Single Payer: Where Do We Go from Here?

Date: May 21, 2014 10 a.m.

Sen. Bernie Sanders will be joined by experts and advocates to highlight the need for a single-payer system in the United States. The summit will include discussion on how we can transition to a health care system offering universal access and next steps for single payer advocacy.

10 a.m., Wednesday, May 21

SD-430, Dirksen Senate Building

Panelists:

  • Robert Weissman, President, Public Citizen, Washington, District of Columbia

  • Gerald Friedman, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Dr. Margaret Flowers, PopularResistance.org, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Dr. Andrew Coates, President, Physicians for a National Health Program, Albany, New York

  • Michael Lighty, Director of Public Policy, National Nurses United, Oakland, California