Socialist Party USA, November 2009 In 1898 a group that would eventually form the Socialist Party of America gathered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to develop a list of political demands. One of the first called for a public health care plan that would cover all working people in the country. Since this moment, socialists have been at the forefront of movements calling for the recognition of health care as a human right. This paper is written to encourage locals and individual members of the Socialist Party USA to become involved in campaigning for single-payer healthcare. Our party program recognizes single-payer as an important step toward the creation of a fully socialized medical system. ... Health