Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Rep. Debbie Dingell just re-introduced Medicare for All in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Our momentum is strong, and it’s a testament to the organizing and power we’ve built together as a movement over the last few years.
More than half of the House Democratic Caucus have co-sponsored the bill, and we already have a commitment from first-time cosponsor and chairman of the powerful Energy & Commerce Committee, Rep. Frank Pallone, to hold a hearing on the bill in his committee.
But we need more members of Congress to join this coalition, which is why we’re launching a petition with Rep. Jayapal calling on Congress to make health care a human right and support Medicare for All.
For months we’ve been preparing for this moment and organizing in districts across the country. Through our District Leaders program, we’ve trained and coached volunteers who have stepped up in over 200 congressional districts to meet with their member of Congress and urge them to become a cosponsor.
Together we will continue to organize in every district and create a wave of grassroots power that’s impossible to ignore.
We’ve watched as the pandemic disproportionately affected low-income communities of color who lacked sufficient health coverage and suffered from preventable preexisting conditions. We’ve seen millions of people lose their employer-sponsored health insurance as businesses shuttered last year.
Enough is enough. Medicare for All is the popular, necessary, and urgent solution to a broken, for-profit health care system that leaves more than 87 million Americans uninsured or underinsured during a pandemic.
Thank you for helping us get to this moment.
Max Cotterill
Organizer
Nurses’ Campaign for Medicare for All
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