[Peace] Medicare For All bill reintroduced in House

[Debra Schrishuhn]

Once again Rep. John Conyers, progressive stalwart and member of the
Board of Directors of Progressive Democrats of America, has
re-introduced a single-payer health care bill under the same number ,
HR 676.

H.R. 676 has the support of 26 international unions, Physicians For A
National Health Program, two former editors of the New England Journal
of Medicine, National Nurses United, the American Medical Students
Association, Progressive Democrats of America, and the NAACP.

Original Congressional co-sponsors of the measure included Reps.
Katherine Clark (D-MA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Michael Doyle (D-PA),
Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Sam
Farr (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings
(D-FL), Mike Honda (D-CA), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Barbara Lee (D-CA),
John Lewis (D-GA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rick
Nolan (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Jan Schakowsky
(D-IL), Robert Scott (D-VA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY),
Peter Welch (D-VT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Frederica Wilson (D-FL),
John Yarmuth (D-KY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Jose E.
Serrano (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Lucille Roybal-Allard
(D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL), Hakeem
Jeffries (D-NY), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Robert Brady (D-PA), Jared
Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Marcy
Kaptur (D-OH), Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), and
Karen Bass (D-CA).

We look forward to urging more Representatives to sign on to this
vitally important bill in the coming weeks and months. PDA Illinois
will be pressing more members of the Illinois Congressional delegation
to become co-sponsors.

Stay tuned,
Debra