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After a diagnosis with ALS, Barkan immersed himself in efforts to sink the Trump tax cuts and later, to adopt Medicare for All.
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The terminally ill activist told the Democratic National Convention that health care for millions is at stake this November.
“What matters most to me is that Warren is all in for Medicare for All,” wrote Ady Barkan.
Ady Barkan believes that “millions of people like me will still be denied care by their for-profit insurance company” under Harris’ plan.
“Medicare for All is about a relationship that all of us have to each other,” Warren told Ady Barkan.
Passing "Medicare for All" would show we truly believe health care is a human right and that we all deserve to live with dignity.
Barkan's testimony was a highlight of the House hearing, which proved surprisingly substantive despite a clear partisan divide on the issue.