[1]NNU - Medicare for All!



Right now, Republicans in Congress are going after Medicaid, trying to cut
nearly $1 trillion from this vital safety net health care program in order
to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. And Medicare as we
know it could be next on the chopping block.

Dr. Oz, who was recently confirmed to lead the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Trump administration are already
preparing to fully privatize Medicare by making Medicare Advantage the
default enrollment option.^1

[ [link removed] ]Drop Site: Dr. Oz and the Plot Against Medicare. Medicare Advantage
plans are killing seniors and bankrupting hospitals. Now the Trump
administration is preparing to make them mandatory, ending Medicare as we
know it.

Medicare Advantage is a type of plan offered within Medicare that is
administered by private health insurers and typically covers 25% fewer
services, creates narrow provider networks, requires prior authorizations,
often results in more delays and denials, incentivizes less care than
traditional Medicare, and exacerbates racial health inequities.^2

Plus, it costs more: in 2024 alone, Medicare paid Medicare Advantage
insurers at least $83 billion more than what it would cost the government
to cover those same enrollees through traditional Medicare.^3

Making Medicare Advantage plans the default for seniors on Medicare would
be an enormous giveaway to the private health insurance industry all while
hurting the rest of us!

Our for-profit health care system is already broken, and the GOP wants to
make it even worse. We’re taking on the private insurance industry and
working to expand Medicare so everyone in this country has the
comprehensive care that they need, regardless of ability to pay – while
the GOP tries to destroy it via privatization.

That’s why we need to fight back and strengthen our movement for a public
health system through Medicare for All in this critical moment.

[ [link removed] ]Medicare for All legislation is about to be reintroduced in the U.S.
House and Senate on April 29th: sign up to be the first to know about ways
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In solidarity,

Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All

 

Sources:

1 - [ [link removed] ]Dr. Oz and the Plot Against Medicare

2 - [ [link removed] ]Taking Advantage: How Insurers Harm Seniors on Medicare

3 - [ [link removed] ]Project 2025’s Medicare Changes Would Restrict Older Americans’
Access to Care and Imperil the Program’s Financial Health



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