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Boston Medicare for All Organizing Meeting

Boston Medicare for All Organizing Meeting. May 19, 2019 encuentro5 • boston • ma. Two Pathways to Victory. National Medicare for All Legislation: Requires Democrats/Progressives to win majorities in House, Senate, and Presidency & almost 100% of Democrats on board.

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Boston Medicare for All Organizing Meeting

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  1. Boston Medicare for All Organizing Meeting May 19, 2019 encuentro5 • boston • ma

  2. TwoPathways to Victory • National Medicare for All Legislation: • Requires Democrats/Progressives to win majorities in House, Senate, and Presidency & almost 100% of Democrats on board. • State Legislation or Ballot Initiative breakthrough: • In MA requires Dem/Progressive majorities in House, Senate, and Governor & 64% of Dem Reps/62% of Sens. OR capacity to pass ballot initiative in face of $25 million+ opposition campaign.

  3. National Gains, 2016-2019 • 2017-2018 Surge in National Co-Sponsors • HR676: from 62 co-sponsors at end of 2015/16 session to 124 co-sponsors at end of 2017/18 session. • That’s 33% to 63% of House Democrats in 2 years! • 2019 Breakthroughs in House: • H.R. 1384 introduced with 106 original co-sponsors in 2019, compared to 51 in 2017 • Medicare for All Hearings in Rules Committee, Budget Committee, Ways & Means Committee… beyond?

  4. Massachusetts CongressionalDelegation • 2018-19: Doubled # of House Co-Sponsors in MA • From 3 Massachusetts co-sponsors in 2017-18 session to 6 original co-sponsors in 2019! • First time 2019 co-sponsors: Joe Kennedy, Bill Keating, Lori Trahan • Two National PriorityTargets in MA • Neal: Chair of Ways & Means • Kennedy: Energy & Commerce • Both MA Senators On Board • Warren & Markeybothco-sponsors!

  5. Single-Payer LegislativeScorecard

  6. Massachusetts State Legislature • MA House of Represenatives • 56 of 160 Mass. Reps (35%) were Medicare for All co-sponsors at the start of 2019, and 56 of 127 Democratic Reps (44%). • 17 of 160 Mass. Reps (10%) have joined the M4A Caucus, and 16 of 127 Democratic Reps (13%). • Zeromembers of House Leadership are co-sponsors. • State Senate • 16 of 40 Mass. Senators (40%) were Medicare for All co-sponsors at the start of 2019, and 16 of 34 (47%) DemocraticSenators. • Only 3 Senators (8%) have joined the M4A Caucus!

  7. Boston-Area State LegislativeDelegation • Boston-Area Represenatives • 23 of 40 Boston-area Reps (58%) were Medicare for All co-sponsors at the start of 2019 • Only 4 of 40 Boston-area Reps have joined the M4A Caucus • Concentration of House Leadership in Boston area: DeLeo, Mariano, Donato, Moran, & Michlewitz. • Boston-Area Senators • 6 of 12 Boston-area Senators (50%) were Medicare for All co-sponsors at the start of 2019 – all Democrats. • Zero Boston-area Senators have joined the M4A Caucus!

  8. OrganizingCapacityNeeded to Win! • Coalition of Large Unions & Non-Profits • Essential for victory nationally or in MA: mobilization & leadership of orgs with resources, large membership, and large-scale campaign experience. • Grassroots Network of Single-Payer Activists • Equally important: a statewide network of community hubs that ANYONE can join, allowing the social movement to “scale up” massively. • Rebuilding Mass-Care with a strategy to win that’s flexible, and any organization or individual can take part in.

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