[1]NNU - Medicare for All!



We know how the corporate health care industry in the United States has
been using their oversized influence on politicians to block even the most
incremental reforms.

We saw this on full display in the fight over Medicare expansion in
President Biden’s Build Back Better plan back in 2021: corporate Democrats
along with every Republican managed to block popular reforms that a number
of organizations - including National Nurses United - proudly fought for,
such as expanding Medicare to include hearing, vision, and dental, and
lowering the eligibility age from 65 to 60.

These reforms would have helped millions of people, and were a small piece
of the larger reforms that need to happen to fix our broken system. But
the politicians beholden to the corporate health care industry
successfully stood in their way.

In the end, the only piece of the Medicare expansion proposal that passed
through the Inflation Reduction Act was allowing Medicare to negotiate the
prices of a short list of prescription drugs. While this was a fraction of
what was originally proposed, it was still a huge victory.

Last week, the Biden Administration announced the first 10 drugs that will
be negotiated on for the first time ever starting in 2026. These are some
of the most common and costly medications to treat conditions like heart
failure, blood clots, diabetes, arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and more, and
additional drugs will be added in years to come.

This policy will make a huge difference in people's lives, lowering the
costs of medication for tens of millions of seniors. But the industry
still won’t let up: Big Pharma is pushing back through lawsuits to try to
stop the price negotiations from being implemented.

[ [link removed] ]That's why we can't stop fighting either. Join the Patients Over
Profits Special Volunteer Teams and be a part of our campaign to reduce
the influence of the corporate health care industry on our political
process.

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The more politicians we get to take our pledge and refuse campaign
contributions from corporate health care interests, the sooner we’ll be in
a position to pass Medicare for All!

In solidarity,

Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All



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