WATCH: Medicare for All in the Spotlight at Historic Congressional Hearing

After many years of tireless grassroots activism led by nurses, doctors, and ordinary Americans fighting for a just healthcare system, Medicare for All will finally get its first-ever congressional hearing on Tuesday before the House Rules Committee.

“Who has ever created change by thinking small? The scale of the crisis in healthcare is so enormous that we have to think big and be bold,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the lead sponsor of the Medicare for All Act of 2019 in the House, said ahead of Tuesday’s hearing. “We are creating a movement that makes it clear that when we win Medicare for All, it will be because of the people’s movement!”

Ady Barkan, who is battling terminal ALS, is one of just two Medicare for All supporters testifying at the hearing.

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No longer able to speak due to his condition, Barkan will make the case for Medicare for All “using a computer system that tracks his eye movements and subsequently converts text into speech.”