Listen: Why Young Doctors Appear To Be Embracing Single-Payer

Kaiser Health News correspondent Shefali Luthra talks with Susan Rinkunas, news editor for Tonic, about how a new generation of doctors within the American Medical Association hope to change the organization’s long-held opposition to such ideas as universal health care or single-payer systems. Luthra notes that some of the demographic and political shifts taking place within the profession mirror changes in the population at large.

You can read Luthra’s recent Kaiser Health News story on the topic here.

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<h1>Listen: Why Young Doctors Appear To Be Embracing Single-Payer</h1>
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<p><a href="https://aca.st/b9e842">Kaiser Health News correspondent Shefali Luthra talks with Susan Rinkunas</a>, news editor for Tonic, about how a new generation of doctors within the American Medical Association hope to change the organization’s long-held opposition to such ideas as universal health care or single-payer systems. Luthra notes that some of the demographic and political shifts taking place within the profession mirror changes in the population at large.</p><p>You can read Luthra’s recent Kaiser Health News story on the topic <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/once-its-greatest-foes-doctors-are-embracing-single-payer/">here</a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-why-young-doctors-appear-to-be-embracing-single-payer/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-why-young-doctors-appear-to-be-embracing-single-payer/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-why-young-doctors-appear-to-be-embracing-single-payer/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Listen%3A%20Why%20Young%20Doctors%20Appear%20To%20Be%20Embracing%20Single-Payer&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FODYyMjc0&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-why-young-doctors-appear-to-be-embracing-single-payer/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-why-young-doctors-appear-to-be-embracing-single-payer/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/listen-why-young-doctors-appear-to-be-embracing-single-payer/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<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=862274&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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