Episode 40: Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Medicare For All

Episode #39 Notes1:00 - Why did you become a doctor?3:15 - What were your main areas of study and what degrees did you earn?6:30 - How did your experience in public health impact your views on medicine and social change?6:45 - What are the challenges in the food system that you are trying to address?8:40 - How did you realize economic austerity measures were impacting public health?12:00 - How does food and environmental justice issues intersect with health?14:00 - What did you realize was underlying all the national public health crises?17:00 - Why can’t our current health system address these health crises?20:10 - What do you see elsewhere that our current healthcare system is lacking?23:50 - What do we mean by Medicare For All, and how would it function?26:30 - How would we pay for Medicare For All?30:45 - How would patient care improve under some of these changes? Also, what’s the difference between Medicare For All and Universal Healthcare?33:40 - What were your most popular policy platforms when you ran for governor?35:30 - Suggested Readings?Healing Politics: A Doctors Journey Into The Heart of Our Political Epidemic, Dr. Abdul Al-SayedAn American Sickness, Elizabeth RosenthalAmerica’s Bitter Pill, Steven BrillPharma, Gerald PosnerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.