Dear friend,

Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus crisis has been appalling. It's
clear that if we're going to stop the coronavirus crisis from destroying
public health and our economy, we need to do it ourselves.

That's why Demand Progress and a coalition of progressive organizations
are mobilizing to push the federal government to mount a proper and
complete response -- including national paid sick leave, free testing for
the coronavirus, expanded health care, and more.

Congress is considering a "Phase 4" of their coronavirus response right
now, and we need to let them know ASAP they still need to go big and bold.
Will you send them a message?

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tell the federal government to go big and prepare to
solve the coronavirus crisis.

There's still a lot more that needs to be done:

* Increase hospital and clinical capacity ― increase capacity with
additional beds and equipment. We must use our emergency response
mechanisms to mobilize resources and facilities in order to respond to
surges in demand.

* Massive investment in nursing home and senior community preparedness—
not enough is being done to ensure adequate protection of residents of
senior facilities and the workers who care for them

* Clear protections for frontline workers — more must be done to ensure
better distribution of necessary protective equipment for health care
and other workers who are in contact with people who have been exposed
or are suffering from the virus as well as the people responsible for
cleaning buildings and public facilities

* Paid sick leave — workers must receive paid sick leave to alleviate
the devastating consequences of lost wages

* Food security — we must expand SNAP, WIC, school lunch and other
initiatives and suspend implementation of any regulations that weaken
federal food assistance, in order to ensure vulnerable populations do
not lose access to food during this epidemic

* Widespread and free coronavirus testing — to control the spread of
coronavirus, the administration must ensure that all Americans who
need an evaluation are able to access locations for cost-free testing
and rapidly increase the unacceptably low daily test processing
capacity inside the U.S.

* Treatment for all — patients must be reimbursed for any non-covered
coronavirus-related costs, or else the epidemic will be worsened
because Americans will fear they cannot afford the costs associated
with treatment

* Anti-price gouging protections — we must ensure that Americans are
protected from price gouging of medical and non-medical essentials
during this emergency

If you want Congress to mandate these solutions, you need to act right
now. Can you add your name and help build pressure on legislators to do
the right thing?

[ [link removed] ]Add your name: Tell the federal government to go big to solve the
coronavirus crisis.

Thanks for taking action in this urgent moment,

Robert and the team at Demand Progress

 

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