Media Find Room for ‘Trumpcare Too Progressive,’ but Not for Single-Payer - Right-wing critics of GOP health plan get near-constant media attention--while single-payer advocates' challenges to ACA were never taken seriously

Media Find Room for ‘Trumpcare Too Progressive,’ but Not for Single-Payer – Right-wing critics of GOP health plan get near-constant media attention–while single-payer advocates' challenges to ACA were never taken seriously

In May 2009, at the infancy of the healthcare reform battle that led to the Affordable Care Act, a group of nurses and single-payer activists were arrested for disrupting a Senate Finance Committee meeting chaired by Sen. Max Baucus (D.–Mont.) (Democracy Now, 5/13/09). These activists had been ignored by politicians and corporate media for years … Continue reading Media Find Room for ‘Trumpcare Too Progressive,’ but Not for Single-Payer – Right-wing critics of GOP health plan get near-constant media attention–while single-payer advocates' challenges to ACA were never taken seriously