by Public Citizen health researcher James Floyd, M.D.
On Tuesday, eight courageous activists stood up to Sen. Max Baucus and demanded that single-payer national health insurance be considered. The confrontation, which drew police to the chamber, occurred during a roundtable discussion on health reform held by the Senate Finance Committee, which Baucus chairs. This was one of the few times that single-payer has been covered in the mainstream press, and it’s shameful it took something as dramatic as the arrest of physicians and other activists to make it newsworthy.
