[1]NNU - Medicare for All!



As we approach the end of 2023 and reflect back on all we’ve worked to
achieve in the past year, we wanted to share our Nurses’ Campaign to Win
Medicare for All Year In Review!

This is a long, but important email featuring highlights in our campaign
to pass guaranteed health care for all in California and the United States
at large.

We kicked off 2023 with our January 31st Medicare for All National
Strategy Call, bringing together 400 nurses and community members from
across the country, laying out our organizing plans for the year, and
setting a goal of hitting 100 Patients Over Profits pledge signers by May
Day (May 1st).

On February 17th, our CalCare spot bill, AB 1690, was introduced into the
California State Assembly by Asm. Ash Kalra. Later that month, we
published our [ [link removed] ]5-part organizing plan for CalCare in 2023, setting 5
priorities for the year that included: organizing our biggest field
program ever, broadening and deepening our coalition, building support in
the labor movement, public education, and organizing inside the
legislature. One month later, we held a CalCare Statewide Weekend of
Action with over 50 canvass events across California to build public
support.

On April 20th, we hit 100 Patients Over Profits pledge signers — 11 days
ahead of our goal!

On May 17th, Senator Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, and
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell reintroduced Medicare for All in the U.S.
House and Senate along with 112 House cosponsors and 14 Senate cosponsors.
Our own Deborah Burger, RN and President of NNU, spoke at the press
conference reintroducing the bill. And the night beforehand, our own Nancy
Hagans, RN and President of NYSNA and NNU, spoke at a live streamed
Medicare for All Town Hall in Washington, D.C. hosted by the bill authors
to facilitate more national conversation around this crucial topic.

Days later, we hosted a National Medicare for All Weekend of Action with
events taking place in states including New York, Ohio, North Carolina,
Washington, California, Hawaii, and more.

Over the summer, volunteers in California hosted more than 100 separate
canvass events in support of CalCare. Then, on July 19th, we kicked off
our series of CalCare Town Halls, starting in San Jose and continuing in
Santa Rosa, Los Angeles, and Oakland from July through September.

On July 27th we held a nationwide Patients Over Profits Strategy Call with
hundreds of supporters celebrating the 100 signers milestone and kicking
off the next phase of the campaign, including the creation of three
special volunteer teams. We were joined by featured speaker and pledge
signer Florida State Rep. Anna V. Eskamani.

On August 16th, we launched our first nationwide Medicare for All Movement
Call, a new series of quarterly calls for Medicare for All supporters
across the country, and were joined by Medicare for All Florida to hear
about the great work they are doing in the Sunshine State.

In late August, we held our first Patients Over Profits monthly volunteer
Update Call. These continued through the end of the year with hundreds of
volunteers in total from across the country joining to help get more
signers on the pledge, which now has 135 signers!

On September 23rd, we held a Statewide CalCare Day of Action with events
in cities including Oakland, Los Angeles, Modesto, San Diego, and more.
Hundreds of activists in total showed up to rally for CalCare.

And last but not least, on December 6th we held our final Medicare for All
Movement Call of the year with over 200 people across the country. We paid
tribute to our friend Ady Barkan and looked forward to Medicare for All
organizing in 2024.

That was just a fraction of the organizing that we did together in 2023.
And it was all thanks to the hard work and dedication of nurses,
organizers, and supporters like you!

With 2023 soon coming to a close, our team is eagerly looking forward to
continuing our work to pass CalCare and Medicare for All with you in 2024!

Thank you again for your unwavering support and contributions to our
movement.

In solidarity,

Nurses' Campaign to Win Medicare for All



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