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Medical Society Resolutions campaign

  • MedicalSocietyResolutions.org (campaign website)
  • Sign up and connect with PNHP members in your medical society
  • Sample medical society resolution, complete with references

Activist Starter Kit

  • Civic Power Through Engagement (start here for an overview on getting active)
  • Physician Mapping (reach out to your colleagues)
  • PNHP Chapter 101 (learn how to form a chapter)
  • Tabling 101 (reach out at public events)
  • Call-a-thon (pick up the phone – the results might surprise you)
  • Social Media 101 (learn the basics of Facebook and Twitter)
  • Social Media 201 (explore Facebook Live and Twitter threads)
  • Social Media 301 (create a Facebook group, live-tweet an event, or post a video to YouTube)

Ask your rep. to co-sponsor the Medicare for All Act

  • Write an email using our simple webform
  • Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121
  • Tag your rep. on social media using the hashtags #SinglePayer and #MedicareForAll

Writing and Media

  • How to Write an Op-Ed and Letter to the Editor
  • Letter to the Editor Examples
  • How to contact the media and make calls to the press
  • Sample city / medical society resolution (PDF)
  • Sample city / medical society resolution (Word)

Public Speaking

  • Public speaking tips
  • How to prepare a single-payer PowerPoint 
  • How to build the movement through public speaking

Lobbying Materials

  • How to meet with legislators in-district
  • Case Study: Meeting with legislators in D.C.
  • Talking Points
  • Comparison chart contrasting Medicare for All with commercial insurance
  • Medicare for All Act summary
  • Medicare at 50: Key Facts about Medicare’s Fiscal Status and History
  • Financing single-payer national health insurance: Myths and facts
  • Executive Summary: Funding HR 676

Organizing

  • How to hold a house party for health reform
  • How to host a video screening
  • Sign-in sheets for medical events (MSWord)
  • Sign-in sheets for community events (MSWord)
  • Petition guide for patients to support H.R. 676

Working with Allied Organizations

  • Healthcare-NOW!
  • Public Citizen
  • All Unions Committee for Single Payer Healthcare — HR 676
  • Labor Campaign for Single Payer
  • California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
  • Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
  • Progressive Democrats of America
  • Single Payer Action
  • National Health Care for the Homeless Council

The PNHP national office is here to support the activism of our members. Email info@pnhp.org or call 312-782-6006 for assistance.

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    • Rural Health Care
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      • Policy Details
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