Just as the province of Saskatchewan in Canada was the first to have Medicare before it spread nationally, some are suggesting that pushing in states with strong movements for single-payer is the most likely path of success. With a comprehensive national plan not even on the agenda at the moment, it’s hard to argue against the idea of focusing on supportive states first and going from there.

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Can We Win Single Payer State by State? by Deborah Burger, Labor Notes
When the dust settles on a final health care bill this fall, the tens of thousands of labor and community activists who have worked for years to pass single-payer reform (Medicare for all) may be able to point to one major milestone: an amendment that would assist individual states to enact single-payer health care. read more…

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