Two single payer doctors – members of the Baucus 8 – have dumped the Democratic Party.

In a letter to The Enterprise newspaper of southern Maryland, Dr. Margaret Flowers and Dr. Carol Paris announced that they had switched their voter registration from Democratic to Independent because “both major political parties have failed our patients and us.”

Flowers and Paris have been leaders in a nationwide movement for a single payer, Medicare for all health care system.

Two single payer activists confronted Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-Arizona) at a Tucson hotel tonight.

The two activists: Russell Mokhiber of Single Payer Action.

And Alison McLeod, a registered nurse with National Nurses United.