Surprise medical bills seem to be on everybody’s mind these days. Getting an unexpected and often very large bill after a medical visit is increasingly common, even as states like California are enacting strong laws to prevent them. Why is this still happening? Because […]

  On Friday, June 14, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-30) announced to his followers that he was co-sponsoring of The Medicare for All Act of 2019. His announcement came after persistent and unceasing efforts by a wide variety of individual activists and advocacy organizations in the […]

  Attendees of the June 8, 2019 meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) were confronted by a rally outside the meeting organized by medical students and allies calling on the AMA to drop its opposition to single-payer healthcare. Representatives from Students for a National […]

  In a coup for the Medicare for All Movement and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) author of the Medicare for All Act of 2019 (HR 1384), on June 12, 2019, the House Ways and Means Committee heard testimony on Pathways to Universal Health Coverage. The […]

  A few CEOs are taking a look at Medicare for All from the perspective of their bottom lines.  After all, even Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffet called the existing American healthcare system a “tapeworm,” and his colleague Charlie Munger called for Medicare for All.  Get […]

   News Roundup June 10, 2019 — Physicians, nurses, medical students protest AMA stance on Medicare for All On June 8, 2018, attendees of the American Medical Association meeting in Chicago, IL were greeted by several hundred protestors, including doctors, nurses, medical students, patients and […]

  June 2019 Newsletter   During May, Californians continued to strongly urge their legislators to sponsor and pass Medicare for All legislation. Volunteers with Healthy California Now urged Democratic legislators who previously supported single-payer legislation to co-sponsor Jayapal’s Medicare for All Act. Pictured here is […]