[1]NNU - Medicare for All!

This is a promising step forward:

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper just announced this week that Medicaid
expansion will go into effect across the state on December 1, 2023.

We know that we normally reach out to you about our fight to win Medicare
for All, but this is huge news. The long-awaited expansion could grant
more than 600,000 low-income adults with health care coverage through
Medicaid.

This victory didn’t happen overnight: it took over a decade of organizing
and advocacy by health care justice groups across the state. NNU nurses
were proud to play a role in this fight — joining lobby days at the
Capitol, sending letters, and more.

[1]Photo of NNU members at the North Carolina Labor Federation 2023 Labor
Legislative Conference

NNU members at the North Carolina Labor Federation 2023 Labor Legislative
Conference

North Carolina was one of the few states left in the country that still
hadn’t expanded Medicaid. Now, this expansion will bring hundreds of
thousands of North Carolinians affordable health insurance coverage,
saving an estimated 1,200 lives per year. And it will disproportionately
help low-income families, veterans, and those living in rural parts of the
state.

Our end goal is to achieve guaranteed health care for ALL people across
the country through Medicare for All. As we continue to advance our
movement for a single-payer health care system, let’s take the time to
celebrate wins like this one.

In solidarity,

Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All



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