Labor Campaign for Single Payer

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Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· 16h

A Gallup Poll this year found that 24% of Americans are working jobs they hate, solely to keep their health insurance. That’s 24% of Americans who would be a lot happier with their working lives if we brought in #MedicareForAll! Survey details: news.gallup.com/poll/712166/...

Image of a frustrated woman, possibly suffering a migrane, sitting in front of a laptop. Caption reads: "'JOB LOCK' Staying in a job you hate just to keep your health insurance. ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS SUFFER FROM JOB LOCK!"

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· 5d

12 million+ American children have no health insurance. Providing them w/ Medicare = those children having access to health interventions, preventing current health issues from worsening or becoming more complicated and expensive to treat as they age. It would save children’s lives.

Pie graph showing age breakdown of uninsured Americans. Children = 12 million of those without health insurance.

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· 7d

Maybe health care would be more affordable if it was used to provide health care instead of create billionaires? If the choice is “provide health care” or “make health care company owners billionaires,” which should we choose?

Image of the Monopoly man clutching bags of cash, with the heading: "THE USA HAS NO UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. BUT IT DOES HAVE 49 BILLIONAIRES WHO MADE THEIR WEALTH FROM PRIVATE HEALTH CARE. CONNECT THE DOTS, GANG!"

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· 12d

With health care costs increasing (checks notes) 147% over the previous 25 years and hospital care increasing by nearly double that amount, how much longer can we afford to wait to implement #MedicareForAll?

Line graph showing data on rising costs, using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showing medical care costs have increased 147% and hospital services costs have increased 281%.

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· 19d

You know what would be simpler? #MedicareForAll

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· 26d

Health care in the US costs more per-person than in any other country in the world; double that of Canada or the UK & nearly 3x the average cost of an OECD country. Why is that? Guess which country doesn’t have #MedicareForAll?

Bar graph showing the average per-person health care expenditure by country, with US expenses surpassing those of more than 50 other countries by a wide margin (SOURCE: OECD Health Statistics 2025; WHO Global Health Expenditure Database.)

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Jul 9

This 2022 congressional paper makes the case that single-payer health care would result in ALL Americans being covered & out-of-pocket medical costs going down significantly. THREAD (1/3)

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Jul 7

If we had #MedicareForAll, heroes like Ken Jones wouldn’t have to fight for his life with private health insurers, after a career of saving the lives of other Americans. His health care would simply be covered. As would the health care for all Americans. Ken’s story: abc7news.com/post/retired...

Screenshot of a news headline. Photo is of smiling retired firefighter Ken Jones. Above the photo, the headline reads "Retired San Francisco firefighter dies from lung cancer after Blue Shield denies treatment claims"

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Jul 2

#MedicareForAll would = not tying our access to health care to our jobs, which would = everyone being fully insured and having access to the health care they need.

Comic by Jen Sorensen illustrating the absurdity of not having #MedicareForAll.

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Jun 30

Need a new kidney to live but don’t have the $100,000+ for the operation? Options: a) be super-rich, with excellent health insurance b) hope one of your kids becomes internet famous so he can beg for donations to save your life c) #MedicareForAll

Image of a man in a hospital gown, lying in a hospital bed, beside his son. Both are making a defiant fist gesture. Inlaid in the image is a photo of a meme made famous in the past of the son as a baby, making a defiant/triumphant fist gesture. Caption reads: "Due to his Internet Popularity 'Success Kid' made enough money to fund his own Dad's kidney transplant."

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Jun 25

Out of the 48 countries with teams in the World Cup, only the US does not have universal health care. But we can change that. #MedicareForAll

Tweet by @AzPetrich: "I saw a comment saying that the U.S. is the only country in the World Cup without universal healthcare. And I was like nahhh no way that's accurate.
20 seconds on the world wide web later, THE UNITED STATES IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD CUP WITHOUT UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE."

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Jun 23

WE’RE NUMBER 1(5)! Last year, researchers rated the health care systems of 15 countries. Guess which one came in dead last? If you said “the only country without single payer health care” aka the United State of America, you’re correct! Time for #MedicareForAll

Chart showing the rankings of 15 countries based on the quality of their health care systems. The US is dead last @ #15.

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Jun 18

You know who doesn’t have to worry about extra fees being tacked on to their hospital bills? People in countries with single payer health care. Time for #MedicareForAll!

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Jun 16

We can have billionaires making their fortune off of the costs of our healthcare, or we can have affordable health care that everyone has access to. Which one should we choose? #MedicareForAll

post by @MorePerfectUS that reads: "Fifty-one Americans in the health care industry were included on Forbes' annual billionaire list.

Americans are paying more than ever for healthcare, and 51 people have become billionaires because of it."

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Jun 9

We're facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to finally repair our broken health care system. More than 335 organizations have come together to demand #MedicareForAll NOW. We have the momentum. It's time for members of Congress to meet the moment and join the fight.

poster featuring a stethoscope. Text reads:
IT'S TIME TO REFORM OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
325+ ORGANIZATIONS
SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Jun 5

On the eve of the He-Man reboot, reminder that He-Man’s creator had to beg fans to help him pay his medical bills at the end of his life. #MedicareForAll would have spared Roger Sweet and his family that final indignity and stress. Until we meet again.

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Jun 3

No HMOs. No “out-of-network” denials/fees. No co-pays. No crowdfunders for medical treatment. No medical bankruptcies. No skipping medical care because it’s unaffordable. Just #MedicareForAll. Another world is possible.

Lionel Hutz from the Simpsons asks "can you imagine a world without HMOs?" and then himself images a utopia with a smiling sun shining down on a rainbow and all the people of the world holding hands.

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· May 28

Time for a new normal. #MedicareForAll

Tweet from @amelia_tweetz: "One of the biggest scams ever sold to ordinary people was convincing them that universal healthcare is 'impossible' in the richest country in the world.

80+ countries manage to take care of their citizens without bankrupting them over an ambulance ride.

Meanwhile people here avoid hospitals because they're scared of the bill more than the illness itself.

And somehow we were taught to accept that like it's normal."

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· May 26

Economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman did the math. Replacing our current system with #MedicareForAll would result in a net pay raise of thousands of dollars for most workers, even after factoring in the additional taxes needed. Details: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Infographic showing that a worker earning $50,000 would have $12,000 more in take-home pay if their health insurance costs were covered by #MedicareForAll instead of by an employer-provided or self-funding health insurance plan.

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· May 20

If Mexico can do this and Canada did this in 1972, so can the U.S. Time for #MedicareForAll

Photo of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, defiantly holding her fist up at a podium, with the Mexican flag in the background. Caption reads: "MEXICO STARTS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE THIS MONTH, GIVING ALL 120 MILLION CITIZENS ACCESS TO EVERY PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTION."

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· May 15

Wise words from @focusedoninfinity.bsky.social. Yet we let 68,000 Americans die this way. Every. Single. Year. This has to change. #MedicareForAll.

Post by @focusedoninfinity.bsky.social: "If someone walked into a hospital and just started pulling the plug on people, reactions would be severe and justified. When it happens from behind a desk, as a result of made up rules and regulations from companies that stand in between us and our care, it should be no different."

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· May 12

Who at this point is defending private, for-profit health care except people trying to make money off of other people’s misfortune? #MedicareForAll

Tweet by @brittlestar.com: "Almost everyone who touts the benefit of private healthcare is hoping to profit from private healthcare."

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· May 7

She gets it. The American Public Health Association has found that the best, most efficient, and most equitable way to improve medicare and the health care system would be to expand it into a universal, single-payer health system. Read their statement: www.apha.org/policy-and-a... #MedicareForAll

A blonde-haired toddler wearing a pink hoodie, tan track pants and white sneakers stands in front of a sign, appearing to be reading it. The sign says SINGLE PAYER - IMPROVED MEDICARE FOR ALL!

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· May 5

2/3 of Americans believe the gov't. should ensure that everyone has health care coverage. Only 7% of Americans think the government has no role to play in providing health care. If most of us want to see all of us covered, why don’t we have #MedicareForAll?

(source: Pew Research Center https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/12/10/most-americans-say-government-has-
a-responsibility-to-ensure-health-care-coverage/)

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Apr 30

We could save 68,000 lives every year by switching to a single payer health care system, according to a 2021 study. Why haven’t we? #MedicareForAll, #MedicareForAllNow Read the study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Apr 28

A 2021 study concluded that switching to single payer health care would save $450 billion dollars annually. Why are we unnecessarily spending $450 billion every year? #MedicareForAll Read the study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Apr 23

1 in 6 US adults delay seeking medical care, or didn't seek it at all, due to cost. How much more costly is it when their illnesses reach the point of requiring emergency medical intervention? How much less would it be if they had affordable medical care? #MedicareForAll

The "two buttons" meme.
PANEL ONE: a gloved hand hestitates before pressing one of two buttons. The first button reads "Spend $ you don't have to get medical treatment." The 2nd button reads: "Ignore the problem until it's so bad you wind up in the ER."
2nd panel: a man with a worried expression, wiping sweat from his brow. He is labeled "AMERICANS"

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Apr 21

Despite marginally shorter hospital wait times (about 27 minutes less for an emergency room visit), Americans die 4 years younger on average than people in comparable countries with single payer health care. #MedicareForAll (SOURCES: World Population Review; World Bank)

The Simpsons "I sleep in a racing car" two-frame meme.
FRAME ONE: Kirk Van Houten is pointing to a hospital and telling Homer Simpson "I have shorter waiting times, do you?"
FRAME TWO: Homer, surrounding by the flags of countries with single payer health care, replies "I live 4 years longer on average and my health care is paid for by a single payer medicare system."

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Apr 16

Being able to access and afford health care when they need it is far and away the number one concern shared by most Americans. Isn’t it about time something was done about this? #MedicareForAll

A March 2026 Gallup poll showing that the availability & affordability of health care was a problem that 61% of Americans worried about a great deal, making it the #1 issue concerning Americans.

Labor Campaign for Single Payer@labor4singlepayer· Apr 14

No one should be financially ruined because of cancer. No other Western country has a healthcare system that bankrupts people because they are sick. The system must be changed. #MedicareForAll.