For this podcast, Joe Sparks interviews Stephanie Nakajima, Director of Communications at Healthcare-NOW.  Ms. Nakajima talks about her personal healthcare experiences and why there is an urgent need for single payer, Medicare-for-All.  Joe Sparks, Medicare for All Explained, Episode 15

Listen to Medicare For All Explained : A Revelation. Episode 15  What are your thoughts? Please write your comments below.

This updated article includes multiple interactive graphics which illustrate where each candidate stands on Medicare-for-All and other related healthcare issues.  By Kevin Uhrmacher , Kevin Schaul, Paulina Firozi and Jeff Stein, Washington Post.

Read Where 2020 Democrats Stand on Medicare-for-All-updated June 21, 2019  What are your thoughts? Please write your comments below.

Wendell Potter dismantles the lies being disseminated by private hospitals, Big Pharma and insurance companies. BIHP, businessinitiative.org  

Watch Dismantling the Lies From New Industry Ad. What are your thoughts? Please write your comments below.

Ken Alltucker, a reporter from US TODAY, explains how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 is a major factor in the number of Americans who choose to obtain health insurance.   Data from recent CDC and Gallup surveys confirm that fewer people are insured, fewer people are opting to get care and that 1.1 million people lost their health insurance last year.

Alex Lawson and Stephanie Taylor explore the recent bill in Washington that instructs Medicare to negotiate bulk drug rates. However, the drug industry opposes this bill because they want to maintain monopoly control. Polling in three politically diverse states indicates that people support negotiation of bulk drug rates. 

Thom Hartmann discusses that while CEO's of insurance companies are making millions of dollars, Americans are going bankrupt paying for their healthcare.  He suggests that insurance companies need to stop sabotaging Medicare-for-All and need to stay out of politics.  Thom Hartmann, April 19, 2019. Ring of Fire.  http://www.thomhartmann.com/  

Matt Bruenig responds to an article in the JAMA about the effects of Medicare-for-All on hospitals' revenue and costs. He includes many helpful links and graphics which illustrate both sides of the issue.  Matt Bruening, People's Policy Project, April 22, 2019

Bernie Sanders was interviewed by FOX News and made the case that Medicare-for-All provides stability and is supported by many Americans on both sides of the aisle.  Jake Johnson, April 16, 2019 Common Dreams

Dr. Garrett Adams, founding member of Physicians for National Health Program (PNHP), explains why we should not believe the misinformation and lies about single-payer health plans; instead we should be focusing on the benefits of a publicly financed, nonprofit national health insurance.  Courier Journal, Part of the USA Today Network, April 15, 2019

Amy Goodman and Juan González from Democracy Now! interviewed Dr. Adam Gaffney, president of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP). They discussed the new House Bill 1384 and how it might affect the high cost of healthcare in the U.S.  April 2, 2019