Single-Payer Debate on NPR
Yesterday, Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, of Physicians for a National Health Program, debated Robert Moffit, of the Heritage Foundation, on single-payer healthcare and healthcare reform on NPR’s Radio Times.
Here’s the NPR description and an MP3 of the hour-long debate.
When Barak Obama outlined his proposal for reforming the health care system, the concept of a single-payer system was once again left out of the equation. But there still is a strong and vocal voice for the concept. What is a single payer system and why is it, or isn’t, the solution to our health care crisis? Our guests are ROBERT MOFFIT of the Heritage Foundation and STEFFIE WOOLHANDLER of Physicians for a National Health Program.
Listen to the debate.
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