Medicare for All Act of 2025: Reintroduction Toolkit
What is a bill reintroduction and why does it matter?
Bills in congress need to be reintroduced with each new Session (every two years). The Medicare for All Act of 2025 is set to be jointly reintroduced for the 2025-2026 Session this Spring by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7) and Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6).
Each time a bill is reintroduced, the lead sponsors must ask their colleagues who previously signed onto the bill to do so again. The number of cosponsors at the date of introduction will be presented to the media – and this has an important effect on how or whether media sources will cover the bill.
The reintroduction comes at a critically dangerous moment in U.S. history, with our already weak healthcare system is constantly subject to attacks by the Trump Administration. At the same time, we can remember that it was during the previous Trump Administration that the most historic gains were made in securing new cosponsors for Medicare for All.
Amid all defensive battles we are fighting over Medicaid and with the media giving more and more attention to the growing frustration people have with the healthcare system, never has there been a more important moment to advocate for Medicare for All. This is the visionary solution we need both for our broken healthcare system and to fight back against a political movement that seeks to enrich billionaires and oligarchs at the expense of everyone else.
How to use this toolkit
This toolkit is designed with local activists across the country in mind. Whether you’re on your own, a part of a chapter of an organization, or just working with a group of friends, your support will play a critical role in securing the endorsements of key legislators, getting the word out in the media, and building momentum for this movement.
Below are a few strategies that you can choose from to help promote the Medicare for All bill with legislators and to use the weeks ahead as an opportunity to win the support of key allies in your community.
1: Contact the office of your Senators or Member of Congress.
Click here to use our outreach tool to ask your legislator to support the bill.
2: Attend our training webinar on Tuesday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Join activists from around the country to learn some tips and tricks to help you mobilize for Medicare for All in your community. Click here to RSVP.
3: Set up a virtual meeting with us to talk about your reintroduction outreach strategy.
Don’t know where to start? Do you have questions? We’re happy to help!
Print out our citizen lobbyist packet to mail or drop off at your local district office to let your legislator know that their support for Medicare for All is important to you.
5: Write a letter-to-the-editor (LTE) of your local paper about Medicare for All.
Letters-to-the-editor are very widely read and are an excellent way to catch the attention of local lawmakers. Our toolkit has tips and talking points to get you started. Most legislators directly view any published letters that mention them by name.
6: Reach out to local organizations to gain their endorsement of the Medicare for All bill.
The offices of Representatives Jayapal and Dingell and Senator Sanders are collecting endorsements of the bill from local and state-based organizations. No organization is too small or too local!
- You can use our coalition-building toolkit to help you find local organizations to reach out to and our sample outreach email as a template to write your letter.
- Run a Google search in your area for union locals to send the endorsement form to.
- Look up some recent sign-on letters that organizations are signing in response to local issues relating to health, responding to the Trump administration, labor rights, immigrant rights and environmental rights.
- If you personally know someone who has many organizational contacts, take them out for coffee and ask them for the contact information of people in organizations they coordinate with. It helps if you have a list of the kinds of organizations you’re looking for to help steer the conversation.
- Check this list of endorsements from 2023 to gain an idea of the types of state and local organizations and unions that have supported the bill in the past.
Elected leaders in your local city and township are very important community voices in this fight for Medicare for All. Already, 134 resolutions have been passed in support of the legislation. Thanks to your leadership, your town could be next! We have a comprehensive toolkit to help you through the process.