A new strategy emerges to reform health care — ballot measures in multiple states to provide insurance for everyone

A group of people are gathered around tables, looking at slides projected on a screen in front of a church. They are discussing a ballot initiative to create single payer health insurance.
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A group of people gathered online and in person at The Kirk of Bonnie Brae church in Denver on August 1, 2025. They discussed reforming healthcare, through a campaign called One Payer States.

A man dressed in blue shirt and tie gestures as he addresses a room of people interested in reforming America's health insurance system.
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A woman in a floral print jacket poses for the camera at a recent event where a single payer healthcare system was discussed.
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