U.S. Mayors

The U.S. Conference of Mayors

See the organization’s June 2008 resolution, in which the organization calls for the immediate enactment of The United States National Health Insurance Act H.R. 676

The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are 1,139 such cities in the country today. Each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor.

National League of Cities – Human Development (HD) Policy and Advocacy Steering Committee

“… NLC’s current health care policy … supports a publicly-administered single payer system. Single payer health insurance is the financing of health care costs for the entire population through a single source, presumably the government, with funds collected through progressive taxation of citizens and businesses, similar to the system used in Canada. … dramatically decrease administrative costs for health care providers because they would not have to negotiate with thousands of different insurance companies. – NLC Newsroom article

The National League of Cities is the oldest and largest national organization representing municipal governments throughout the United States. … Working in partnership with the 49 state municipal leagues, the National League of Cities serves as a resource to and an advocate for the more than 19,000 cities, villages, and towns it represents. More than 1,600 municipalities of all sizes pay dues to NLC and actively participate as leaders and voting members in the organization.