PNHP-NY Metro's 2023 Legislative Package

The legislation below represents the primary focuses of PNHP-NY Metro's lobbying efforts during the 2023 legislative session in New York.

Summary of Legislation: Take action by clicking on the bill names.

✅New York Health Act (S7590 / A07897) will establish a single-payer universal healthcare system in New York state that will guarantee comprehensive care for all residents and workers, regardless of employment, immigration status or ability to pay!

✅Reproductive Freedom & Equity Act (A00361A / S00348B) will establish a fund to cover the cost of abortion —as well as traveling expenses and childcare costs—for low-income New Yorkers and people coming from out of state. Has already passed the state senate!

✅Coverage 4 All (A3020 / S2237) will create a state-funded Essential Plan for ALL New Yorkers up to 200% of the federal poverty level, regardless of immigration status, by including undocumented immigrants in the state’s application for the 1332 waiver. Submit comments in support of Coverage 4 All.

✅Indigent Care Pool (2023 bill numbers pending) will redistribute public funding to protect true safety-net hospitals providing health care for low-income, people with disabilities, and communities of color.

✅End Medical Debt package: Ounce of Prevention Act (A6027 / S1366) requires all hospitals to use a uniform application form and policy and relates to distribution of funds from the general hospital indigent care pool, and Fair Medical Debt Reporting (A6275 / S4907) prohibits medical debt from being collected by a consumer reporting agency or included in a consumer report.

✅Fair Pay for Home Care would leave room in the budget for home health workers to make 150% of the minimum wage. New York has a home health care shortage and ensuring liveable wages for these highly skilled professionals is the first step to address this.

✅Protect Telemedicine Abortion Across State Lines (S1066A / A1079A) will shield clinicians and pharmacists throughout the state from: prosecution, loss of license or malpractice, and from subpoenas of their medical records for prescribing and sending of abortion pills to people who need them.

Join or renew your membership to PNHP before December 2nd, and you will be entered in a sweepstakes to win one of 10 available copies of the gripping book, The Power to Heal: Civil Rights, Medicare, and the Struggle to Transform America’s Health Care System, by medical expert and skilled storyteller Dr. David Barton Smith.

As Dr. Jack Geiger, Logan Professor Emeritus of Community Medicine at CUNY Medical School, explains, “The Power to Heal brings to life the neglected history of one of the greatest victories of the civil rights struggles—the successful confrontation with the institutional racism and racial segregation long entrenched in America’s hospitals, north as well as south, that had relegated African American patients to basement wards and inferior treatment.”

Why join PNHP? Hear from members about why membership is important to them:

PNHP is an organization funded by its members. We accept no corporate contributions of any kind. Our small staff and all activities are supported by members’ dues, individual contributions, and above all, the hands-on activities of our members.

All are welcome to join.You don't need to be a physician — nurses, public health professionals, social workers and concerned individuals who support single-payer health care are active and valued members of our organization. 

We look forward to welcoming you to our organization and working together to win an improved Medicare for All system. 

Join or renew your membership to PNHP before October 1st, and you will be entered in a sweepstakes to win two free tickets to Michael Moore's new Broadway Show The Terms of My Surrender. 

The New York Times called it "one of the 5 must see shows on Broadway" right now.

Michael Moore's film SiCKO made a huge impact on the movement for guaranteed health care. He's always been a friend to our cause, and we are thrilled that he has offered PNHP membership this opportunity. If you don't win the raffle, you'll still receive a discount code once the winner is drawn. 

Why join PNHP? Hear from PNHP members about why membership is so important to them:

PNHP is an organization funded by its members. We accept no corporate contributions of any kind. Our small staff and all activities are supported by members’ dues, individual contributions, and above all, the hands-on activities of our members.

All are welcome to join. You don't need to be a physician to join — nurses, public health professionals, social workers and concerned individuals who support single-payer health care are active and valued members of our organization. 

We look forward to welcoming you to our organization and working together to win an improved Medicare for All system. 

Donate below! We are a member-supported organization and cannot do this work without you. Your tax-deductible contribution, no matter how small or large, goes towards organizing that ranges from the production of informational materials, direct actions, work in the community, collaborating with medical students and residents, monthly forums, building leadership, keeping the lights on and more! We need you now more than ever! Thank YOU for volunteering, showing up, and donating to help grow the movement for universal healthcare and total health justice. 

Choose the level of support that works for you:

Make a one-time contribution below or become a monthly sustaining donor by clicking here to help make a lasting impact on our organization by providing a steady stream of funding that we can count on.

Take the opportunity to become a member of national PNHP!

To become a member, make a one-time contribution below of $250 or more!

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Become a monthly sustaining donor of at least $25/month - click here!

Gift Memberships: To honor someone with membership benefits, please email us to inquire.

To contribute by check:
Make checks payable to "PNHP-NY Metro" and mail to:

PNHP NY Metro
PO Box 352
New York, NY 10028

PNHP - NY Metro is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization; all donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

CURRENT + UPCOMING EVENTS:

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Fed up with for-profit healthcare?

Join our #MedStoryMonday campaign featuring stories from health workers, students and patients in support of the NY Health Act & Medicare for All!

Physicians, nurses, midwives, dentists, residents, public health workers and students, medical students, doulas, home care workers: we want to hear from you!

CLICK HERE for examples and CLICK HERE to share your story today to be featured in a #MedStoryMonday quotegraphic!

Recent Online Educational Forums

CLICK HERE for videos and information related to our past forums:

• October 2024 Forum: Segregation in Healthcare
• September 2024 Forum: The 2024 Election and the Fight to Protect and Improve Public Medicare and Medicaid On The Path to Healthcare for All
• May 2024 Forum: On The Rise: Doctors Unionizing & Organizing for Single Payer
• April 2024 Forum: All Means All: Coverage for Immigrants and the Fight for Universal Healthcare
• March 2024 Forum: New York Health Act Town Hall Lobby Prep
  
• February 2024 Forum: Community Care in Crisis: NYC Hospital Closures & Consolidation
• January 2024 Forum: New York Health Act Town Hall
  
• October 2023 Forum: Educate, Liberate, Elevate: Youth Justice Through Healthcare
• September 2023 Forum: Organizing to Build Support for the NEW New York Health Act
• May 2023 Forum: The Fight for LGBTQIA+ Rights and the Struggle to Expand and Guarantee Care for Every Body
• April 2023 Forum: Film & Forum: American Hospitals
• March 2023 Forum: The NY Health Act + Our 2023 Health Policy Package: Preparing for Lobby Day
• February 2023 Forum: Delivering Birth Justice: Why is giving birth in the US so dangerous and costly, and what can we do about it?
• January 2023 Forum: New Year, Renewed Resolve: Building the Local and National Movement for Healthcare for All
• December 2022: A Celebration of Assemblymember Richard Gottfried & the New York Health Act
• November 2022: Indigenous Peoples’ Health: Inequities, Innovations & Lessons 
• October 2022: NYC Administrative Code 12-126: What is it and what would Amending it Mean for NYC Public Employees?
• October 2022: How Private Equity Makes US Sicker
• September 2022: Environmental Justice is Health Justice: Exploring the Relationship between Environmental Health Advocacy and Single Payer
• May 2022: There is NO Health Care Justice without Abortion and Repro Health Justice!
• April 2022: Legislative Focus: NY Health Act and Ending Medical Debt - Preparing for Lobby Day
• March 2022: Why US Prescription Drug Prices are Too High... and How to Treat It
• February 2022: Privatizing Medicare Part II: How it Really Works
• January 2022: Privatizing Medicare: Impacts on Patients and Doctors
• November 2021: Single Payer: Everyone Has a Role to Play
• September 2021: Activism as a Health Professional Student: Finding Ways to Join Local Efforts
• June 2021: NYC Plans for Medicare Advantage
• May 2021: Substance Use and Single Payer: Connecting the Dots
• April 2021: Why Hospitals & the People They Serve Should Support Single Payer & the NY Health Act
• March 2021: Achieving Healthcare for All: The NY Health Act for a Just COVID Recovery
• February 2021: Invest In Our New York: Education, Housing, Food, Jobs, & Health
• January 2021: Unequal Treatment: The Unjust Death of Dr. Susan Moore
• November 2020: COVID-19, Long-Term Care, Single-Payer & the Elections
• June 2020: COVID Capitalism and the Fight for Health Care Justice and Societal Transformation
• May 2020: Combatting COVID & Building Resilience: Health, Jobs, & Homes
• April 2020: The Roles of Racism & For-Profit Healthcare in Pandemic Response Failures

Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) is a single-issue organization advocating a universal, comprehensive single-payer national health program. PNHP has 22,000 members and over 50 chapters across the United States.

Since 1987, we've advocated for reform in the U.S. health care system. We educate physicians and other health professionals about the benefits of a single-payer system--including fewer administrative costs and affording health insurance for the 30 million Americans who have none.