PNHP is committed to focusing on a specific “Kitchen Table” issues, to show how single-payer Medicare for All would address Americans’ most pressing health care problems. See below for a list of topics, in reverse chronological order.
For each topic, we’ll provide members with a toolkit of messaging and organizing materials to distribute within your own communities and networks. Together, we can spark a national conversation on how Medicare for All would address the problems everyday Americans care most about.
Mental health care (Spring 2021)
The United States was facing a mental health crisis before COVID-19, but the pandemic has made these long-standing problems considerably worse. Commercial health insurance has no interest in addressing this crisis. When it comes to mental health care, we need improved Medicare for All.
- One-page talking points handout: Medicare for All means Mental Health Care for All
- Comparison chart: Barriers to Mental Health Care — Commercial insurance v. Medicare for All
- Problems and Solutions: How Medicare for All would improve mental health care
- PNHP Policy Primer: America’s Health Care Crisis and Medicare for All
Health care voters guide (Fall 2020)
Click HERE to access the full measuring health plans toolkit.
COVID-19 endangers frontline health workers (July 2020)
Click HERE to access the full health care workers toolkit.
COVID-19 exacerbates racial inequities (Spring 2020)
Click HERE to access the full COVID-19 racial inequities toolkit.
Public health emergencies (Spring 2020)
Click HERE to access the full pandemics and public health emergencies toolkit.
Rural health care (March 2020)
Click HERE to access the full rural health care toolkit.
Racial health inequities (February 2020)
Click HERE to access the full racial health inequities toolkit.
Surprise medical bills (January 2020)
Click HERE to access the full racial health inequities toolkit.
Organizing around the Kitchen Table Campaign
If you need assistance with events or actions, contact the PNHP organizing team at organizer@pnhp.org. For help with messaging materials, contact PNHP communications specialist Clare Fauke at clare@pnhp.org.
If you would like to provide expertise or help develop materials for future Kitchen Table topics, please contact PNHP president-elect Dr. Susan Rogers at s.rogers@pnhp.org.
Full list of topics
Review previous installments of the Kitchen Table Campaign, and stay tuned for additional topics throughout 2020:
- Surprise billing (January)
- Racial health inequities (February)
- Rural health (March)
- Pandemics and public health emergencies (Spring)
- COVID-19 and racial health inequities (Spring)
- COVID-19 endangers health care workers (July)
- COVID-19 and delays for non-COVID care (future)
- COVID-19 and unmet mental health needs (future)
- High drug prices (future)
- Substance abuse and opioids (future)
- Maternal and reproductive health (future)