Michael Lighty joins us to discuss lessons from his more than 25 years as part of the struggle for single payer and health justice in the United States. Michael is Health Care Constituency Director for the Sanders campaign and former Policy Director for National Nurses United (NNU). This episode is part of Medicare for All Week, a limited event series running Feb 3 - 11. Every day between Iowa and New Hampshire, we're bringing you fresh interviews from some of our favorite voices on single payer and the fight for health justice, plus some special surprises. Death Panel is entirely listener supported, so if you enjoy this series please help us out by subscribing, leaving us a rating, or becoming a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod. 💉 DP Medicare for All Week 2020: Michael Lighty on Why This Time Is Different 💉 9 February 2020 This is the sole re-air of Medicare for All Week. This interview was originally posted as Death Panel Episode 111 on Christmas 2019. Support us on Patreon for a second full episode every week and our backlog of episodes: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬