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      1. Let's expand our minds for a minute: #SinglePayer isn't the *most progressive* option on health care, either… @BernieSanders @voxdotcom
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      @BernieSanders @voxdotcom #SinglePayer is national health insurance, a game changing reorganization of how we pay for health insurance.
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    @BernieSanders @voxdotcom But a public health *service* would be a game changing reorganization of how we provide medical care. This is the British Model. And the VA.
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      @BernieSanders @voxdotcom Greater attention to public health *prevention* would incl environmental regulation, workplace safety rules, and lifelong health education.
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        @BernieSanders @voxdotcom Free and low-cost clinics for underserved communities (poor neighborhoods, migrant workers, sex workers) deserves public funding.
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          @BernieSanders @voxdotcom And the role of patient advocacy groups and communities of disabled people in controlling their own care is vital.
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            @BernieSanders @voxdotcom I encountered many of these ideas via anthropologist Roger Sanjek, who did fieldwork with the Gray Panthers, and they blew my mind.
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              @BernieSanders @voxdotcom See: Roger Sanjek, "Anthropological Work at a Gray Panther Health Clinic: Academic, Applied, and Advocacy Goals" Cities of the United States
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      @BernieSanders @voxdotcom Public funding for community clinics, health outreach programs, home health care, and other forms of long-term care is also important.