In March 2017, before our first candidates were even announced, we launched a pressure campaign to track which Democrats were -- and which ones were not -- cosponsoring the Medicare for All bill in the House. It worked. We tracked who came on board after they were called out, and who came on board after they gained a progressive primary challenger from Brand New Congress. In the end we nearly doubled support for the House Bill. Check it out: Brand New Congress put universal healthcare at the center of our work since Day One because everyone in this country deserves high quality healthcare, and no one should have to launch a GoFundMe to pay for medical needs. A lot has changed since 2017. Medicare for All is now a mainstream policy that is wildly popular with voters across the political spectrum. Many of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates voiced support for Medicare for All, and it is now a core policy among a new class of progressive challengers running for Congress across the country. The COVID19 pandemic exposed all the failures of for-profit healthcare, and now people are demanding something better. Now is the time to press for EVERYONE’S right to healthcare. Now is the time to fight for Medicare for All. This is why your support of our mission is so important. It's because of people like you that Medicare for All is no longer a "pie in the sky" notion -- and is now part of the political mainstream. We are going to pass Medicare for All, John. And we can deliver policies that make life better for all Americans if we elect uncorrupted, working class community leaders instead of corporate-backed people who don’t represent their communities.
Can you support our 2022 slate with a contribution of $4 today? All four current Brand New Congress incumbents -- AOC, Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib and Jamaal Bowman -- are fierce defenders of Medicare for All. We made inroads on Medicare for All on a tiny budget. We made progress because these ideas are sound and the policy is popular with Americans across the political spectrum. Imagine what we can accomplish when we get even more progressive leaders elected, starting with Nina Turner in less than two weeks! Thank you for being in this fight with us. If you’re able, please chip in a few dollars today and let’s make Medicare for All a reality.
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