Hey, I’m writing to you today with a short note for two reasons.
First, I wanted to make sure that you saw my email from Thursday about our fight to expand Medicare, improve its benefits, and lower prescription drug costs. I included that original message in this email, so please read on if you missed it.
Second, my team just let me know that we’re making progress on our $55,000 end-of-month goal, but that we’re still a bit short. We really need additional grassroots contributions from folks like you. Can you chip in $3 right now to help us expand Medicare and fuel my work for transformative change in this country?
Thank you for your support, and don’t forget to read on about our urgent fight for Medicare expansion if you didn’t catch my email from last week. Here’s what The New York Times said about it:
- Pramila
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From: Pramila Jayapal
Date: May 27, 2021
Subject: 156 House Democrats agree on this. Do you?
I led more than 155 House Democrats today in calling on President Biden to expand Medicare as part of his next big piece of legislation. It’s not the first time I’ve emailed you about this — but since then, our movement has only gotten bigger.
Not only do we have 156 House Democrats (PLUS nearly 20 Senate Democrats) with us, but the coalition spans the ideological spectrum. We have progressives pushing for Medicare expansion, but we also have many of my more moderate colleagues on board. We even have 15 “frontliners” (Democrats in the toughest re-election races) signed on to this effort, because they know that expanding Medicare and lowering prescription drug costs are hugely popular among voters from all political parties.
A full 70% of Democrats in the House, including folks in tough re-election fights, support expanding Medicare, improving benefits, and lowering prescription drug costs because it’s good policy — but also because we want to show people across America that we’ve delivered for them. Opening Medicare to millions of new folks gets people care who didn’t have it before, and lowering prescription costs can help people finally get the medicine they need to survive.
Again, here’s what we’re calling on President Biden to support in his next big bill:
These are widely popular measures and President Biden promised to deliver on them. Medicare for All is our end goal, and I’ll never stop leading the fight for it. But as we continue building our movement, we can pass this transformative Medicare expansion plan right away.
Fewer people will struggle without care, fewer people will struggle to get hearing aids and critical dental care, and fewer people will have to ration their insulin or go without the medicine they need.
I will keep you updated on our push for expanding Medicare as our organizing continues.
In solidarity,
Pramila
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