John,
100 million Americans — that's how many of
our neighbors suffer from Medical Debt, and that's how many people
President Biden could help with the stroke of a pen.
That's why Our Revolution is partnering with Bernie Sanders, Ro Khanna,
the National Consumer Law Center, and our members across the country on a
new campaign demanding the cancellation of existing medical debt, and to
implement root-cause solutions that prevent more people from going into
debt.
As Bernie Sanders prepares to reintroduce Medicare for All next week, we
are organizing people struggling with medical debt to speak up and fight
for healthcare justice.
[ [link removed] ]Help us launch our campaign to End Medical Debt by chipping in $10 or
$5 recurring, and we'll send you both a Medicare for All and an End
Medical Debt sticker!
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We're organizing patients to pressure Congress and the President to hold
hospital chains, credit card companies, and others who perpetuate this
sickness in our healthcare system accountable.
Our demands are simple and broadly popular: end price-gouging, guarantee
the right to free care and financial assistance, and stop predatory
collection practices that cause debt to spiral out of control.
Our theory of change is simple. Hospitals are federal contractors who
receive hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars through the Medicare and
Medicaid programs. That means President Biden and Congress can withhold
federal funding from hospitals that hurt patients.
Working people can toil their whole lives to amass a bit of financial
freedom, but one medical issue can destroy all that progress and ruin
families financially.
Here are just a few stories of the unnecessary pain our neighbors have had
to endure.
“In 2010, I was hit by a car on my bike. I barely survived, had a brain
injury, my hand amputated and reattached — costing nearly $1 million. Even
with insurance, I went bankrupt. I’ve already sold my home, my retirement
account is gone, my parents took out a loan to help. Medical Debt has
ruined my whole family.” - Kristin N., Washington
Sadly, her story is just one of many. The situation is so dark that states
that didn't expand Medicaid now have a significantly shorter life
expectancy than those that did because of the soaring medical debt. Greed
is quite literally killing our fellow Americans.
"I wouldn't owe anything if hospitals didn't gouge patients," said Mary
Willis of Texas, another Our Revolution member. "The cost of an MRI in the
hospital was eight times the cost of an outpatient MRI and 80 times
outsourced MRIs. I owe over $8,000."
These are just some of the millions of stories of medical debt, and all of
this pain is avoidable.
[ [link removed] ]Become a campaign cosponsor by pitching in $10 or $5 recurring, and
we'll send you these two powerful stickers calling for Medicare for All
and the end of medical debt!
When we organize, we win.
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