HR 1976 – Medicare for All Act (MC4A) reintroduced

The new Medicare for All Act (MC4A) (Jayapal, Dingell) has been reintroduced in the House as HR 1976. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has agreed to certain committee hearings, including Small Business and Health. When asked what would happen if a state passed single-payer...

Healthcare Townhall with Ash Kalra (3/24/21)

A Zoom Healthcare Townhall on AB 1400 will be held March 24 at 7 p.m. with Assembly Members Ash Kalra and Miguel Santiago, and State Senator Elect Sydney Kamlanger. Attendees are asked to submit questions during registration about the new single payer bill, The...

We can’t afford not to have single payer

Note: AB 1400 is a “policy” bill. It does not include a financing plan. Rather it indicates the intent to pass a second bill that would develop a revenue plan once the policy is approved. (A financing bill will require a two-thirds vote.) So when we hear,...