While the 2024 presidential election results were not what we hoped for, we do have a multitude of congressional victories to celebrate!

Nearly all of our Medicare for All cosponsors that ran for re-election this November won, in states from Kentucky to Georgia to Arizona. At least 93 House incumbents — with some races still pending — and 7 Senate incumbents who support Medicare for All were re-elected.

We know that Medicare for All remains a popular policy among the majority of voters — about 70 percent of all registered voters, 88 percent of Democratic voters, and nearly half of Republican voters¹ — too many of whom cannot afford health care and understand firsthand that our system is in desperate need of serious reform.

Medicare for All, which would establish a single-payer, national health care system that guarantees care for all regardless of ability to pay, is the best policy solution to our health care crisis. Every academic study for a single-payer system has found that under Medicare for All, everyone is covered, quality is improved, lives are saved, and money is saved.

With Medicare for All, the U.S. would save as much as $600 billion per year, and all premiums, copays, deductibles, and other out-of-pocket costs for patients would be eliminated.² It would also improve health outcomes and reduce inequities, making sure every person in the U.S. receives a single standard of quality care.

No matter what, our Medicare for All champions plan on reintroducing the bill in Congress next year, giving us the opportunity to continue building support for this critical legislation, and we hope you’ll take action with us when the time comes.

In solidarity,

Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All

 

1 - "Poll: 69 percent of voters support Medicare for All"

2 - "Health Care Administrative Costs in the United States and Canada, 2017"