Medicare for All Act 2025
Medicare for All will be reintroduced in both the House (by Rep. Pramila Jayapal) and the Senate (by Sen. Bernie Sanders) on April 29, 2025! Republicans control the House and the Senate this session, making legislative action (and hearings) on our bills a challenge, but this is still an important opportunity to build support for Medicare for All and add co-sponsors to the bill.
With the current administration seeking to aggressively limit the number of people in this country who have access to healthcare, it has never been more critical to present a clear alternative: a healthcare system where everybody is in, and nobody is out.
This session, we will have a clean reintroduction of the Medicare for All bills in the house and the Senate — that means that although we may not have bill numbers yet, we know that the text of the bills will remain exactly the same as last session. This page will include tools to help you learn more about the bill and reach out to your legislators.
Pramila Jayapal
Bernie Sanders
Bill Information
You don’t have to be an expert on the intricacies of the bills to advocate for them, but having some basic knowledge will help you to be more informed and confident in your conversations with legislators and their aides.
NOTE: Although the bills have to be reintroduced separately in the House and Senate, the text for both bills in both houses will be the same. Likewise, the text for both the bills this session will be the same as last session’s (in 2023). You can read a summary here.
Bill Name: A bill to establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program
New Bill Number: TBD
To be introduced 4/29/2025 by Rep. Pramila Jayapal
New Bill Number: TBD
To be introduced 4/29/2025 by Sen. Bernie Sanders
Find Your Legislators
The first step is always to find out who your legislators are! If you aren’t sure, you can find out who represents you and contact information to reach them by calling the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or by using the button below.
The next step in approaching your legislators is to find out whether your legislator has cosponsored in the past. Use the buttons below to see the full list of cosponsors on last session’s bills, in both the House and the Senate:
Making the Call
Now that you have some information about the bills and a sense of how your legislators behaved last session, it’s time to reach out. We know that the BEST way to get your legislator’s attention is with a phone call to their office. Emails are frequently disregarded or dismissed with a boilerplate response – that’s why we’re encouraging you to do your outreach over the phone.
A few general tips to review BEFORE making your call:
The likelihood of actually getting to speak directly with your legislator is incredibly slim - unless you are representing a larger group, or already have a relationship with your legislator - so be prepared to have your conversation with one of the legislator’s aides.
Legislators have aides who specialize in different areas of policy. You want to make sure you ask to speak to their aide who works on healthcare – that person should have a better sense of what the bill is and how the legislator feels about it.
Because the bills have not yet been introduced this session, we cannot provide bill numbers for the 2025 bills yet - you are calling to ask if the legislator intends to become an original co-sponsor of the M4A bill when it is filed.
You might have a hard time getting hold of a person in the office and get sent to voicemail. Be persistent! As a constituent, it is your right to be heard by your legislator! Please contact info@healthcare-now.org if you are unable to reach your legislator by phone after trying multiple times during work hours eastern time zone - this is important information.
Things to be prepared for when you speak with a healthcare aide:
Treat the aide like a real person throughout the call - try to get to know them, ask them how long they’ve been handling health care for the Rep or Senator, etc. Talk with them, not at them.
The most powerful message you have to advocate for Medicare for All is your personal story about why you passionately care about this issue. This could be your own experiences with the healthcare system, or those of your friends/family. Try to avoid making long policy arguments or lecturing at the aide, though. Share your own experiences and values, and ask them about theirs if appropriate.
Aides generally will not have the power to give you a “yes” or a “no” over the phone, without getting approval from their Rep/Senator first. If the answer you receive sounds like a delaying tactic like “I’ll get back to you” or “I have to ask my boss first” - ask them when would be a good date for you to follow up with them, and always follow through on your promise to follow-up, by emailing them or calling again.
If the aide has questions you can’t answer, don’t be afraid to say “I’ll get back to you on that!” You can email info@healthcare-now.org with any questions that arise, and they’ll be happy to help you find answers.
There is a button to a sample call script to the left, but remember that your personal story is the most important, and the more conversational you are on the phone, the better the response you will get. If legislative aides get the sense you are reading from a script, they might not take you as seriously as if you speak in your own words. But if you are far more comfortable reading from a script, don’t feel bad doing so - you can even edit the script to put it in your own words!
We want to hear how your conversations go! Did they agree to cosponsor or outright refuse? Are there any details or concerns that seem important to note?
Use this online Report-Back Form to let us know how your outreach goes!
Reporting Back
Thank You!
This is the first step in our nationwide co-sponsor campaign, and your calls and support make a big difference. The next step will be to organize coalitions and delegations of people to apply more pressure. By taking action together, we can make Medicare for All possible.