City Council passes resolution supporting Medicare for All Act of 2019

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The resolution to support the Medicare for All Act was one of the reasons Town Hall was packed for the City Council meeting last Wednesday night. Gadfly will spend 2-3 posts providing an overview of this resolution, which passed unanimously.

“This resolution is not about answering every question about how these programs are going to work. . . . We can’t continue to say people aren’t ready for a conversation. . . . This is a vote about understanding the magnitude of the issue, it’s a vote about showing the courage about where we’re going to go. . . . We need these conversations. . . . It’s about showing not just our leaders in Washington but also our community. . . . It’s about who we are as a city, about who we want to be, and about how we want to serve the citizens of Bethlehem.”

Councilman Reynolds, prime mover of the resolution
along with Councilman Colon

Medicare

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Richard Master, speaking for citizens’ groups in support of the resolution

to be continued . . .

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Edward J. Gallagher, Bethlehem immigrant, retired, nearly 50 years as Professor of American Literature at Lehigh University, known as "Dr. G" and "Conan the Grammarian" to students, whose virtual world avatar "EdwardScholarhands" stares at you here, has reinvented himself as the Bethlehem Gadfly.

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One thought on “City Council passes resolution supporting Medicare for All Act of 2019”

  1. Ed, Double check this, but I think that is Richard Master or Masters in your photo, not Baxter. Dana

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