Organizing for Single-Payer Health Care in the Philadelphia Region
Health Care for All Philadelphia is a coalition of health professionals and activists dedicated to achieving a publicly financed, single payer health plan that provides one standard of cost-effective, high quality care for all people.
Updates
Changes for the worse in health care
New Changes in Health Insurance Will Impact You
- If you are in Medicaid (Keystone First, Jefferson Health Plan, Aetna Better Health, United Healthcare Community Plan, AmeriHealth Caritas, UPMC, etc.) beginning in January 2027 and if you are “able bodied” and between 19-64, you are required to work or do community service for 80 hours a month and be recertified every 6 months as Medicaid eligible. Failure to comply could result in losing Medicaid.
You are exempt from work requirements if you are:
- Over 65 or under 19 years old
- Pregnant or post-partum up to one year
- SSI Disabled or “medically frail”
- Veteran with “totally disabled” rating
- Caregiver for a child under 14 or a person with a disability
- In alcohol or drug addiction treatment
- If you are in the ACA Marketplace (Obamacare) and are for example, self-employed, part-time worker, employed but not given health insurance by your employer, etc. you have lost your premium tax subsidies and likely have much higher health insurance bills. You have very few options. You can go without insurance or pay the higher premiums through Pennie.com, the PA Marketplace. Unless you have a qualifying life event, you must wait until October 19, 2026.
- Lawfully present immigrant. The new federal rules severely limit coverage for even lawfully present immigrants. Even refugees, asylees, DACA recipients are not eligible for the ACA Marketplace. The only immigrants who can get Medicaid beginning Oct 1 are:
- Green card holders who have been in the US five years
- Cuban or Haiti entrants
- Compact of Free Association migrants (basically Pacific Islanders)
SOUNDS CRUEL AND INHUMANE?? IT IS!!!
Medicare for All would eliminate the bureaucracy because health care is a human right. Vote!
Everyone In, Nobody Out!
Meet us at Mt. Airy Day, May 2
Meet us at the Health Care for All Philadelphia booth on May 2 from 11 AM – 4:30 PM. We will be challenging our 3rd Congressional District candidates to support Medicare for All and to stop the for profit health care delivery system that favors profits over patients.
Mt. Airy Day, May 2, 11 AM – 4:30 PM, booth C-08, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144
3rd Congressional District Debate
You can come live or streaming to hear the 3rd Congressional candidates debate on April 14, 7 PM at Center in the Park, including their take on Medicare for All. Information here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pennsylvanias-3rd-congressional-district-democratic-party-debate-tickets-1985390581675?aff=oddtdtcreator
Moral Injury in Health Care March 24
Burned out in health care? The problem is not you. Rather the system that puts profits over patients and destroys the ethics of practicing medicine. Two years of research, sign up to watch the moral injury report webinar. You can read our full report here: pnhp.org/MoralInjuryReport
| Join Our Webinar—Tuesday, March 24 at 7:00pm CentralWe invite you to join us for a webinar one week from today, where we will walk through the full findings of our report! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_E791nEmeRtiTXqfFMgooHw#/registrationDuring the webinar, we will: Share key themes from physician and patient narratives Discuss what the data reveals about the financialization of health care Explore ways members can use our findings in local advocacy, publications, and organizing with colleagues |
| We hope you’ll read our moral injury report and join us next Tuesday, March 24! |
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