Medicare-for-all plan, explained (Vox) The Political Genius of Bernie’s ‘Medicare for All’ Bill (The Nation) Bernie’s “Medicare for All” actually is the pragmatic health care solution (Salon) The Loss of Morality in America’s Healthcare Debate (Washington Post) Sanders's Bill Electrifies Growing Single-Payer Movement (truth-out) "Medicare for All": A Uniting Call to Action in the Age of Trump (truth-out) Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!

Full debate is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-medicare-14279019. We talk to Rev.Khader El-Yateem, a Lutheran pastor, Arab-American, proud immigrant, and father of four who is running for City Council in Brooklyn's 43rd District. Wait until you hear his story. Then we bring you some hot Left of Left debate between Dr. Adam Gaffney and journalist Josh Holland over Medicare For All. We will be posting the rest of the debate shortly for our Patreon supporters! Sit tight.