Author: HealthyCA

“‘Medicare for All isn’t politically viable’ is the refrain from the pundits. But how many non-pundits have they actually talked to about Medicare for All? Democratic Socialists of America activists have been...

William Hsiao knows more about single payer systems than pretty much any other American. What does he think about ‘Medicare for All’? Read more on Politico.com.

The gap in health administrative spending between the United States and Canada is large and widening, and it apparently reflects the inefficiencies of the U.S. private insurance–based, multipayer system. Read more on...

“In the United States, a legion of administrative healthcare workers and health insurance employees who play no direct role in providing patient care costs every American man, woman and child an average of $2,497 per year....

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From the New York Times: “Ro Khanna will introduce legislation that lets states bundle all their health care spending — including Medicare, Medicaid, Affordable Care Act dollars and more — to fund a state-level...

The city council of the 2nd largest city in the country passes a resolution on the federal Medicare for All bill HR 1384. Wins in an overwhelming 10 to 1 vote. Read more on CommonDreams.org.

Gov. Newsom and the Legislature recently created and funded a 13-member Healthy California for All Commission to develop options for a statewide healthcare delivery system “through a unified financing system.” Single-payer advocates will have an opportunity to influence outcomes, building on the Commission’s data, research and policy options.

Ed Weisbart, M.D., a family physician and chair of the Missouri chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program, wrote an op ed for the St. Louis Post Dispatch: The fact that the insurance industry is lobbying hard for this...

Watch Dr. Donald Berwick, former Administrator of Medicare and Medicaid, and a long time single payer supporter. This video comes to us via Social Security Works, a great group which works with the single payer...

Healthy California Now Chair Cindy Young is a longtime health care organizer who works with churches, community organizations and unions in the fight for health care justice and health as a human right. Vice Chair Sal Rosselli...

Californians have a right to quality, affordable, and accessible health care — a right to health care that doesn’t discriminate by age, income, gender or sexuality. Californians are ready for single payer health...

March 4, 2019 SACRAMENTO — Less than one week after the introduction of a federal Medicare For All bill in the House of Representatives, a statewide, non-partisan coalition comprised of community, consumer, labor, health,...

Time to appoint the Council on Health Care Delivery Systems and build California’s Single Payer system now!!

By Natalie Shure, writing for Jacobin. In the spring of 1969, a dozen feminists gathered at a women’s conference in Boston and came to a sober conclusion: their encounters with the United States health-care system had been...

By Robert Pollin, writing for LA Times. The California Senate recently voted to pass a bill that would establish a single-payer healthcare system for the entire state. The proposal, called the Healthy California Act, will now be...

By Paul Y. Song, MD, Contributor, Huffington Post. Nothing illustrates the middleman in our overall fight for health care justice better than this “Schoolhouse Rock!” styled video (above) launched today by Healthy California in...

By Melanie Mason, LA Times. When Jason Schadewald stepped up to the microphone to chime in with support for single-payer healthcare in California, he kept it short, stating his name, hometown and affiliation. But like scores of...

By John Nichols, The Nation. Bernie Sanders and the nurses are right: America needs a “Medicare for All” health-care system. And the change can begin in California. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and House Speaker...