7 million low-income people in the United States have lost access to health care because they have

been removed from Medicaid in 2025. Health insurance premiums are already skyrocketing for those

who are on Affordable Care Act programs. Now, 22 million people could have their

monthly health insurance premium double in cost unless Congress takes action by mid-December.

We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. City. We are excited to have Professor Richard Wolfe join us again for our regular weekly segment

where we talk about the biggest stories related to the economy, the state of the working

class, and the crimes of big business.

I'm your host, Brian Becker.

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forward slash the socialist program. We appreciate all of your support and encourage you if you're

not yet to become a patron today. Richard Wolf is the co-founder of the organization,

Democracy at Work. He's the author of many books, including understanding capitalism, which is available at Democracy at Work. He's the author of many books, including Understanding Capitalism, which is

available at Democracy at Work. Info. Professor Wolf, welcome back. Thank you, Brian. Very glad, as usual,

to be here. Thank you so much. Richard, I had the opportunity to travel with some folks who had a medical license to bring cancer meds

to children who have cancer in Cuba. Cuba has a top-rate health care system. It has in its

constitution the language that health care is a right and that the state has a responsibility to every

citizen in Cuba to provide health care free of charge. At the time of the Cuban Revolution in

1959, there were 6,000 doctors in the whole country. Today, there are 94,000. And in spite of

the blockade, life expectancy in Cuba is 77.1 years, just one year

less than the United States. They're, quote, richest country in the world. And here we are,

Richard, where Americans, 75 million are dependent on Medicaid. 7 million have lost it, and now 22 million more are going

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