People’s Action Pledges to Make Medicare for All Act Law
People's Action grassroots leaders from around the country joined Rep.
People's Action, one of the largest organizing networks in the country, with more than a million people and 48 member organizations in 30 states, pledged to work nonstop in coming months to make sure the legislation becomes law.
"This bill has over 100 original co-sponsors because people in communities throughout the
Jayapal, the bill's lead sponsor, worked closely with a coalition of grassroots organizations, including People's Action, for months to improve and build support for the proposed legislation. Jayapal was the founding director of OneAmerica, a People's Action member organization.
"When we say we fight for 'health care for all,' we mean all," said
People's Action, its member organizations and allies, have led successful campaigns for years to save Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP, as well as to pass and then vigorously defend the Affordable Care Act.
Recently, People's Action and its member organizations led mass organizing efforts in 12 states to advocate for the Medicare for All Act of 2019, including:
* Town hall meetings to educate community members about Improved Medicare for All
* Meetings with members of
* Thousands of conversations between constituents
* Thousands of messages from constituents to their representatives urging them to co-sponsor the bill
If passed, the current patchwork of private insurance, out-of-pocket payments, and public programs that subsidize healthcare would be replaced with an expanded and improved Medicare program that everyone will be eligible for two years after the bill goes into effect.
Under Medicare for All, the government pays medical providers and facilities directly for the services they provide patients, which saves billions of dollars by eliminating the administrative overhead of private insurance. The legislation also allows the government to negotiate lower prescription drug prices, just as many other countries already do.
"Big corporate insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry are bankrupting our rural communities by exploiting our broken health care system to put profits before patients," said
People's Action will continue to work in local communities and on
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