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(JTA) — Ady Barkan, an Israeli-American lawyer and one of the country’s most visible progressive activists for single-payer health care, died Wednesday at a hospital in Santa Barbara, California. He was 39. The cause was ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which compromised his speech and movement but drove him to fight for patients’ […]
After being diagnosed with the degenerative and ultimately terminal disease ALS, he transformed himself into a symbol for health reform.
After being diagnosed with the degenerative and ultimately terminal disease ALS, he transformed himself into a symbol for health reform.
As Barkan confronted his mortality, he dedicated the rest of his life to changing the American health care system.
Mr. Barkan campaigned for Medicare for all while struggling with A.L.S., the terminal neurodegenerative disease.