Written by Contributor Stephen Kemble, Healthcare for All Hawaii, Hawaii Health Authority; Board Member PNHP State-based SP organizations Healthcare for All Hawaii, https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareforallhawaii/ PNHP chapter https://pnhp.org/chapter/hawaii/ National Affiliations: PNHP PNHP http://www.pnhp.org Health Committee of Democratic Party of Hawaii (See good goals in 2018 Platform, Don’t see a standing Health Committee State-based SP bills In […]
Maine
Written by Lynn Cheney, Maine Allcare State-based SP organizations Maine AllCare https://maineallcare.org/ (Maine AllCare is a chapter of PNHP, https://pnhp.org/chapter/maine/) State-based SP bills H.P. 1611 An Act to Support Universal Healthcare Summary: A comprehensive, universal, publicly funded bill, based on the Minnesota Health Plan. Sponsors: Presented by Representative BROOKS of Lewiston (9 of 186) […]
Maryland
Written by Kristy Fogle, PA-C (Maryland Progressive Healthcare Coalition, MDPHCoalition); David Rabin, MD (PDA) State-based SP organizations Maryland Progressive Healthcare Coalition https://www.facebook.com/MDPHcoalition/ (coalition partners listed at Facebook site) Our Revolution, Maryland (http://ourrevolutionmd.com/) (Strong ally of the coalition) Healthcare is a Human Right Maryland– various chapters National SP organizations PNHP Maryland; National Nurses United, People’s […]
Massachusetts
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 […]
Minnesota
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 […]