How Single Payer Would Look in New York State

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 2, 2018

Katie Robbins, director of the Campaign for New York Health, talks about a RAND corporation study assessing the feasibility of legislation to create a single payer healthcare system in New York state. Richard Gottfried, New York State Assembly Member (D-75th District) and Chair of the NYS Assembly Committee on Health, discusses his single payer health care proposal, which was the subject of the RAND corporation feasibility study.

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