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The Medicare for All Act of 2019
Overview of the Medicare for All Act of 2019
Read the full text of the Medicare for All Act.
Read PNHP’s news release, and the news release from lead sponsor Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.).
One-page summary covering major features of the bill.
List of co-sponsors of the Medicare for All Act in the current (116th) Congress.
List of organizations and governmental bodies endorsing single-payer reform.
Activism on the Medicare for All Act
Write a letter to your representative and ask them to co-sponsor the bill.
Call your representative at (202) 224-3121 and ask them to co-sponsor the bill.
If your representative has already co-sponsored, ask them to join the Medicare for All Caucus.
Visit PNHP’s Take Action page.
Introductory press conference
Financing a single-payer national health program
Funding H.R. 676: Executive Summary
(Friedman, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; July 2013)
“Liberal Benefits, Conservative Spending”
(Grumbach, et al., JAMA 265(19); May 15, 1991)
How Much Would a Single-Payer System Cost?
The Current and Projected Taxpayer Shares of U.S. Health Costs
(Himmelstein and Woolhandler, American Journal of Public Health, 2015)
A Comparison of Hospital Administrative Costs in Eight Nations
(Himmelstein et al., Health Affairs, Sept. 2014)
Transitioning to single-payer national health program
Beyond the Affordable Care Act: A Physicians’ Proposal for Single-Payer Health Care Reform
(Working Group on Single-Payer Program Design, American Journal of Public Health 106(6); June 2016)
A National Long-term Care Program for the United States; A Caring Vision
(Working Group on Single-Payer Program Design, JAMA 266(21); December 4, 1991)
A Better-Quality Alternative: Single-Payer National Health System Reform
(Working Group on Single-Payer Program Design, JAMA 272(10); September 14, 1994)
The official blog of PNHP
Jessica Schorr Saxe, MD
Family Medicine
Dr. Jessica Schorr Saxe is a retired family physician, national board member of Physicians for a National Health Program, and founder of PNHP’s Charlotte chapter, Health Care Justice-NC.
Dr. Saxe received her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine, and completed her residency at Duke. From 1980 to 2015, she worked as a family physician for the underserved in Charlotte. Her practice reinforced her interests in access to care, as well as in prevention and lifestyle changes.
Dr. Saxe has written guest columns for the Charlotte Observer for more than 30 years, and frequently speaks to community and medical groups about single-payer health care and other health advocacy topics. She has received numerous community and professional awards, including PNHP’s Dr. Quentin Young Health Activist Award in 2016.
Stephen K. Chao, MD
Family Medicine
Dr. Stephen Chao is an assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He was previously a staff physician at Legacy Community Health Services, a federally qualified health center in Houston, and was also previously on the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine.
Born and raised in Houston, Dr. Chao attended Rice University, graduating with degrees in Biochemistry and Health Policy. He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and also a Masters in Public Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health. He completed his family medicine residency training at UT Health San Antonio and is committed to caring for the underserved residents of Houston and Harris County. His interests include care for immigrant and refugee populations, community health, and public policy.
Dr. Chao is an advisory board member of Physicians for a National Health Program, secretary of the National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians, and vice president of Health Care for All Texas.
Judith Albert, MD
OB/GYN and Reproductive Endocrinology
Dr. Judy Albert is a reproductive endocrinologist. She served as a full-time faculty member of the Departments of OB-GYN at both the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh. For 30 years, Dr. Albert was a physician-owner of a women-owned and operated practice devoted to reproductive endocrinology, infertility, and IVF services in Pittsburgh. She retired in 2019, and currently devotes much of her time to health care justice advocacy. In 2016, Dr. Albert co-founded a local chapter of PNHP in Western Pennsylvania and is a member of the Western PA Coalition for Single Payer, the national board of PNHP, and the steering committee of National Single Payer.
Dr. Albert received her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Magee-Women’s Hospital at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School, and completed a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of Pennsylvania.