When Lawmakers Fail to Act: Taking Single Payer to the People
03/07/22 • 12 min
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What can advocates do when lawmakers shirk their responsibility to fix a healthcare system that hurts so many? Are campaign contributions from the for-profit healthcare industry the reason legislators refuse to advance reforms that would cover everybody, for everything, for less money? In this second of two podcasts, join host Brenda Gazzar and Whole Washington founder and operations director Georgia Davenport, to get Whole Washington's take on how to get around legislative inaction using the ballot initiative process. Why could winning single payer in Washington state "open the floodgates" to expanding improved Medicare to everyone? Plus, learn what you can do to support Whole Washington in this fight!
Check out the Show Notes and Episode Transcript!
What can advocates do when lawmakers shirk their responsibility to fix a healthcare system that hurts so many? Are campaign contributions from the for-profit healthcare industry the reason legislators refuse to advance reforms that would cover everybody, for everything, for less money? In this second of two podcasts, join host Brenda Gazzar and Whole Washington founder and operations director Georgia Davenport, to get Whole Washington's take on how to get around legislative inaction using the ballot initiative process. Why could winning single payer in Washington state "open the floodgates" to expanding improved Medicare to everyone? Plus, learn what you can do to support Whole Washington in this fight!
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