Tsou explained to the diners, "The Supreme Court decision will have little effect on our struggle for single-payer healthcare, also called 'Improved Medicare-for-All.' We need single-payer healthcare if our nation is to solve the three major problems of the economy, unemployment and the deficit."
While consuming mountains of delicious food, the diners discussed how the present health system, dominated by insurance and pharmaceutical corporations has brought our economy to a standstill , while refusing healthcare to 50 million citizens. Tsou pointed out, "The combined population of 25 States comes to 50 million people, and that number of people has no healthcare."
Tsou told Green Night Out, "Had we adopted single-payer healthcare 20 years ago, our national debt would be a surplus today. State and local governments are being weighed down by obligations for retiree health benefits. With single-payer healthcare, cities like
Tsou is on the board of Healthcare for All PA, www.healthcare4allpa.org , and they have big plans for single-payer legislation in our Commonwealth.
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