There's no denying it. The U.S. health care system is broken, dysfunctional, and cruel.
According to The New York Times, hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans have lost Medicaid coverage in recent weeks — many of who remain qualified.1
Beginning at the start of the pandemic, states were barred from kicking people off Medicaid under a provision in a coronavirus relief package. That policy expired in March, and since then 19 states have started to remove people from their rolls.
For example, in Arkansas, 73,000 people lost coverage in April, including about 27,000 children 17 years of age and under. A majority of those people were dropped for procedural reasons. In total, the federal government has projected that about 15 million people will lose coverage in the coming months.
This is unacceptable and just one more clear reason we need guaranteed health care. We deserve so much better than our broken, expensive system. Medicare for All is the way forward.
Medicare for All would guarantee all U.S. residents comprehensive, high quality health care — including medical, dental, hearing, vision, mental health, reproductive, and long-term care. Medicare for All isn't just the right thing to do; it's popular — 69% of people in the U.S. support it.
Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswomen Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell reintroduced Medicare for All legislation in the U.S. House and Senate on Wednesday, May 17, with critical support from lawmakers, stakeholders, and people like you!
Over 69,900 grassroots supporters have signed our petition calling on Congress to pass Medicare for All, but we're aiming for hundreds of thousands of signatures to ensure that Congress takes action.
In solidarity,
Max Cotterill
Organizer
Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All
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