The Senate Medicare For All bill will be rolled out tomorrow. The event will be live-streamed on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Facebook page.
Fifteen senators have gone on record to say they’re co-sponsoring the bill, which is expected to align with Rep. John Conyers Jr’s HR-676 in the house.
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Kamala Harris (D-CA)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Al Franken (D-MN)
- Ed Markey (D-MA)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Tom Udall (D-NM)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Patrick Leahy has said he’s likely to support the bill. If he does, that would make it 16, or one third of the Democratic Senate caucus.
Even Joe Manchin has said MFA should be explored and we should discuss how/why it works in all the countries that have it.
If your Senator is not on this list, call them and ask them why they aren’t. If they are co-sponsoring it, please call them to thank them for their support!
Along with many other progressives like John Conyers and others in the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Bernie Sanders has been fighting to make healthcare a right for decades. Here he is in 1992 talking about the Canadian system and its benefits. We are getting closer.