This page is designed to give an explanation of single payer healthcare and background on Senator Ferlo’s initiatives with stakeholders to promote healthcare reform.
State of Reform: Ferlo Discusses Effort to Create PA Single-Payer Health Care Plan
By Lauren Daley | Pittsburgh City Paper
February 18, 2010
State Sen. Jim Ferlo likens his quest for health-care reform to breaking a concrete wall with a five-pound sledgehammer: Hit the wall once, it shakes. Strike it 10 times, it cracks. Twenty times and it crumbles. → Continue Reading
Single Payer Advocates Provide Testimony for SB 400 at Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
On December 16th, 2009, Ferlo and many advocates for a single payer health care plan provided testimony to the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on the case for single payer health care. It is the first state Senate hearing in the nation to focus on single-payer, and provided an opportunity to lay out details of the plan and its rationale, and showcases an opportunity for Pennsylvania to lead the nation in meaningful health care reform.
- Senate Banking and Insurance Committee – Links to Video, Audio, and Written Testimony
- What is single-payer?
- Senate Bill 400
Ferlo and Single Payer Advocates Rally at State Capitol
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HARRISBURG, October 20, 2009 — Ferlo and a coalition of Single Payer Healthcare advocates today rallied at the State Capitol to urge the adoption of state or federal sponsored universal healthcare insurance.
“Over 45 million Americans remain uninsured nationwide and billions of dollars are annually lost to profiteering and waste in our healthcare system,” Ferlo said. “Single payer offers an opportunity to change all that.” → Continue Reading
Ferlo and President Obama’s Former Physician Speak in DC, Agree on Expanded and Improved Medicare For All – Joined by thousands to voice support for single-payer health care
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30, 2009 – It was a busy day for Ferlo as he travelled to Washington D.C. to celebrate the 44th anniversary of the Federal Medicare program by advocating for the passage of HR 676 – a single-payer healthcare proposal that is sponsored by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). The Senator was joined by a busload of Pittsburgh advocates, along with thousands of physicians, nurses, union members, faith leaders, government officials, and healthcare reform advocates who also support single-payer. → Continue Reading
Ferlo To Introduce Healthcare Reform Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30, 2009 – It was a busy day for Ferlo as he travelled to Washington D.C. to celebrate the 44th anniversary of the Federal Medicare program by advocating for the passage of HR 676 – a single-payer healthcare proposal that is sponsored by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). The Senator was joined by a busload of Pittsburgh advocates, along with thousands of physicians, nurses, union members, faith leaders, government officials, and healthcare reform advocates who also support single-payer. → Continue Reading
Ferlo and NY State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried Launch New Campaign to Win State Legislator Support for HR 676
Help to build the movement for Single-Payer Healthcare by getting the Representatives and Senators in your state to sign on. → Continue Reading