As the “official” debate shifts away from single payer type plans, an increasing amount of people across the United States are showing their support for that model. Dr. Flowers, a co-chair for PNHP and a single payer advocate, explains why single payer would be more beneficial then market-based plans. Produced by Ania Smolenskaia
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by Dr. Margaret Flowers, The Real News Network
June 21, 2009
Dr. Margaret Flowers is a pediatrician in the Baltimore area and a co-chair of the Maryland chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP). She is also a Co-Director of PopularResistance.org and It's Our Economy. Flowers is currently running as a Green Party candidate for US Senate in the state of Maryland.
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