February Webinar: Against all Odds: What the US Can Learn From the Cuban Healthcare System Join National Single Payer and Pittsburgh-Matanzas Sister Cities Partnership Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 5 pm PT / 8pm ET as we welcome David Ramirez Alvarez, Second Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba who will present Against All Odds: What the U.S.… Continue reading February 2024 Newsletter
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January 2024 Newsletter
2023 NSP Highlights National Single Payer was busy in 2023. We held 4 Educational Webinars attended by almost 500 activists, published 5 newsletters, launched The Real McCoy in Healthcare podcast, and published 7 articles. What is NSP planning for 2024? Be part of a bold movement to achieve national single payer! NSP January Webinar: McMedicare for All!… Continue reading January 2024 Newsletter
National Single Payer Denounces Targeting of Hospitals in the Gaza Strip and U.S. Complicity in Genocide
November 29, 2023 published on Counterpunch As a national, grassroots, social justice organization that organizes locally in the struggle for national single payer health care in the U.S., united by the common principles that health care is a human right, must be free from corporate profit, and must be achieved through national legislation, the Steering Committee… Continue reading National Single Payer Denounces Targeting of Hospitals in the Gaza Strip and U.S. Complicity in Genocide
November 2023 Newsletter
November is Fundraising month at NSP! The comic Steve Martin once famously quipped, “It’s easy to raise a million dollars. First you raise a million dollars….” 2023 has been a busy year for NSP. With few funds, we have increased our reach to over 2,300 individuals through our monthly newsletters and our new Educational Sessions.… Continue reading November 2023 Newsletter
October 2023 Events and Newsletter
Join National Single Payer October 11 at 5PM PT / 8PM ET as we welcome Jessica Conard, resident of East Palestine, OH to present October’s Educational Session: Libby Medicare and the Public Health Emergency in East Palestine. This month, National Single Payer invites East Palestine activist Jessica Conard to discuss Section 1881A of the Affordable… Continue reading October 2023 Events and Newsletter
September 2023 Events and Newsletter
COMING UP: REGISTER FOR THE SEPTEMBER WEBINAR EDUCATIONAL SESSION! Join National Single Payer Wednesday, September 13 at 5pm PT / 8pm ET as we welcome Linda Phenix, co-chair and co-founder of the Texas Task Force to Protect Medicare from Privatization. This group succeeded in getting the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans and the Texas Democratic… Continue reading September 2023 Events and Newsletter
August 2023 Events and Newsletter
Join Us in Our Regular Monthly Meetings In the spirit of making positive change and moving forward, National Single Payer will be changing our meeting format to encourage more attendance. We will monitor the success of this new format and reassess after four months. Going forward, the first Wednesday of the month will be dedicated to National Single… Continue reading August 2023 Events and Newsletter
How to Build the Necessary Ground Game To Put National Single Payer Health Care Front and Center
The Medicare for All Act of 2023 The Act retains many important elements from the previous bill, such as universal entitlement, comprehensive benefits including prescription drugs and long-term care, global budgets, and the elimination of private health insurance that duplicates services provided by the Act. The Act bans cost sharing and premiums, creates an office… Continue reading How to Build the Necessary Ground Game To Put National Single Payer Health Care Front and Center
VA Webinar Recording
Best Care in the US: What National Single Payer Activists Need to Know About VA Health Care The panel discussion, led by nationally renowned author Suzanne Gordon, was our most successful webinar to date! The panelists discussed how the privatization and outsourcing of VA Health Care are destroying the health care system created for our… Continue reading VA Webinar Recording
An Open Letter to Congressional Sponsors of Medicare for All
Please improve the bill now, before it is introduced. Reposted at Common Dreams Dear Member of Congress: As legislation for national single payer health care, an Improved Medicare for All, has not yet been introduced into the current Congress, now is the time to work to make that bill what it must be to solve… Continue reading An Open Letter to Congressional Sponsors of Medicare for All