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.”

Ask yourself, who do you trust to make decisions about who should be allowed to practice nursing in your state? Do you trust your state’s nursing board, or would you trust an organization with little oversight and a comfy relationship with corporate sponsors such as big pharma? That question is central to our discussion today. RN and Nurse Practice Specialist for National Nurses United, Michelle Mahon joins us for this podcast.