Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care

Harriette Seiler and Antonio Wilson in Louisville's St. Pat's Parade
Harriette Seiler and Antonio Wilson in Louisville’s St. Pat’s Parade

Sign the petition to Put Single Payer on the Table!

Act to End the Direct Contracting Entities and ACO REACH that are privatizing Medicare.

Contact us: nursenpo@aol.com, Facebook, kentuckians_for_single_payer, Single Payer Radio, @KY4singlepayer

Read the Physicians’ Proposal for a National Single Payer Program.  Sign on to it. Join National PNHP.

Slides from Drs. Steffie Woolhandler & David Himmelstein

Quote of the day by Don McCanne. Health Justice Monitor

Answers to questions on single payer.

HR 676, Expanded and Improved Medicare for All, a model single payer bill in the House from 2003 to 2017.

HR 3421, Improved Medicare for All, national single payer bill, currently in the House, which needs to be improved to ban and convert the for-profit hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis centers, etc.

Please support the work of Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care by making a donation on line hereOr you can mail your check to KSPH, PO Box 17595, Louisville, KY 40217.  Annual dues are $5, but we welcome whatever you can give.

Corporate Vultures

Coroporate Vultures

Our organization works hard to get these corporate vultures out of our Healthcare. Please join Us, get involved, talk to others, write to your congressional representatives. The Peoples Will is the only way to make it happen.

Recent Report Ranks U.S. Healthcare Dead Last

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In a recent Single Payer Radio program, Kay Tillow, Harriette Seiler, Hamza Jamal, Evan Hawthorn, and Paul Hoppe of Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare discuss the poor ranking of our healthcare in this country based on a Commonwealth Fund report comparing 10 industrialized nations.

Goal: Compare health system performance in 10 countries, including the United States, to glean insights for U.S. improvement.

Methods: Analysis of 70 health system performance measures in five areas: access to care, care process, administrative efficiency, equity, and health outcomes.

Key Findings: The top three countries are Australia, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, although differences in overall performance between most countries are relatively small. The only clear outlier is the U.S., where health system performance is dramatically lower.

Conclusion: The U.S. continues to be in a class by itself in the underperformance of its health care sector. While the other nine countries differ in the details of their systems and in their performance on domains, unlike the U.S., they all have found a way to meet their residents’ most basic health care needs, including universal coverage.

Kentuckians for Single Payer reached out at the Pride Festival

On Sep. 14, 2024, Harriette Seiler, Paul Hoppe, and Dave Shuler staffed the KSPH booth to distribute flyers and get petitions signed. They report an enthusiastic reception by the public. Our thanks to the Louisville Workers Brigade for generously sharing their booth with us.

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Paul Hoppe and Harriette Seiler at the Pride Festival in Louisville 2024
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Dave Shuler explains the Improved Medicare for All petition

We Need Volunteers to Staff the Single Payer Healthcare Booth at Louisville Pride Festival!

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 Join Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare at the Louisville Pride Festival on Saturday, September 14th from 11 AM to 7 PM and help us advocate for a healthcare system that puts people first. A Special Thanks to The Louisville Workers Brigade for sharing their Booth.

As a volunteer, you’ll have the opportunity to:

  • Educate attendees about the benefits of single-payer healthcare.
  • Gather signatures in support of our campaign.
  • Network with like-minded individuals and organizations.

Or please contact:

  • Harriette Seiler
  • hm.seiler@gmail.com

Let’s make a difference together

Enhanced Medicare for All a Hit at the World Fest

Labor Day weekend Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care staffed a booth at the World Fest.  Enthusiastic supporters lined up to sign the petition urging candidates and elected officials to “boldly support national single payer health care legislation.” 

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Photo: Jill Harmer uses her fluent Spanish to explain Medicare for All.

As they signed they told their stories.  One couple decides each year whether or not they can afford to buy insurance or take the chance of going without.  They currently have an ACA plan purchased on the Exchange that costs them $1,400 monthly for the two of them and their daughter. 

A woman in a Medcaid/Medicare Advantage plan related how her insurer denies the physical therapy she desperately needs.

People loved the “Enhanced Medicare for All” bumper stickers and the T-shirts. 

Check out the photos in Harriette Seiler’s album:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/YSwmjkhUbPunZnsbA

Help us spread the Single Payer Word at WorldFest 24 on the Belvedere August 30-September 2

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We need volunteers to hand out literature and talk to people about our movement to fix our broken healthcare system. We have confirmed that we have a booth on the Overlook at the Belvedere in a big tent with other informational groups. We would like to cover as much of the schedule as possible. Please click on the link to volunteer: https://kyhealthcare.org/event-registrations

Sign up for one or more shifts:

Sat., Aug. 31; 11am – 1pm, 1pm – 3pm, 3pm – 4:30pm, 4:30 – 6pm

Sun. Sep. 1; 11am – 1pm, 1pm – 3pm, 3pm – 4:30pm, 4:30 – 6pm

Your help is so appreciated.

The 22nd WorldFest on the Belvedere will take place this Labor Day Weekend starting Friday, August 30th through Monday, September 2nd, 2024. This incredible 4-day International Festival is the most diverse, inclusive and equitable event in the region featuring more than 70 musical acts across three stages, a “Global Village” representing more than 20 countries, a “Parade of Cultures”, over 40 food vendors, a children’s activity zone and more than 100 booths featuring crafts and merchandise from a variety of cultures.

Opioid Overdose Deaths in Kentucky Could Be Reduced Drastically By Changing State Laws

Kentucky Legislature Impedes Access to Opioid Addiction Treatment

I hosted a SinglePayer Radio program recently with Dr. Pat Murphy, nationally known pain management treatment and addiction specialist that prompted me to write this post. With Kentucky having the 7th highest drug overdose rate in the country, our state legislators have the power to relax the antiquated Buprenorphine (Suboxone) dispensing rules due to the monumental  elimination of the federal X-waiver requirement for Physicians in January of 2023. Kentucky is one of only 7 states that have not done so and it seems there is little interest in doing so. Dr Murphy believes Gov Beshear, through his Executive Authority, could possibly reverse some of these barriers to this life changing and life saving treatment. If we send emails to our state representatives as well as Gov Beshear, we may be in a position to save the lives of many Kentuckians. <Click here if you need a template>