The Messaging War on Single-Payer Healthcare
On the Media | Jul 28, 2017
Recent polls show growing support for the idea of single-payer healthcare, or "Medicare for All," in which the federal government would pay for health insurance using taxpayer funds. Even Democratic party leadership have voiced support for a policy that's often been seen as a political non-starter.
For over 100 years, single-payer healthcare has been associated with a fear-mongering campaign over socialism (and later, communism). Bob speaks with Jill Quadagno of Florida State University, author of One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance, about the messaging wars that have colored today's debate about the government's role in healthcare, and how they've been spurred by special interests.
