What is universal health care and how can you fight for it?

Let’s get started!

Don’t know where to begin? Here are some ways to jump in!

Five-Minute Advocacy

Busy, but want to help out? Take 5 minutes to add your name to the petition in support of the State-Based Universal Health Care Act! The act is currently in congress, and will empower states to create their own universal health care systems.

Universal Health Care 101 - in 30 Seconds

Want more information? Read our elevator pitch for universal one-payer health care and you’ll have all the knowledge you need to get started as an advocate.

Join One Payer States

Want to take your advocacy to the next level? Join One Payer States! There is no experience necessary. You’ll be added to the email list, join the conversation, and have the option participate in our work groups, from education and advocacy, to digital outreach, to policy.

Don’t have time? Donate!

If you want to support our work, you can donate directly to One Payer States. Our donors empower all the work we do!

Join our Discord server

One Payer States has a Discord server open to long-time members and newcomers. Hop on the server, introduce yourself in the Join channel, and we’ll be happy to chat, answer any questions you may have, and help you advocate for universal care.

Find local advocacy groups

Want to volunteer in your local area? We work with state and local organizations across the country. Check out our state advocacy page to find groups that fight for universal health care close to home.

Upcoming Events

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SBUHCA Planning Meeting
May 2
SBUHCA Planning Meeting

Planning committee for the State-Based Universal Health Care Act (SBUHCA). Development of outreach plans, coordination between different organizations, and recruiting lawmakers.

Organization and Development Work Group
May 3
Organization and Development Work Group

The Organization and Development Work Group creates plans for the sustainability and growth of OPS. Compiles and recommends an annual budget to support OPS education and advocacy activities.  Proposes budget modifications as needed.  Plans, organizes, and implements fundraising activities to finance the annual budget. 1st Fridays: 9-10 a.m. PT (12-1 p.m. ET).

Education and Advocacy Work Group
May 7
Education and Advocacy Work Group

The Education and Advocacy Work Group plans, organizes and implements actions and events to inform and mobilize the public in health care reform.  Activities include OPS Office Hours, 3rd Friday educational presentations, and distribution of literature to audiences beyond OPS Advocates. 1st Tuesday 4-5 p.m. PT (7-8 p.m. ET).

Blog

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Universal Health Care In the Senate!
Universal Health Care In the Senate!

Big news in the fight for Single-Payer / Expanded and Improved Medicare for All!


Sen. Ed Markey (D, MA) has agreed to introduce the Senate companion bill to Rep. Khanna's (D, CA) H.R. 6270 "State-Based Universal Health Care Act" (SBUHCA) as soon as next week. We need to recruit our Senators in the next few days, with a cutoff deadline of Tuesday 2 April, 5pm ET, for original (pre-publication) co-sponsoring Senators to sign on. 

Looking Backward, Looking Forward: 2023, 2024, Before and Beyond
Looking Backward, Looking Forward: 2023, 2024, Before and Beyond

One Payer States President, Chuck Pennacchio, PhD

31 December 2023

In 1888, Edward Bellamy's forward-looking novel, Looking Backward 2000-1887, made a sensational impact in an American society reeling from the ravages of the Gilded Age's barbarous Capitalism and Social Darwinism. Bellamy's Boston of the futuristic year 2000 - as conveyed to us by time-traveler Julian West - gives us a utopian vision of universal justice, shared wealth, religious harmony, and global peace. Looking Backward touched millions of Americans and non-Americans, fostered hundreds of Bellamy Societies (most after his 1898 death from tuberculosis), helped launch two magazines, a political party, and a generation of innovative social thinkers such as Jane Addams and John Dewey…

One Payer States - In It To Win It - #GivingTuesday
One Payer States - In It To Win It - #GivingTuesday

This #GivingTuesday please give generously to support our strategic vision and work that is grounded in a deep understanding of U.S. history, politics, media, messaging, coalition-building, inside-outside coordination, horizontal and vertical organizing, constitutional state-national reform dynamics -- and, most importantly, lived experience.