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[ [link removed] ]2022 Year in Review



As we get ready to close the books on 2022, we wanted to look back and
reflect on our incredible work together this year. 

As part of that, we’ll be sending a series of emails throughout the month
highlighting specific campaign areas – and today, we’re starting with our
national Medicare for All legislative campaign. 

Together, here’s just some of what we accomplished in 2022 to grow the
support for Medicare for All in Congress:

We made historic progress on Medicare for All in the Senate

In February, we launched our Senate Organizing Committees ahead of the
highly anticipated reintroduction of Medicare for All to the Senate. 

We formed committees in 28 states and had nearly 800 volunteers sign up to
be part of them. Volunteers on the committees helped to collect thousands
of petition signatures, drove phone calls, met with Senate offices, and
more ahead of the bill reintroduction to get as many cosponsors on the
bill as possible. 

Ahead of the reintroduction, we also hosted ‘Medicare for All Fest’ with
live music, Spanish translation, and over 700 people in attendance. We
made over 800 calls to the Senate and organized 30 canvass actions that
took place during the Senate Week of Action a few weeks later.

[ [link removed] ]Highlights from Medicare for All Fest on April 23, 2022

Highlights from Medicare for All Fest on April 23, 2022

Senator Bernie Sanders reintroduced the Senate Medicare for All bill on
May 12 with 14 cosponsors! This was a huge day, and our movement’s
grassroots organizing work was an absolutely key part of the strategy. 

Celebrated the first-ever hearing on Medicare for All in the U.S. Senate

Led by Senator Sanders as chair of the Budget Committee, the first ever
hearing on Medicare for All took place in the U.S. Senate on the same day
as the bill introduction. Our very own Executive Director, Bonnie
Castillo, testified on behalf of nurses and patients in support of
Medicare for All. 

[ [link removed] ]Bonnie testifying in front of Congress

Hosted 'Fight for the Future of Health Care' Public Education Webinar Series

In May, we launched a public education webinar series over the course of
the summer to focus on some of the most dangerous trends in the health
care industry and how Medicare for All would be a key part of the solution
to stop corporatization, protect patients and nurses, and address
inequity. 

These webinars included:

* Left Behind: How Underserved Communities Carry the Heaviest Burden of
our Broken Health Care System - [ [link removed] ]Watch the recording here
* Uber for Nurses? The Gigification of Health Care - [ [link removed] ]Watch the
recording here
* Equity through Advocacy: Overcoming Technological Bias in Health Care
- [ [link removed] ]Watch the recording here
* Corporate Abuse of Caregivers - [ [link removed] ]Watch the recording here

Launched the 3rd Medicare for All Leadership School

Our 3rd ever cohort of the Leadership School kicked off in mid-June with
several dozen committed nurses and community members across the country.
Students in the program committed to an intensive, 3-month long program to
become trained on the skills necessary to be successful grassroots leaders
in their workplaces and communities in the fight for Medicare for All.

We were so proud to successfully graduate 24 students from the program at
the end of August!

[ [link removed] ]Zoom photo from graduation ceremony

Major gains in our priority district campaigns

After months of local organizing in partnership with Our Revolution NJ,
activists in New Jersey showed up at Rep. Andy Kim’s district office at
the end of August to deliver hundreds of constituents signatures calling
on him to sign on as a cosponsor of Medicare for All.

Volunteers collected 400 petition signatures, organized 11 local unions to
sign onto a letter calling on Kim to support, published multiple newspaper
op-eds, and showed up at five different town hall events asking him to
sign on.

[ [link removed] ]Volunteers outside of Rep. Kim's office

Similarly, in partnership with Medicare for All Florida, activists
delivered hundreds of signatures at the end of August to Rep. Darren
Soto’s district office near Orlando, FL, to call on him to cosponsor
Medicare for All.

Volunteers collected 300 petition signatures and organized dozens of local
organizations and unions onto a sign on letter. We also got a ton of media
attention — including a news clip of the action that ran a total of 13
times across three different local TV stations!

[ [link removed] ]Local news coverage

It’s been a jam-packed year, and this is just one part of our larger
campaign efforts. We know that next year is primed for a ton of progress,
and we’re so grateful to have you with us.

We laid the groundwork to grow our organizing in 2023, and we’re in a
strong position heading into the new year with over a dozen new candidates
joining Congress in January that ran on Medicare for All.

We’re excited to build on these efforts in advance of the reintroduction
of the House and Senate bills again next spring, and we hope you’ll join
us to continue pushing to gain new cosponsors and help move single-payer
forward in Congress.

In solidarity,

Jasmine Ruddy
Organizer
Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All





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