Written by Barbara Pearson   State-based SP bills S693/ H1194 A bill to establish Medicare for All in Massachusetts Standard M4A–establish Medical Trust, eliminate private insurance except for services not covered by the Trust; funded with a payroll tax (and tax on investment earnings over $30K); negotiate drug prices, provide hospital budgets Sponsors Sen. Jamie […]

Written by Dana Koletar   State-based SP bills SF 1125 Sen. John Marty (co-sponsors 25/67) HF 1200 Rep. Alice Mann (co-sponsors 23/134) A true Single Payer bill; More information can be found at www.mnhealthplan.org   Related legislation (pending) Rep. Alice Mann plans to introduce another bill in the next session with a concrete roadmap of […]

Written by Donald Kollisch, M.D. and Heather Stockwell   State-based SP organizations Rights & Democracy NH  https://www.radnh.org/med4all/ PNHP NH  http://pnhp.org/chapter/new-hampshire/  National partners with strong SP campaigns PNHP <https://pnhp.org/> People’s Action <https://peoplesaction.org/> The Center for Popular Democracy <https://populardemocracy.org/> NESRI- National Economic & Social Rights Initiative https://www.nesri.org/ National Nurses United https://medicare4all.org/  State-based SP bills None for 2020 […]

New Mexico Written by Akkana Peck (Los Alamos) State-based SP organizations Health Security Act (NM) Support Group, https://www.nmhealthsecurity.org/ LWV-NM, https://lwvnm.org National Affiliations:   Many national organizations with NM chapters listed. State-based SP bills SB279/ HB295 (Health Security Act) Summary: to enact the Health Security Act to provide for comprehensive statewide health care, the development of […]

New York Written by Henry Moss   State-based SP bills +A. 5248 (sponsor Gottfried) New York Health Act (71 co-sponsors; has passed the assembly 4 times) +S. 3577 (Sponsor Rivera) New York Health Act (31 co-sponsors; 1 shy of a majority) The New York Health Act establishes a single-payer health insurance system that covers all […]