While the entire country continues to talk about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), what's not often mentioned are the 21 million people who will continue to be uninsured even after the entire law goes into effect-that's almost half of the 50 million currently uninsured.  Hence, we'll continue to have a problem with accessible, affordable health care.  Fundamentally, the ACA doesn't fix the underlying problem created by a profit-driven, fragmented health care system that is difficult to navigate and costly to operate.  A publicly financed, privately delivered health care system, known as a single payer system, remains the most equitable and efficient model. 

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA) recently introduced legislation to establish a single payer health care system, but are in need of additional co-sponsors.  The American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200 and S. 915) would guarantee health coverage to all residents of the United States, thereby eliminating the administrative complexities and coverage gaps experienced with the current system. The bill text and summary are now available.  In past years, there have been more co-sponsors to the single payer legislation in Congress than any of the other "health reform" bills introduced.  Here is a list of the 87 Congress members who previously sponsored the single payer legislation-let's help ensure widespread support again this year.