[1]National Nurses United



We wanted to share this new video of ours real quick. It’s from Rebecca
Wood — a health care advocate, mother, and dear friend — and her daughter,
Charlie.

Over their journey as health care advocates, Rebecca and Charlie have
become friends with Speaker Pelosi. And now they’re asking Pelosi directly
to let Medicare for All move forward in the House.

They recorded their request specifically for our rally in San Francisco
last weekend and wanted to make sure all of you had a chance to see it
too. [ [link removed]- ]You can watch it here. And then we need you to share it on social
media. Her story — and the message for Speaker Pelosi — is an important
one.

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We hope you’ll be able to watch and share this video today. Rebecca has long been a champion for
health care justice, and her story is far from the only one of its kind.

Her daughter, Charlie, was born at 26 weeks in critical condition and
spent the next three months in the NICU. As Rebecca says, Charlie’s birth
was a pre-existing condition. Without the Affordable Care Act (ACA),
Charlie would have been uninsurable.

So Rebecca joined the fight against the GOP Tax Scam in 2017, and spoke in
defense of the ACA in Congress. But even with insurance, Rebecca was often
forced to make tough choices between her own health care and Charlie’s.

After postponing a much-needed root canal for herself, an infection spread
through her entire mouth, costing her all of her teeth and parts of her
jaw. Even though the ACA was saved, Rebecca still couldn’t afford to take
care of her daughter AND herself at the same time.

This is the true cost of America’s broken health care system. Families are
forced to choose one operation over another; risk their lives to ration
insulin because they can’t afford any more; or spend money on health care
instead of putting food on the table.

It’s completely unnecessary. And it nearly cost Rebecca and Charlie
everything. We can and must do better.

[ [link removed]- ]Can you take a moment today to share this story with your friends and
family on social media? People need to see the human cost of the status
quo, and Rebecca’s story can do that.

Under a Medicare for All system, Rebecca and Charlie would have gotten the
care they needed, when they needed it, with no strings attached. That is
why we fight. It’s why Rebecca fights. And it’s why so many people in our
movement are fighting every day.

A better world is possible.

In solidarity,

The Nurses' Campaign to Win Medicare for All

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