[1]Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress



Ady Barkan — one of the greatest activists in the country for Medicare for
All and healthcare reform — died last week due to complications from ALS.

Ady dedicated his life to healthcare rights after his ALS diagnosis in
2016, when he was denied coverage for critical medical needs, like a
ventilator and medicine.

He sued his health insurance company in federal court and won, but the
experience left him inspired to make change. “It shouldn’t take a team of
lawyers, an experienced activist, and the generosity of friends and
strangers to get the healthcare you need to survive,” Ady said.

[ [link removed] ]We agree. Today, we’re launching a fundraiser to continue Ady’s fight.
Will you contribute $5 today to Ady’s organization, Be A
Hero, so they can keep pushing for healthcare as a human right?

[ [link removed] ]Contribute $5

100% of your contribution will go to Be A Hero’s fight for healthcare
rights for all.

Months after his diagnosis, Ady was in a wheelchair — but that didn’t stop
him from confronting GOP Senator Jeff Flake on a plane about the Trump tax
cuts. Ady urged Sen. Flake to “be a hero” and vote against cutting social
services, so that people like Ady would not lose access to the programs
they needed to survive.

Flake voted for the cuts, but Ady was inspired to co-found Be A Hero in
2018, an initiative to fight for healthcare reform and inspire others to
fight for change. Later that summer, Ady visited Alexandria in The Bronx
after she won the primary that brought her to Congress, as she campaigned
on Medicare for All.

They then worked together on the first-ever hearing on Medicare for All in
Congress in 2019. Alexandria later wrote about Ady for the foreword of his
memoir, Eyes to the Wind: “Ady’s example is for all of us to follow. There
is no act too small, no person too powerless, no moment too late to make a
difference. The revolution rests in each of us.”

[ [link removed] ]Our
fight for Medicare for All has lost a champion, but is not over. Will you
make a $5 donation today to Ady’s organization, Be A Hero,
so that we can keep fighting for affordable healthcare for all?



[ [link removed] ]Contribute $5



Our hearts are with Ady’s family, his colleagues, and the millions of
people he inspired with his fight to create a country where healthcare is
a human right.

In solidarity,

Team AOC

 

 


 


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