Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Donna Smith; Where's the Single-Payer Option? Moyers on Memorial Day

May 22, 2009

Bill Moyers speaks with California Nurses Association advocate Donna Smith about how our broken system is hurting ordinary Americans. Also, policy analysts and physicians Sidney Wolfe of Public Citizen and David Himmelstein of Physicians for a National Health Program join Bill Moyers for a discussion about the political and logistical feasibility of a single-payer system amidst the troubled economy and a government dominated by lobbyists. And Bill Moyers reflects on Memorial Day. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL -- Award-winning public affairs journalist Bill Moyers hosts this weekly series filled with fresh and original voices. Each hour-long broadcast features analysis of current issues and interviews with prominent figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment, religion, science, politics and the media.