For decades the IAM has strongly supported a single-payer, universal healthcare system as the best, most efficient way to ensure access to healthcare for all Americans. While the Affordable Care Act has been successful in providing access to millions of previously uninsured Americans, an estimated 29 million people in this country remain without health insurance.

The exorbitant cost of healthcare in the United States creates major challenges at the collective bargaining table. We must pass the Medicare for All Act of 2019 (H.R. 1384).