Labor going for Single Payer Health Plan

LaborNotes.org:

Labor activists from 31 states gathered in St. Louis last weekend, solidifying their strategies to push "Medicare for all" - and to oppose the half-hearted health care plans circulating in Washington.

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Indeed, single payer could pull the U.S. economy out of its quagmire by injecting $317 billion in public and private funds into the economy and creating 2.6 million new jobs, according to the CNA's research arm.

A study the union previewed at the St. Louis conference said the spending would pump $100 billion in wages into the economy and create almost as many jobs as the economy lost last year.