The GOP’s failed health care reforms, the Affordable Care Act’s unsustainability, and Medicare for All’s popularity have turned the call for single-payer health care into a rallying cry that unites the Left and even many liberals.

Turning this moment into a movement that can win true health care justice will force us to answer some basic questions. What role will the market play in health care? What about the government? Who decides how to contain costs? What real solutions can we find to health disparities and structural determinants of health?

As we answer these questions, we must present health care as a public good, one that deploys the collective resources of our society to protect and enable us to lead happy and productive lives.