[1]CalCare - California Guaranteed Health Care for All



In case you missed it, on Thursday we had a great Patients Over Profits
strategy call with supporters from across the country to discuss the next
phase of our campaign.

[ [link removed] ]Already know you want to get more involved? Sign up for a Special
Volunteer Team now!

For more background, here are the call highlights and next steps to
further build our movement:

Our own Zenei Triunfo-Cortez, RN, President of National Nurses United and
the California Nurses Association, kicked off the call by explaining that
nurses know our health care system needs transformational change. But with
so many elected officials in the pockets of for-profit health care
corporations, the current conditions are not favorable to winning Medicare
For All — which is exactly why we have to change the conditions!

Our Patients Over Profits campaign does just that by demanding politicians
take the pledge to reject donations of $200 or more from executives,
lobbyists, and PACs affiliated with the for-profit health care industry,
including private insurers, Big Pharma, and private hospitals. We have
collected the signatures of more than 100 elected officials and candidates
so far thanks to amazing volunteers like Ken Kenegos, RN, who spoke on the
call about how he’s been busy organizing at in-person events with the
Arizona Medicare for All Coalition.

One of those signers is State Representative Anna V. Eskamani from
Florida’s 42nd district. Rep. Eskamani joined our call to explain why she
took the pledge. She knows that in order to build the political will to
pass Medicare For All nationwide, we need to cut off the financial
influence of for-profit health care corporations on politicians.

As we move into our next phase and build our list of pledge signers,
here’s how you can help (we’ll provide guidance and everything you need to
know):

* In-person events: go to events like candidate forums near you to ask
politicians to sign the pledge;
* Research team: look up events and other information to support the
work of other volunteers (can be done from home or anywhere);
* Outreach team: contact candidates and elected officials digitally and
ask them to sign the Pledge (can be done from home or anywhere).

[ [link removed] ]Sign up to join one of our Patients Over Profits special teams today,
and we’ll be in touch with more information and opportunities to get
involved!

[ [link removed] ]Sign Up

We’re also hosting monthly Patients Over Profits update calls to talk
about how things are going, trade tips and tricks, and have time for
questions. Look out for an email with information to join the first one on
August 28!

The success of our Patients Over Profits campaign, and the Medicare For
All movement at-large, depends on the help of volunteers like you.

Thank you for taking action and making this work possible,

Alex Newell Taylor
Organizer
Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All



You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time:
[link removed]