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On Medicare’s 61st birthday, Kentuckians in 4 congressional districts are demanding that Congress pass Improved Medicare for All
On Medicare’s 61st birthday, Kentuckians in 4 congressional districts are demanding that Congress pass Improved Medicare for All
July 27, 2026. For immediate release.
Louisville, KY. On July 30, 2026, Medicare’s 61st birthday, Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care will deliver a demand for passage of Improved Medicare for All to Congresspersons in four Kentucky Congressional Districts.
The deliveries will occur at 11 am at the Prestonsburg office of Rep. Hal Rogers of the 5th Congressional District, at 9:30 am at the Lexington office of Rep. Andy Barr of the 6th CD, at 1 pm at the Louisville office of Rep. Morgan McGarvey of the 3rd CD and at 2 pm at the LaGrange office of Rep. Thomas Massie of the 4th CD.
The groups will deliver a letter supporting Medicare for All which has been signed by over 335 organizations nationwide and urge the Congresspersons to support HR 3069, the single payer legislation that will assure health care to everyone in the United States, remove all economic barriers to care, and save our rural and other hospitals that are under threat of closure. The letter is here: https://medicare4all.org/wp-content/uploads/Final_2026_M4A_organizational_sign-on_letter_335.pdf
The letter says, in part:
We must dream bigger. In fact, 90% of Democratic voters and 63% of all voters support Medicare for All. Americans believe the government should guarantee health care to everyone, and anything less means tens of millions of people in the U.S. continuing to suffer from the lack of necessary care and the prospect of medical debt if they do seek care.
We can’t give in to half measures; we must fight for exactly what people need and deserve. Medicare for All is the only way that we can guarantee everyone’s care and finally take the profit-motive and corporate influence out of health care.
The actions are a part of similar efforts in scores of cities across the country from Seattle to Portland, Maine, and from Grand Rapids to Houston. A map of cities where actions are occurring is here: https://act.medicare4all.org/event/doa/
For further information:
Kay Tillow, Chair, Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care, www.kyhealthcare.org, 502 636 1551, Louisville, KY, or Kitrina Kearfott, MD, Lexington 859-539-2043, or Justin Garrett, Prestonsburg, 502 322 3772