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Bea and Phil speak with lifelong activist William Bronston about his experiences trying to take down the infamous Willowbrook institution from within as a young doctor, his appeal to replace “long term care” with “lifetime care," and how his work towards deinstitutionalization informs his ongoing advocacy for single payer healthcare.
Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/lifetime-care-dr-william-bronston
Find Bronston's book "Public Hostage, Public Ransom" here: https://www.publichostagepublicransom.org/ and the state single payer plan he coauthored here: https://caltcha.org/model
Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism
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