Insurance company profits have skyrocketed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

While people have been hit with surprise medical bills, struggled to pay their rent, and lost their jobs along with their health insurance, some insurance companies are reporting that their profits have doubled since the start of the pandemic. 

But this isn’t a surprise, and here’s their secret: monthly premiums.

While we pay monthly premiums, health care insurers keep their costs low by denying care using three main tactics:

• Deciding the care is “not medically necessary”
• Excluding doctors or hospitals as “out of network”
• Refusing to cover care they deem “experimental”

Our entire health care system is designed to keep private insurers rich because the care you get is not decided by you and your doctor, but rather by what insurance companies are willing to pay for.

Many insurance companies are now refusing to cover all Covid-19 treatment, including long-term health impacts, which is causing patient costs to skyrocket.

Many of our opponents claim that Medicare for All will require providers to ration resources. But the truth is that private insurance denying care is what rationing looks like under a for-profit health care system. It allows for insurance companies to make the rules based off of what will give them the highest profit.

It’s misinformation like this that is one of our biggest challenges, but we have the solution: our Medicare for All 101 training. This is where people can learn the ins and outs of Medicare for All, including what our opponents are saying to make people fearful of what will be a more fair, more complete health care system. 

So, I’m asking you today to click on this link, which will open a pre-written email for you to invite 3-5 people in your life to join a Medicare for All 101 webinar this month.

Here is the sample email we’ve written for you to copy or adapt:  Hey friends,  As you may know, I’m a supporter of Medicare for All, and I wanted to invite you to join an upcoming webinar this month to learn more about the basics of it and get your questions answered.   Health care is very confusing as it is, and I know a lot of people have heard of Medicare for All or single-payer, but may not know what it is or how it works. This Medicare for All 101 webinar is geared toward beginners to learn more about our current system and answer their questions about reform.  There are 2 different dates and times to choose from, and you can RSVP here: https://act.medicare4all.org/signup/mfa-101-webinars/ I hope you can make it and look forward to hearing about what you learn. Send this email now »

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us how broken our health care system really is, and it’s why we need your help to win now more than ever. Medicare for All would mean that no one would have to pay for Covid-19 treatment or ever be denied care because of their insurance company.

Just by reading this far, we know you are educated on Medicare for All, but to help us grow this movement even more, please click here to invite 3-5 people in your life to join a Medicare for All 101 webinar this month.

Max Cotterill
Organizer
Nurses’ Campaign for Medicare for All