{"id":84465,"date":"2017-09-28T11:31:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T15:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84465"},"modified":"2017-09-27T21:13:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T01:13:09","slug":"what-is-single-payer-healthcare-a-public-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84465","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: What is Single-Payer Healthcare? A public forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_-4556707766847085261gmail-m_-7642432025315499338MsoNoSpacing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=84466\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84466\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-84466\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/single-payer-large-300x125.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/single-payer-large-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/single-payer-large-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/single-payer-large-400x167.jpg 400w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/single-payer-large.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>There is currently much discussion about different systems of\u00a0health care and exactly what each of the options means for patients, providers and healthcare industry employees. One of the options is a single-payer or &#8220;Medicare-for-all&#8221; system, which would provide health care to all Americans with the potential for significant cost reductions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-4556707766847085261gmail-m_-7642432025315499338MsoNoSpacing\">Dr. Sunny Aslam, assistant professor of psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse and member of Physicians for a National Health Program, will speak on the advantages of single-payer and how it would improve our current system.<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-4556707766847085261gmail-m_-7642432025315499338MsoNoSpacing\">In addition, there will be a panel of local residents who have lived in countries with single-payer health care systems, and local business owners who are supportive of a single payer healthcare system. If you have questions about single-payer, this is an opportunity to have them answered. Hear how our current system of healthcare provision is ultimately unaffordable, unsustainable and inequitable and how single-payer would address those issues.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-4556707766847085261gmail-m_-7642432025315499338MsoNoSpacing\">The forum is planned for\u00a0<span class=\"m_-4556707766847085261gmail-aBn\"><span class=\"m_-4556707766847085261gmail-aQJ\"><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_212095712\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Sunday, Oct. 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, from\u00a0<span class=\"m_-4556707766847085261gmail-aBn\"><span class=\"m_-4556707766847085261gmail-aQJ\"><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_212095713\"><span class=\"aQJ\">3 to 5 p.m.,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0at the Jewish Community Center. The event is sponsored by Indivisible Mohawk Valley\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/indivisiblemv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/indivisiblemv.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1505263863852000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFgHxV4oK9yOLqTxOmUgzSJGBJogw\">indivisiblemv.<wbr \/>com\/.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is currently much discussion about different systems of\u00a0health care and exactly what each of the options means for patients, providers and healthcare industry employees. One of the options is a single-payer or &#8220;Medicare-for-all&#8221; system, which would provide health care to all Americans with the potential for significant cost reductions. 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