Exciting news, Medicare expansion could be included in a giant Senate package.
As our work to pass Medicare for All continues, my friend Bernie Sanders and I are fighting for the transformative reforms that we can pass under President Biden.
Bernie is working with Majority Leader Schumer RIGHT NOW on a huge Democratic bill that includes measures for infrastructure spending, combating climate change, raising corporate taxes, AND expanding and improving Medicare.
Bernie and I have been fighting to lower the Medicare eligibility age and expand coverage to dental, vision, and hearing for months. We’re also pushing to finally lower the costs of prescription drugs. We have momentum but now we need to keep fighting to make sure our historic expansion of health care gets in this big bill and we make it law.
The health insurance lobby and Big Pharma will do everything they can to stop Medicare expansion. We need to stand together and fight back if we want to get this done. Can you chip in $3 today to fuel our work to pass historic health care legislation?
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Here’s what Bernie and I are fighting for:
- Lowering the Medicare eligibility age: This would immediately extend coverage to at least 23 million people, including many who lost insurance during the pandemic.
- Improving Medicare benefits to finally cover dental, vision, and hearing care, and cap out-of-pocket costs: This will give folks on Medicare much needed coverage to see the dentist, get hearing aids, and afford a new pair of glasses.
- Empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices for everyone: The U.S. spends far more than any other country on prescription drugs, despite Medicare Part D being the largest purchaser. We need the government to use its power to negotiate drug prices down for everyone.
This is huge (or “yuge,” if you’re Bernie), and will help us pave a path to winning Medicare for All. So please, chip in $3 or anything at all so we have the resources necessary to fight the powerful interests that want to stop transformative health care reform. We can expand and improve Medicare, but only if we’re united and ALL IN for this fight.
Thank you so much for your support,
Pramila
