On May 31, a large coalition of labor and community groups is holding a nationwide day of action to demand a national single payer healthcare system. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kay Tillow, an organizer of the action and member of the leading organization, NationalSinglePayer.com. Tillow speaks about the current healthcare crisis in the United States and why it is imperative that people organize now for a solution, such as national improved Medicare for all. Tillow critiques the Medicare for All legislation that was recently introduced in both houses of Congress and what we need to do to move the bills forward.
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Kay Tillow, chair of Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare and Coordinator of the All Unions Committee for Single Payer Health Care, worked in the Southern civil rights movements in the 60s, spent her early career organizing unions, and was responsible for organizing over 600 unions across the country to endorse H.R. 676, John Conyer’s Medicare for All Act.