Organizations supporting
Single Payer

Health Care for All -WA

Physicians for a National Health Plan -Western Washington

WA Single Payer Action

WA - Progressive Democrats of America

Wash State Progressive Caucus

Wa State Jobs with Justice

Island County Activists for Single Payer

Vancouver HealthCare Now

Socialist Alternative

Olympia Single Payer Action
United for Single Payer

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Republicans want to privatize Medicare and slash Medicaid to reduce the nation's deficit. President Obama says he wants to preserve Medicare and Medicaid, but his budget proposal looks to those programs to find savings. We agree that healthcare costs are a serious problem, but cutting Medicare and Medicaid won't help. Instead, we need to take the corporate greed and waste out of our healthcare system, and make healthcare a human right by extending Medicare to everyone.

Join us in sending this message to President Obama and your Congresspeople: Medicare is the solution - not the problem. We need improved Medicare for all NOW! - Click here to send a message

Washington Health Security Trust Introduced (HR 1085, SB 5224)


Sherry Appleton, Representative 23th LD, introduced the Washington Health Security Trust in the 2013 session of the Washington State House of Representatives (HR 1085) and Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles, 36th LD, introduced the WHST in the Washington State Senate (SB 5224). You can find the latest information about HR 1085 here and SB 5224 here. This state single payer plan would cover all Washington residents with comprehensive health care under a single plan. It has been written to qualify for a waiver under the Affordadable Care Act, for which it would be substitiuted in 2017.

A hearing in the House Health Care and Wellness Committee occurred on February 1st. More than 130 single payer supporters from around the state attended, filling the hearing chamber as well as two overflow rooms. About 20 people testified, repesenting health care professionals, business, labor, community organizations and patients. You can watch the proceedings by clicking here - the reading of the bill, and sponsor Rep Sherry Appleton's testimony, and the public testimony (copyright TVW). Supporters met afterward for an enthusiastic assessment of the hearing.

Click here for a summary of the WHST, as introduced in the previous legislative session.
Representative Appleton
Senator Kohl-Welles


Opinion and Information on the Threat to Medicare and Medicaid

 Privatize Medicare? No Thanks! - Dr. James Mitchner
Ryan turns Knife on Medicare, Medicaid - Dr. Margaret Flowers
Pay Much Attention to the Insurers Behind the Curtain - Wendell Potter
Medicare for All is the Solution - Robert Reich
Stop the Bipartisan Assault on Medicare - Support the People - Claudia Chaufan
What Happened to Social Justice in Health Care Reform? - Arthur Sutherland
GOP's Medicare Plan would be a Windfall for Insurers - Wendell Potter

Listen to The Wicklines sing:
"We're Being Scrooged"
"Medicare for All"

Join UfSP meeting, Tuesday, March 12, 7:00 PM, James Conf Center, Room D, Swedish/Cherry Hill Campus - directions


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Next UfSP meeting
Tues, March 12th
Swedish/Cherry Hill Campus, James Conference Center Room D
7pm
Directions

United for Single Payer is a coalition of organizationsand individualsthat are committed to continuing to advocate for single payer as the gold standard and to work together to build and amplify our strength and impact during this crucial period when Congress and the Administration are negotiating health care reform alternatives. The focus of our activities needs to be on our representatives and building grassroots support for the only real hope for achieving health care justice.

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