Lawmakers must guarantee health care for everyone, not guarantee profits for corporations.
One of the biggest obstacles to passing Medicare for All is the influence of corporate PAC money.
Health insurance companies, for-profit providers, and Big Pharma donated millions of dollars to Republicans and Democrats in Congress last election cycle. When elected officials accept this money, they set back our fight for guaranteed health care for all.
But it’s my belief that our fight in Congress must be for the people, not for health insurance executives. Lawmakers must guarantee health care for everyone, not guarantee profits for corporations. It is one of the greatest injustices of our time that folks can’t get the care they need in the richest country in the world.
That’s why I don’t take a cent of corporate PAC money and it’s why I fight for Medicare for All. But it’s going to take a lot of work and organizing to overcome the rich and powerful so we can finally guarantee health care for all. Can you help fuel this necessary movement for M4A with a donation today?
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Let’s take a quick look at just one example — the PAC for Cigna, a health insurance company. Not only did its overall contributions to candidates go way up last cycle, it contributed more money to Democrats than Republicans. Here’s Cigna Corp. PAC’s spending over time:
Center for Responsive Politics,Cigna Corp. PAC contributions to federal candidates
But we know Cigna isn’t alone. Health insurance companies and for-profit providers give so much money to Democrats and Republicans in Congress to protect their profits and the very system in America that enables them to bring in those profits. Medicare for All would finally end that system.
We’re up against Big Money and the deadly, for-profit status quo. Our fight to change this will take contributions from all of us — people all across America. Can you chip in now to help power our movement for Medicare for All?
In solidarity,
Pramila
