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?

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?

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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