[2]National Nurses United


A woman in
Memphis with coronavirus recently found her entire life strewn across her
lawn after being evicted from her home.

Leslie Nelson lived in a home she inherited from her mother-in-law. At the
moment of her eviction, she learned about thousands of dollars of medical
debt still owed on her deceased mother-in-law’s estate.^1 Nelson is now
homeless because of someone else’s medical debt she knew nothing about.
The men who kicked her out had no concern for where she would go, how she
would fight COVID-19 without a home to recover in, or how she would pay
for these medical bills. 

This pandemic is a wake up call for this country. It’s finally bringing to
light how broken our health care system really is. This is just one
example of how our for-profit system leaves people with medical bills that
can crush a family and livelihoods – especially in the middle of an
economic and public health crisis with millions unemployed and without
medical care. 

Our third installment of the COVID-19 educational webinar series,
“COVID-19 and the Future of Our Health Care System,” will discuss these
issues head on and help chart the path forward. Now is our opportunity to
evaluate the failings of our health care system during COVID-19, how our
response failed, and what can be done to both remedy our immediate
response and achieve long lasting reform.

[ [link removed] ]RSVP now to our next COVID-19 educational webinar "COVID-19 and the
Future of Our Health Care System," TOMORROW (Thursday) August 13, at 5pm
PT/8pm ET.

RSVP now »

An estimated 27 million people lost their employer-sponsored health
insurance during the first months of the pandemic and joined nearly 29
million who were already uninsured. Tens of millions of people right now
are living without a way to see a doctor in the middle of a global
pandemic — and that number is only growing. 

We need Medicare for All now more than ever. Having any number of people
without health care at any time – and especially during a worldwide
pandemic – is unacceptable.

This same failing system is another reason why the racial disparities of
COVID-19 are so egregious. Poorer rural areas and urban heath care deserts
alike are facing a critical shortage of facilities and personnel, while
Black and Brown communities have systematically been excluded from the
preventive care and medical attention afforded to their wealthier, white
neighbors — resulting in exponentially higher infection and death rates.

This webinar will provide a way to discuss how and why our health care
system is failing in its response to the pandemic and provide a path to
achieve the critical, long-lasting reform we need. 

[ [link removed] ]Join our conversation TOMORROW, August 13, at 5pm PT/8 pm ET on
COVID-19 and the future of our health care system. RSVP today!

In solidarity, 

Jasmine Ruddy
Organizer
Nurses’ Campaign for Medicare for All

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