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National Call-In Day for HR 676

January 25th: National Call-In Day for HR 676 H.R. 676 – the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act – was introduced last night, January 24th 2017! We’re targeting members of Congress at their DC office, so you only need to call the switchboard and ask who your legislator is. With your help, we will…

NYC Single Payer Strategy Conference: Jan 13-15

Single-Payer Strategy Conference, Jan. 13 – Jan. 15, 2017 Join Us in New York, NY! You are invited to join hundreds of activists for a weekend of inspiration and strategy to win single-payer national health insurance! This year’s national Strategy Conference will be hosted in New York, where the Campaign for New York Health has passed…

Take the Quiz: Mental Illness Awareness Week

The Public Option and Momentum for Single Payer

September 22, 2016 Calls for a “public option” in healthcare – a publicly run health insurance plan that would compete with private insurers – have made a comeback in recent days. But it’s not a comeback like Robert Downey Jr. after rehab or the Cleveland Cavaliers after game 4 of the finals. More like Corey…

ColoradoCare Webinar & FAQ

This informational webinar on Colorado’s Amendment 69 was held by the ColoradoCare Yes campaign and hosted/facilitated by Healthcare-NOW on August 11, 2016. It runs about 1 hr and includes a 20-minute Q&A at the end. Thanks to the National Healthcare for the Homeless Council for use of their webinar service. Webinar Slides Still have unanswered…

Take Action: Ask the DNC to adopt single payer in the 2016 platform!

On Friday June 24, the Democratic Party’s Platform Drafting Committee rejected an amendment that would have committed the Party to fight for Medicare for All, by a 7-to-6 vote. Fortunately, there are steps you can take right now to help us make sure Medicare for All is on the 2016 Democratic Party platform! 1. Volunteer…

Rapid Response: LTE to NYTimes

Today’s Action: Sending a Letter to the Editor Yesterday, the NYTimes published an article on the recent Urban Institute’s analysis of Bernie Sanders’s healthcare plan. In addition to the fact that they accepted the analysis uncritically, they managed to make claims that not even the study itself made: Making big cuts all at once to…

Most Americans Want to Replace the ACA with Single Payer

58% of Americans would repeal and replace the ACA with “a federally funded healthcare program providing insurance for all Americans“, according to a new poll released today by Gallup. The most interesting finding concerned Republican support for single payer: 41% of Republican and Republican-leaning respondents supported the move to replace the ACA with a single…

Single Payer on the Late Night Show

Comedian Seth Meyers – host of his own late night talk show – spends 9 minutes ripping into the harebrained Republican proposals for replacing Obamacare and breaking down, hilariously, many of the issues with our current healthcare system. We thought Meyers did a great job, with one exception – what single payer myth did he…

Oregon: Momentum Building for Single Payer

Check out the exciting single-payer developments in Oregon over the last couple months: New Staff at Health Care for All Oregon Two new staff joined the statewide coalition this month! Robert Lee, the new Executive Director, worked as a policy analyst in state government for several years, developing anti-poverty reforms with a focus on healthcare,…