[1]NNU - Medicare for All!
We did it.
We took our demands directly to CVS Health during their biggest day of the
year and forced them to answer to our movement.
NNU President and RN Jean Ross attended the CVS Health annual shareholders
meeting this morning to ask why they’ve spent millions to block Medicare
for All by funding a dark money lobbying group, The Partnership for
America's Health Care Future.
CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch responded to Jean’s question, saying:
“We have not contributed to the Partnership for America’s Health Care
Future since 2020. And as a company we clearly believe that we should
continue to build on an employer-based health care system as well as
support Medicare and Medicaid, which millions of customers have relied on
for decades.”
CVS says they are not currently funding the Partnership; yet they say they
agree with everything the Partnership stands for. Our question to CVS
remains: Which side are you on?
[ [link removed] ]We need your help to amplify our demand. Please watch and share our
video of Jean recapping what happened in the meeting and how we can take
action.
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Getting any answer from CVS is a victory for our movement, as it
demonstrates that they are feeling the pressure. But we must be very
clear: this response is wholly inadequate. If they truly do care about the
communities they purport to serve, they will publicly and permanently cut
ties with the Partnership.
We have real leverage to push CVS to pick a side. The truth is, they would
not have felt the need to answer Jean’s question if we had not
successfully put public pressure on them to do so.
We can’t let up the pressure now — and we won’t until CVS publicly cuts
ties with the Partnership and commits to supporting what’s best for
patients, not their bottom line.
[ [link removed] ]Thank you for amplifying, and we’ll be in touch with next steps soon.
Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All
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