We looked at other countries to get a sense of the range and then compared it to what we had in the state. Then we looked at a number of different ways that it's administered. I think if you’ve seen one single-payer system, you’ve seen one single-payer system. There’s certainly a lot of lessons learned, but you then need to bring it back and tailor it to your local environment and really understand whether that would work for you or not.”
Carrie Rheingans, Michigan State Representative. "State Proposals for Single Payer Health Insurance Systems: Policy Visions and Challenges," September 16, 2024.
A lot of times you’ll hear people talk about climate and say, ‘You gotta focus on climate. We don’t have time to work on equity.’ I would argue there’s always time to work on equity. It’s always time to center people who are furthest away from power and to figure out solutions. If we do this well, this could actually be the first equitable transition we make in the world.”
Tonya Allen, president of the McKnight Foundation. "Election 2024 and U.S. climate policy," September 19, 2024.
If it is functioning correctly, democracy should be the peaceful version of just bashing each others’ brains out to see who gets to lead the other monkeys. Even if our current system is broken and smells funny, for now, there’s no other.”
Angelo Tijssens, playwright and director of Ontroerend Goed Theater Company. “Ford School community event of ‘Fight Night’ presented by the University Musical Society,” September 26, 2024.
We just don’t have a lot of protection for where our data goes … there should really be a nationwide privacy law, or every state should have privacy laws that protect people.”
Kashmir Hill, technology reporter at The New York Times. In conversation with Shobita Parthasarathy, October 7, 2024.
I’m not an Israeli. I’m not a Palestinian, and I’m not Lebanese. But I would say to you, the humanitarian consequences of this conflict are horrific to say the least. The vaunted international community has once again revealed that it is too divided, it is too self-interested, it is too preoccupied, and it is too feckless to do much about it.”
Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “Perspectives on the Middle East crisis,” October 30, 2024.
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