John,

America’s healthcare system is a national failure. We pay more per person than any country on Earth, yet millions of people delay care, skip prescriptions, or go without coverage entirely. Families face medical debt for doing nothing more than getting sick. Seniors go without hearing aids and dental care. Parents fear the cost of childbirth. Workers ration insulin.

This is not a system designed to keep people healthy. It is a system designed to extract profit, and Donald Trump and his allies are trying to make it even worse by scraping Affordable Care Act subsidies and replacing real insurance with one-time checks. As if a few thousand dollars could cover cancer treatment, heart surgery, or a complicated birth. That is a cash-out scheme that shifts risk onto patients while insurers and drug companies walk away richer than ever.

Healthcare works only when we pool risk and guarantee care. Insurance exists so that no one is bankrupted by illness, and no one is denied treatment because their bank account comes up short. Trump’s plan abandons that principle entirely. It would mean more uninsured Americans, more medical bankruptcies, and more people dying because they could not afford care in time.

Instead of dismantling what protections exist, lawmakers must advance real, popular reforms that expand coverage, lower costs, and rein in corporate abuse. The path forward is clear, and the American people are already on board.

Tell Congress to stop the healthcare sellout and pass real reforms that put patients first.

Real reform means extending ACA premium tax credits so 20 million people are not priced out of coverage overnight. It means stopping massive cuts to Medicaid that would strip care from working families, seniors, and people with disabilities. It means expanding Medicare to include dental, vision, and hearing, because healthcare does not stop at the neck.

It also means taking on the greed at the heart of the system. Drug prices in the United States are routinely double what people pay in Europe and Canada for the same medications. That is not innovation. It is price gouging. Congress can cut prescription drug prices by at least half simply by ending monopoly pricing power.

Real reform means investing in primary care and community health centers so people can actually see a doctor where they live, instead of waiting months or driving hours for basic care. And it means stopping healthcare corporations from funneling trillions into stock buybacks and executive bonuses while patients are told to tighten their belts.

Healthcare should never depend on luck, wealth, or employer generosity. It should be guaranteed. Congress needs to hear, loudly and clearly, that half-measures are not enough.

Send your message now and demand real healthcare reform that treats care as a human right.

Let’s keep fighting for healthcare that works for everyone.

– DFA AF Team