Nurses across the country are off to a great start with a grassroots movement to demand Medicare for All. Thousands of people interested in supporting the movement attended over 150 barnstorms from Maine to California where they shared their healthcare stories and learned about the new Medicare for All Act that will be introduced in Congress by Representative Pramila Jayapal. RN and California Nurses Association board member Sandy Redding talks about all ...on this podcast.

They showed up because our broken health care system killed their brothers. They came out because their life choices are paralyzed by the need to pay for insulin. Across the United States this past week, thousands of everyday people convened — through Minnesota snow, through New York City sleet — to take an unprecedented step toward real health care reform.

Welcome to the people’s movement to win Medicare for All.

If there is one defining symbol of how horribly broken our health care system is, this is it: One-third of all GoFundMe campaigns are created to pay for medical expenses, a stunning 250,000 campaigns that have raised an astonishing $650 million, CBS recently reported.

What’s behind this appalling portrait of tens of thousands of families having to beg for help to pay for critically needed care? A morbidly named concept branded as, “Skin in the Game.”