Podcasts

        Featuring Mariana Pineda, a New York teacher, single mom and Medicare for All activist who’s been struggling with Long COVID for the past year. How’s her health insurance working out for her? Listen and learn!   This is part one of […]

          Featuring Dr. Stephanie Kang, PhD, speaking about how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s 2021 Medicare-for-All bill, and whether Americans enjoy “choices” with commercial health insurance that Medicare for All would take away. Kang, who serves as Jayapal’s health policy director, is […]

      Featuring Dr. Stephanie Kang, PhD, who is Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal’s health policy director and a graduate of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is speaking on behalf of herself and not necessarily on behalf of the office of Rep. […]

        Featuring Dr. Thomas Rice, health economist and Distinguished Professor at University of California, Los Angeles’ Fielding School of Public Health, and host Brenda Gazzar, discussing why it’s not “one-size-fits-all” when it comes to health insurance systems. This is part two of […]

      Featuring Dr. Thomas Rice, health economist and Distinguished Professor at University of California, Los Angeles’ Fielding School of Public Health, and host Brenda Gazzar, discussing why the U.S. healthcare system performs poorly in equity and efficiency compared to other wealthy nations.  This […]

        Featuring Ellen Karel, the chair of Health Care for All-California, and host Brenda Gazzar, discussing the healthcare justice political ground game in one of the bluest states in the nation.  This is part two of a two-part series.    The Three-Front […]

              Featuring Ellen Karel, the chair of Health Care for All-California, and host Brenda Gazzar, discussing the life experiences that lead her to advocate for healthcare equity and what is keeping California from embracing single-payer healthcare.  This is part […]

        Featuring Dr. Stephen Kemble, psychiatrist, board member of Physicians for a National Health Program and member of One Payer States, discussing healthcare reform in Hawaii and Vermont with host Brenda Gazzar. This is part two of a two-part series.    Hawaii, […]

        Featuring Dr. Stephen Kemble, a psychiatrist and former president of the Hawaii Medical Association, and host Brenda Gazzar discussing the burdens of Medicaid Managed Care on mental health patients and doctors alike. This is part one of a two-part series for […]