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Oct 16, 2026
Michael BrismanGUEST
I mean, people...
Michael BrismanGUEST
For 35 years, people in the New York State Legislature have been trying to fix things with the private health insurance market, and they've had a proposal called the New York Health Act.
Michael BrismanGUEST
Now, the pro- the New York Health Act, their solu- the solution of this proposal was to just completely ban all private insurance carriers, which I don't agree with.
Michael BrismanGUEST
And a lot of people like their private insurance, and the...
Michael BrismanGUEST
It was thought that it was gonna cost hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael BrismanGUEST
It'd be impossible.
Michael BrismanGUEST
So, so for 35 years, that's never passed.
Michael BrismanGUEST
And I've been telling people, "Listen, there needs to be a, you know, a New York Health Act 2.0 where we're gonna allow the use of private insurers, but we're gonna actually try to get some reforms, reforms that everybody knows should happen." And maybe it could be passed as part of that, a- and we're, you know, we're looking into that as a possibility.
Mark DunleaCORRESPONDENT
So in terms of healthcare, I believe you do support the single-payer New York Health proposal?
Sarah RogersonGUEST
Yes, I am a New York Health Act champion.
Sarah RogersonGUEST
Um, that proposal is still in development.
Sarah RogersonGUEST
It has been for a number of years, but one of the major things that has emerged, um, in the statistics that the advocates are, are, are putting their efforts into is that switching to a single-payer system would dramatically reduce the expenses that our municipalities are currently holding, um, and, and that are going to these healthcare conglomerates, and would relieve not only municipalities, but now taxpayers who are going to be experiencing additional tax hikes through municipal government to pay for additional healthcare.
Gustavo RiveraGUEST
Insurance companies are number one, by the way.
Gustavo RiveraGUEST
Uh, which is where the other bill that I just wanted to mention quickly, the New York Health Act, comes into effect.
Gustavo RiveraGUEST
And the New York Health Act, yes, that one does deserve some applause, too.
Gustavo RiveraGUEST
[audience applauds] And that is a bill that I will, we will pass in this freaking state, which will create a single-payer system in the state of New York guaranteeing every single New Yorker healthcare, not an insurance product, not about expanding care.
Gustavo RiveraGUEST
When you say expanding care, what most people mean is giving more people insurance products.
Gustavo RiveraGUEST
We know how wonderful that, [laughs] that is 'cause insurance companies are my favorite.
Gustavo RiveraGUEST
If you didn't know, now you know.
Gustavo RiveraGUEST
Uh, but New York Health Act is also a bill that I have, uh, that I, that I feel very, very strongly about.
Devin LanderGUEST
... uh, in a way that is, uh, makes sense fiscally.
Devin LanderGUEST
And I am a supporter of the New York Health Act, for example.
Tom EschenHOST
Mm-hmm.
Devin LanderGUEST
Uh, I, I know that's an, uh, uh, a, a contentious issue, but I, again, I, I think we owe it to ourselves, and we're at a point right now where people, it's just not sustainable going in the direction we're going, where things are always getting more expensive.
Devin LanderGUEST
They want to hear solutions.
Devin LanderGUEST
The New York Health Act is something that's been out there.
Devin LanderGUEST
And that's something that I'm very interested in and would like to see move forward in some form.
Devin LanderGUEST
I think that, you know, again, the trajectory that we're on now is not sustainable for people.
Charles BarronGUEST
Can do something about homelessness or the unhoused and can do something about healthcare.
Charles BarronGUEST
We have a New York Health Act that we can do these things, but the federal level, I just don't see a win even when the Democrats win.
Charles BarronGUEST
We've been there, done that, and there's too many neocolonial sycophant sellout puppets of the Democratic Party, Black puppets of the Democratic Party.
Charles BarronGUEST
And DSA is not trying to bring socialism to the Democratic Party.
Evan DawsonHOST
... a state model of that?
Jeremy CooneyGUEST
I, I, I absolutely do, and I've, I've come on your program before and, and shared my, uh, support of single-payer models like the New York Health Act.
Evan DawsonHOST
So this doesn't change that.
Evan DawsonHOST
You're-
Jeremy CooneyGUEST
No
Evan DawsonHOST
...
Evan DawsonHOST
the New York Health Act.
Jeremy CooneyGUEST
No.