Alice Marshall at Medium
Under Obama’s Affordable Care Act, states, including the District of Columbia, can establish their own single payer systems. We have Bernie Sanders to thank for this provision.
So how can we bring a single payer system to DC? How can we win the benefits of total healthcare security for residents of DC?
First we must explain what a single payer system is, that is is like Medicare, except that it would be administered by the city and would cover everyone from cradle to grave.
We must be specific, voters will never support this except that we can explain how it would work. Would we have a health tax, such as they have in Canada? And how much would people pay? So we would need people with expertise with such systems. Fortunately this city has this expertise in abundance. However, presently these experts are concentrating on the national movement. We need to persuade some of them to give some of their time to a local effort.
Do you live in DC? Are you interested in helping with this? If so, contact me at marshall at prestovivace DOT biz.