As you may have seen from our email yesterday, we decided to postpone our in-person Week of Action scheduled for early next month in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

While this sets us back, we can’t afford to lose our momentum. Since we aren’t able to gather signatures in-person for the Patients Over Profits campaign, we have to rely much more heavily on digital outreach. That’s where you come in.

We need to reach 50,000 signatures before the end of March. Can you sign and share our petition calling on elected officials to sign the Patients Over Profits pledge?

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Without in-person events, it will take a HUGE digital push to reach our goal of 50,000 signatures. The majority of people reading this email won’t sign on, but if just 1 in 7 people added their name — we’d be halfway to our goal today. 

Why is 50,000 signatures so important? Once we reach this milestone, we’ll be able to share this number with press to amplify our message and use it as a point of leverage to pressure Congressmembers, mayors, governors, and candidates for office to sign the pledge. The more people who sign, the more credible the pledge becomes.

If you’re just getting caught up on the Patients Over Profits campaign, here’s a quick overview and explanation why it’s so important that you join  ↘ 

THE PROBLEM For decades, corporate-lobbying groups like the Partnership for America's Health Care Future (PAHCF) have tried to halt our progress on health care reform and buy off our politicians with millions of dollars in campaign contributions and lobbying. THE SOLUTION We can force our politicians to choose a side and make the political cost of accepting their dirty money greater than any campaign contribution. That's why we've launched the Patients Over Profits Pledge – to call on our elected officials to reject donations from all health care corporations affiliated with the Partnership. Being a champion for health care reform means rejecting dirty money from lobbying groups like the PAHCF. WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP We need to show overwhelming support for this pledge and demand that our leaders do their jobs and represent the interests of the American people. Will you please add your name (it takes less than 30 seconds) to our Patients Over Profits petition to show that voters expect this commitment from their leaders? Sign now »

We really appreciate your help keeping this campaign on track and helping us make this the next litmus test for all of our candidates and representatives moving forward. 

In solidarity, 

Jasmine Ruddy
Organizer
Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All

P.S. If you want to learn more about how we’re shifting our plans, please join our emergency strategy call next Wednesday at 5:00 pm PT/ 8:00 pm ET.

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