[1]NNU - Medicare for All!

On the day of the CVS Health annual
shareholders meeting last week, we made sure our demand for health care
justice was front and center. But now we need to keep up the momentum.

[ [link removed] ]Will you join our call for CVS Health to publicly and permanently cut
ties with the largest anti-Medicare for All corporate front group by
adding your name to our new petition?

Here’s how we took the spotlight during the shareholders meeting:

First, NNU President and RN Jean Ross attended the meeting, and when they
opened the floor for questions, she asked them directly why they’ve spent
millions to block Medicare for All by funding the dark money corporate
front group, The Partnership for America's Health Care Future.

Then, CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch responded to Jean — but what she said is
wholly inadequate. She stated: ​​

“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.” 

Now, CVS is trying to have it both ways — they’re trying to distance
themselves from the Partnership while continuing to advocate for
everything the Partnership stands for — retaining the status quo and our
broken, profit-driven health care system. And furthermore, they still
haven’t committed to publicly and permanently cut ties with the
Partnership.

We’re not going to let them get away with
it, [ [link removed] ]and
you can help hold them accountable by adding your name to our petition
calling on CVS to publicly and permanently cut ties with the Partnership
and stop blocking Medicare for All.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name »

With your support, our campaign has created the leverage to put CVS in the
hot seat — and if they truly do care about the communities they purport to
serve, they will answer our demand.

Ultimately, CVS’ vision for the future of health care in this country is
one that is completely opposed to the principles that nurses — and all of
us — stand for.

Their vision to maximize profits includes moving patient care outside of
safe hospital settings and into retail clinics, like Minute Clinics and
HealthHUBs, and increasingly even into patients’ own homes. Our vision is
one where all patients have the high quality care they deserve, free at
the point of service, and with the direct, hands-on care of registered
nurses and other professional caregivers.

With your help, we will not only win our demand for CVS to stop blocking
Medicare for All; we will ensure that the shared vision of nurses,
patients, and health care justice advocates becomes reality.

Thank you for standing with us!

Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All

P.S. Have you seen the video of Jean that she recorded just minutes after
the shareholders meeting last week? [ [link removed] ]If you haven’t, you can watch and
share the video on social media here, where Jean recaps what happened in
the meeting and how you can take action.

[ [link removed] ]Screen shot of video

 



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