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. 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.

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?

Massachusetts Congressional Delegation 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 Priority Targets in MA Neal: Chair of Ways & Means Kennedy: Energy & Commerce Both MA Senators On Board Warren & Markey both co-sponsors!

Single-Payer Legislative Scorecard Rating Support Level Measurable Action(s) 1 HOSTILE Has spoken in opposition to single-payer health care 2 NEUTRAL Not on the record on this issue 3 LEANING SUPPORTIVE Is a past co-sponsor or has spoken publicly in support of single-payer, has supported intermediate legislation (such as single-payer study bill) 4 SUPPORTIVE Current co-sponsor of the legislation 5 CHAMPION Member of the Medicare for All Caucus.

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%). Zero members 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%) Democratic Senators. Only 3 Senators (8%) have joined the M4A Caucus!

Boston-Area State Legislative Delegation 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!

Organizing Capacity Needed 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.