Support Medicare for All

In 2023, healthcare costs constituted nearly 18% of the United States’ gross domestic product. Despite spending far more on healthcare than any of our economic peers, the US has worse health outcomes. High healthcare costs not only divert resources from sectors like education and infrastructure, they also force thousands of people to delay or forgo necessary care; and health care expenditures only continue to rise.

The Medicare for All Act, S. 1506 / H.R. 3069, would replace our patchwork system of private and public insurers with a single public payer by expanding Medicare access to all Americans. Medicare would cover essential healthcare, with private insurers covering elective procedures like plastic surgery. The bill would require a significant tax hike, with proposals that focus on the wealthiest Americans and corporations, but major reductions in healthcare spending would outweigh tax increases. Individuals would pay dramatically lower premiums and would not pay copays or deductibles at all. Indeed, studies have concluded a universal, single-payer healthcare system could save 114,000 lives and more than $1 trillion annually by eliminating administrative costs and giving the government more leverage to negotiate cheaper drug prices.

A universal single-payer healthcare system would end our shameful exclusion of millions from the healthcare system, eliminate medical bankruptcy, and provide more Americans with access to needed care. Demand your representatives support Medicare for All.