May 19, 2021 By

Written by Barbara Pearson of OPS, looking for Montana contributor

State-based SP organizations

Medicare for All Montana https://www.facebook.com/groups/1355659827850218/

(with more than 650 members)

National Affiliations: No PNHP, Healthcare-Now, or NNU on their respective national websites. Indivisible MT list several partners (ACLU, Action Network, Swing Left, Montana Progressive Democrats, but website not up-to-date).  Public Citizen M4A Resolutions have been started in 4 cities: Helena, Bozeman, Missoula, and Stites, but no successes reported yet. https://www.medicare4allresolutions.org/sign-up-to-join-the-local-resolutions-organizing-in-your-community/

State-based SP bills

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Related Developments

End-run to universal medicare coverage for all individuals in EPA-declared “public-health emergencies.”  See reference to this strategy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libby,_Montana on New Jersey map page.

“On June 17, 2009, the EPA declared its first public health emergency, which covered Libby and nearby Troy. It had provided an additional $130 million in cleanup and medical assistance.[22] The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes a provision which provided Medicare coverage to individuals of such public health emergencies.[23][24]”

Reference. 2009 NYT (Dec. 20).  Pear, Robert, “Deep in Health Bill, Very Specific Beneficiaries.”  Retrieved 5/24/2021

Where can people find news about Single Payer in your state and/or join a group?*

Check out the Facebook page for Medicare 4 All Montana.  (OPS is in the process of being vetted as a member, and hope to be able to provide a local contributor for this page.)