Donna Smith is a cancer survivor whose personal experience with insurance has driven her to become a full-time advocate for a single-payer health system, which would replace private insurers with a single, tax-funded government program.
Read Rick Schmitt’s story: True Believers: Selling a Single-Payer System, Despite a Lack of Buyers
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