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Health Care Symposium Emphasizes Need for Education

The Monitor

By: Berenice Garcia

Much of the national debate in recent months has focused on the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, by Republican legislators. However, prominent Democratic legislators have recently come out in support of a single-payer healthcare plan. This was among the topics panelists covered at Tuesday’s symposium.

Single-payer wouldn’t solve all problems, argued Anne Dunkelberg, associate director of the Center of Public Policy Priorities in Austin, but financial access to health care is a powerful piece of the puzzle.

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