The Gary Null Show – 03.16.17

Obamacare vs GOP Trumpcare and why we need single payer healthcare now

Dr. Michael Huntington is a retired oncologist and the former Medical Director of the Radiation Oncology Department at Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis Oregon where he currently resides. He is a founder of the Oregon Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program  -- that now has over 18,000 member physicians who favor single payer universal health coverage. IN 2009 Dr. Huntington helped create the Mad as Hell Doctors, who toured the US speaking in favor of single payer healthcare  reform before the passing of Obama’s plan. He is currently the president of the Health Care for All Oregon Education Fund.  The Website for Physicians for a National Health Program WEBSITE is  www.PNHP.org

 

Donna Smith is best perhaps best known for appearing as one of the documentary subjects in Michael Moore’s movie Sicko and her cutting edge progressive journalism on public health and health policies on news sites such as Commondreams. She is the executive director of Progressive Democrats of America.  Donna also worked for several years an organizer and educator around healthcare reform for National Nurses United/California Nurses Association.  Her journalist coverage of healthcare in the US has earned here 15 regional awards from the Associated Press Managing Editors.