Lonnie Ray Atkinson, “HR676: We Want Health Justice.” An earnest rap, released this past May, about the long-dormant HR676 bill (first sponsored several years ago) proposing… well, we’ll let Atkinson explain it:

HR 676, yo, that’s the bill 
we gonna cover each and every, but this time for real
. Some say single-payer, some say medicare for all
. But as long as it’s universal, it don’t matter what you call it
. No more pre-existing conditions
. No more wading through plan restrictions
. No more networks keeping you from physicians
. No holding on the line for a manager’s decision
. No more avoiding the doctor out of fear
. And you won’t lose your coverage if you change careers
. No sweating each charge from your hospital stay. 
I said no more deductibles, no co-pays
. No first rate premiums, third rate plans
. No medical bankruptcies ever again. But it’s more than that, yo, it’s more than that
. A real step toward bringing our economy back
 and put us on the same footing as our global peers
. The biggest job creator in the last fifty years
.

And now imagine recovering the billions lost
 to the excess profits and administrative costs
. Not to mention the loot that providers would save
. When they ain’t fighting with the insurance trying to get paid
. We gonna bargain and negotiate the prices down
. ‘Til every drug lobbyist jaw hit the ground. And you can check the biggest box off that deficit list
. When the medicare shortages cease to exist
.

But it’s more than that, yo, it’s more than that
. This goes out to the loved ones we can’t bring back.

There’s a shout-along chorus of “One nation! One plan!” and some hilarious impersonations of uptight folks parroting misconceptions about the plan. All backed by ominous strings and beats.

Forced at times and politically correct in a way that rap often isn’t, this is nevertheless an intelligent and impassioned plea for common sense.