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 […]
May 29, 2019 On Wednesday around 40 Medicare-for-All advocates rallied outside the Marines’ Memorial Theater in San Francisco where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was scheduled to address The Commonwealth Club. The rally was coordinated by Single Payer Now and organizational participants included Physicians for a […]
In 2017-18, 27 California members of the House of Representatives co-sponsored the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act (HR 676), which was originally introduced in 2003 by John Conyers. Yet to date, seven of the 27 legislators have failed to co-sponsor its latest […]
Medicare-for-All advocates in San Francisco are preparing to promote their support of H.R. 1384, the Medicare for All Act of 2019 (Rep. Pramila Jayapal), at two upcoming appearances by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Activists will gather at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 29 in […]
Elvia Mendez, high school junior and “the Greta Thunberg of Single Payer Healthcare,” leads rally at the Los Angeles district offices of her congress member, Tony Cardenas. On May 21, 2019, Elvia Mendez, a high school junior at Vaughn International Studies Academy […]
