FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 29, 2025
Media Contact: Anika Thota, PNHP Policy & Communications Specialist, anika@pnhp.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), which represents more than 25,000 doctors nationwide, enthusiastically welcomes the launch of the Medicare for All Act. This bill, which is being introduced by Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell in the House and Senator Bernie Sanders in the Senate, will finally establish a single-payer national health program in the United States.
The Medicare for All Act arrives at a critical moment, as Medicaid cuts loom, public health infrastructure is being dismantled, and dangerous rhetoric from political leaders seeks to rewrite the meaning of “health care reform.”
Under the false promise to “Make America Healthy Again,” politicians are threatening to gut safety net programs like Medicaid, and are already funneling billions of taxpayer dollars to corporate insurers through their privatized “Medicare Advantage” plans.
So-called “Advantage” insurers are already overpaid by an estimated $140 billion annually, and impose widespread harm on patients, particularly those with cancer and other serious conditions, by delaying and denying care in the name of profit. This makes it especially galling that the Trump administration boosted MA payments by an additional $25 billion for 2026—money that could and should be used to fund patient care.
“The Trump administration has somehow not heard the voices of Americans who are angry and frustrated with a healthcare system that is built to make profits for the few and to delay and deny care to the rest of us,” said Dr. Diljeet Singh, President of PNHP. “We need a universal health care system that guarantees care for all—free of copays, deductibles, and job-based coverage restrictions. With the passage of the Medicare for All Act, patients can get the care they need without fear of crushing medical bills and physicians can focus on healing patients, not battling insurers over denials and delays.”
Across the country, physicians are also sounding the alarm on Trump administration policies, and making it clear that they want to practice in a system that puts patients before profits.
“As a future physician, I want a health care system in which I can base my patient care and clinical decision-making on my patient’s needs, not on their insurance,” said Rachel Fox, a student leader with Students for a National Health Program (SNaHP). “Our current system benefits no one but the shareholders of private health insurance companies, and a universal, single-payer system like Medicare for All is the only sustainable option for long-term reform of our broken health care system.”
The Medicare for All Act of 2025 would provide health coverage to every U.S. resident—including comprehensive medical, dental, vision, mental health, and reproductive care—with no out-of-pocket costs, copays, or deductibles. By eliminating waste and corporate profiteering in health care, the bill would save hundreds of billions annually that could be invested in actual health care, resulting in better, more equitable health outcomes.
“Physicians are calling for Medicare for All because we see, every day, the harm that our profit-driven system inflicts on our patients,” said Dr. Singh. “We need a system where health care is guaranteed, not denied and delayed for corporate profits.”
Physicians for a National Health Program is a nonprofit research and education organization whose more than 25,000 members support single-payer Medicare for All reform.