A Passionate Voice For Single Payer

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

Video Produced by Renato Perez

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<h1>A Passionate Voice For Single Payer</h1>
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			July 7, 2009		</time>
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<p>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.</p><p>Read Rick Schmitt’s story: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/1740775B-4BCA-485C-8F05-93E1E92B41A8">True Believers: Selling a Single-Payer System, Despite a Lack of Buyers</a></p><p>Video Produced by Renato Perez</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/0707singlepayer/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/0707singlepayer/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/0707singlepayer/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20A%20Passionate%20Voice%20For%20Single%20Payer&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F0707singlepayer%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/0707singlepayer/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/0707singlepayer/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/0707singlepayer/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=9833&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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