[1]NNU - Medicare for All!

Let’s travel back in time for a moment.

It’s spring 2019 and the Medicare for All Act was just introduced in the
Senate. Five senators running for president cosponsor the bill – Sens.
Cory Booker of New Jersey, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Kamala Harris
of California, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Bernie Sanders of
Vermont.

The proposed legislation would create a single-payer system and cover
long-term care, mental health, dental, prescription drugs, and more. It
would effectively end private health insurance and let patients see any
doctor they want to with no deductibles or copays.

The introduction of this bill was a powerful moment that signaled growing
and widespread support for Medicare for All. The bill expired, like all
bills do, at the end of the Congressional term – but here’s the good
news:

Our hope is that a new Medicare for All bill will be introduced in the
Senate in the next few months – which means we need to mobilize now to
make sure as many Democratic senators as possible are signed on to this
bill.

[ [link removed] ]If you’re ready to make sure your senator cosponsors Medicare for All
in the Senate, will you sign up to join the Senate Organizing Committee
for Pennsylvania?

[ [link removed] ]Join your statewide committee »

As part of your statewide committee, you’ll work with other Medicare for
All supporters in Pennsylvania to pressure your senator(s) to sign on
to the bill. That could look like sending letters, making calls,
collecting virtual petition signatures, organizing Covid-safe actions, or
scheduling a virtual meeting with their office.

We don’t know the exact timing when the bill will be introduced, but we
must start mobilizing now so we can exceed the number of cosponsors from
2019 and let our senators see the widespread support for Medicare for All
across the country.

Thank you for signing up, and we’ll be in touch with more information
soon.

Jasmine Ruddy
Organizer
Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All



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