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Benjamin Day Speaker Profile
Here’s a very brief excerpt of my story – a high level summary.
Read MoreGraham-Cassidy Repeal Action
Do you or any of your friends live in one of these states? At least one Senator from all of the following will potentially vote YES on Graham-Cassidy! Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Colorado Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina…
Read MoreOur Commitment to Reproductive Justice
Healthcare-NOW organizes to win a national single-payer healthcare system and stands in solidarity with the movement for reproductive justice, which Sister Song defines as “the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities.” The Affordable Care Act (ACA) took a step forward in requiring all health insurance plans to cover contraception, and…
Read MoreNational 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…
Read MoreTake 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…
Read MoreTake 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…
Read MoreMost 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…
Read MoreJoin the Online Single Payer Book Club!
Join the Online Single Payer Book Club!
UPDATE: You can now sign up for the book club on the Single Payer School site! Follow our instructions here. Interested in getting together with other single-payer supporters and learning more about organizing, activism, and healthcare policy? Join us for our first ever book club! We’ll start our first book in early May, meeting…
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