Michael Lighty

Michael Lighty has organized, advocated and developed policy for Improved Medicare for All nationally and in California for 30 years. He is a founding Fellow of the Sanders Institute, and worked for 25 years at California Nurses Association/NNU.

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Locked Out of the Sausage Factory: Will Medicare Expansion Survive the Budget Reconciliation Debates?

It's gut-check time, quite literally. And the Build Back Better Bill is gutted, House Democrats should vote down the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and hold out for a program that meets the needs of most voters.

Michael Lighty · Oct 27, 2021

Nothing Less Than Improved Medicare for All

Now that we have the historic force of a united front in national Medicare for All legislation—HR 1384 and S. 1129—let’s review the bottom line

Michael Lighty · Apr 15, 2019

'Medicare for America' Will Not Get Us Where We Need to Be

The incremental approach to healthcare reform is an approach the nation can no longer afford. Only Medicare for All will do.

Michael Lighty · Mar 25, 2019

Concerning Medicare for All, It's Not a Time for "Can't"

Now is the moment for people arguing against a system that covers everyone while reducing overall costs to be quiet and enjoy some moments of reflection

Michael Lighty · Feb 3, 2019

Now That Everybody Is for Medicare for All, Opponents Say Let’s Dilute It

Tweaks and fixes that leave the for-profit insurers intact won't work. Only a mass social movement can overcome the huge resource and political advantages of the medical-industrial complex

Michael Lighty · Jan 3, 2019