How do we protect Medicare from privatization?
During the election, Donald Trump campaigned on protecting Medicare, but House Speaker Paul Ryan wants to convert the program into a voucher system, which is supported by Tom Price, Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary. Democrats say they will stand firmly and unified against Ryan's plan. How are grassroots organizations responding? What will it take to save Medicare?
Guest:
Trudy Lieberman, a past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists, is a contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review where she writes about healthcare and media coverage of healthcare
Web Resource:
California HICAP (Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program)
National Committee to Protect Social Security and Medicare
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