[1]National Nurses United



This week, union nurses and allies gathered in Washington, D.C. for a
protest and rally to tell Congress: “Don’t let billionaires hog our health
care!”

[1]Photo of nurses and other protesters at the Washington, D.C. event

We came together in the streets to urge our elected officials to address
our current health care crisis by:

 1. Extending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that are currently
set to expire at the end of the year, to prevent marketplace premiums
from skyrocketing for more than 20 million people in 2026.

 2. Passing the Medicare for All Act to replace our broken, for-profit
health care system with a single-payer health care system that would
end health disparities, effectively control costs, and assure that
everyone has equal ability to receive an excellent standard of care as
a human right.

[2]Photos of protesters and a speaker at the DC event

Nurses, labor organizers, and community members were joined by Medicare
for All legislation authors Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila
Jayapal, as well as cosponsor Rep. Ro Khanna, who spoke to the crowd about
our ongoing fight to pass these short and long-term solutions.

Like Rep. Jayapal said, “The American people deserve a health care system
that works for them, not just billionaires and big insurance CEOs.”

Now, we need to keep up the momentum and pressure the rest of Congress to
act before it’s too late. As of today, there are only 12 days left in the
legislative session, and House Democrats just introduced a discharge
petition on the ACA subsidies. If a majority of members sign onto this, it
will automatically trigger a yes-or-no vote on legislation to extend the
ACA subsidies for three years.

We only need a handful of Republicans to join Democrats in supporting
this, .

Call your Democratic member of Congress at (202) 224-3121, thank them for
signing the discharge petition, and urge them to help get their Republican
colleagues on board!

Let’s flood our representatives’ phone lines and demand they do what it
takes to save the health care of tens of millions of people.

In solidarity,

National Nurses United



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