As lines are drawn on Capitol Hill for the coming battle over health care reform, Progressive States Network is putting state legislators in the middle of the national debate. On June 17, 2009, PSN led a delegation representing over 700 state legislators to Washington D.C. to deliver a letter to the Obama Administration and Congress urging them to pass comprehensive health care reform with a public insurance option by the end of the year. The letter, which was signed by a bipartisan group of over 700 legislators from 48 states, called for any federal reform bill to include a public health insurance option, strong affordability protections, and shared employer responsibility for health care costs.

On June 17th, 2009, PSN gathered the best and brightest of state progressive leaders to honor their work to bring national change state by state and to highlight the work that state legislators and advocates have done to advance the cause of national health care reform.

In 2008, PSN gathered the best and brightest in progressive state leaders to honor them for their hard work in building the progressive movement in all 50 states. Special attention was given to those who had been working to advance the cause of immigrant integration, who received the 2008 State Progressive Leaders Award.

Colorado Health Care at a Crossroads:
Building a Path to Health Care for All

October 16, 2007
Denver, CO

Speakers:
Colorado State Rep. Morgan Carroll
Wisconsin State Sen. Jon Erpenbach
Robin Baker, Senior Policy Analyst, Bell Policy Center
Ella Hushagen, Villers Fellow, Families USA
John C. Arensmeyer, Small Business Majority
Adam Thompson, Progressive States Network

Progressive States Network's first annual gala on April 19, 2007 at the Mott House in Washington, DC.