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Let's assume we want all people to have health care. What are the steps / methods most likely to get us there?

In the U.S. seems like we're a long way from that goal. I'm curious about chunking down the big goal into smaller steps. Interested to hear perspectives from other countries too.

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[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd love to see this pass.

Here are links to see who has co-sponsored these bills: House / Senate

If your senator or legislator has not sponsored that could be one action - call or write them asking them to support the bill.

That said, I volunteered with a group for a few years trying to pass an unrelated bill at the state level, which in at least one session had more than 50% of the chamber co-sponsoring, but we still couldn't get our bill out of committee. Eventually, the bill actually was voted out of committee, only to add amendments that made our bill do the opposite of what it was intended to, and then we had to rally votes against it. Eventually I moved and kind of dropped out of that organization, but the reform we support still has not been passed. And that was for a non-partisan issue.

I don't know the methodology that govtrack uses, but they give the Medicare for All act a 0% chance of being enacted. So I'm interested in more ideas on the nuts and bolts of passing a bill like this.

[-] confluence@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I contacted my House rep. Thanks!

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