On Friday, Dr. Margaret Flowers was one of fifteen people to testify before the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee.

The subject: health care reform.

Dr. Flowers was the only one of the fifteen who spoke on behalf of a single payer health care system.

Does this mean that single payer is now on the table in the U.S. Senate?

Nick Skala was in a bit of shock.

In early June, he was invited to speak before the Progressive Caucus of the House of Representatives about single payer health care.

There are about 71 members of the House who belong to the Progressive Caucus — about a third of the Democratic Caucus.