MEDICARE FOR ALL Astronomical health care costs and lack of access continue to drive individuals, families, and businesses past their breaking point while insurance companies continue to soak-up billions of health care dollars as millions of children’s basic needs go unmet. Medicare has provided guaranteed health care for millions of...

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
March 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM

You’re Invited: MFA House Party in Collingswood

Join us to build people power and grow our movement for health care justice in your community! Our already broken health care system is facing a barrage of attacks from right-wing politicians in Washington, D.C., including potentially devastating cuts to Medicaid, medical research, and more. …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
March 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM

Join our webinar to stop Medicaid cuts →

RSVP to learn more about these proposed cuts, hear from speakers, and take action with us on March 13th. Medicaid and other critical public health programs are facing unprecedented attacks right now. Congress is advancing cuts that would take health care away from tens of millions of Medicaid…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
February 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM

Fund care not billionaires

Sign our petition calling on Congress to stand with nurses, and demand they choose health care over billionaires. Right now, Congressional Republicans are advancing a budget resolution that could lay the groundwork for nearly $1 TRILLION in cuts to Medicaid through the budget reconciliation p…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
February 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM

Health care is a racial and economic justice issue, and we must keep up the fight!

This February, we remain committed to lifting up Black voices and fighting for justice for all, including in our health care system. February is Black History Month, a time to reflect on and honor the history, contributions, and culture of the Black community. Despite the current administrati…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
February 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM

Reminder: Join our National Strategy call next Wednesday!

RSVP to attend our first Medicare for All National Strategy Call of the year to hear our plans and get involved. Our first Medicare for All National Strategy Call of 2025 is rapidly approaching next Wednesday, February 12, and we have some exciting speakers to announce! Joining us on the call…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
February 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM

Fight back: RSVP to our National Strategy Call on Feb. 12!

Join our call next Wednesday to hear our plans to fight back against attacks on our public health system, as we work towards the reintroduction Medicare for All in Congress. Right now, the political landscape is rapidly changing and we’re witnessing a lot of changes in federal health care pol…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
January 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM

Tell Your Senator: Vote NO on RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary!

Today, the U.S. Senate began its confirmation hearing to consider Donald Trump’s nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Your Senator, Sen. John Fetterman, is a key deciding vote. Will you dial 202-998-6094 to use our hotline and call…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
January 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM

You’re invited to our first National Strategy Call of 2025!

Join us on Feb. 12 to discuss our Medicare for All organizing plans for the first half of the year. With Donald Trump back in the White House and a Republican majority in Congress, there are many dangerous threats to our health care on the horizon. It’s easy to get overwhelmed, but now is the…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
January 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM

Medicare for All will ensure a just transition for impacted workers

We’re continuing our email series to refresh you on what Medicare for All is and how it would work by reviewing the six core MFA principles, which you can read and share with others here. Today’s email is focused on the sixth and final principle of a just transition, including funding and pr…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
January 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM

No more deductibles, premiums, or copays

We’re continuing our email series to refresh you on what Medicare for All is and how it would work by reviewing the six core MFA principles, which you can read and share with others here. Today’s email is focused on the principle of free at the point of service. As the recent outpouring of i…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
January 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM

True freedom to choose your own provider

Happy New Year! Now that 2025 is here, we’re continuing our email series to refresh you on what Medicare for All is and how it would work by reviewing the six core MFA principles, which you can read and share with others here. Today’s email is focused on the principle of freedom to choose you…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
December 30, 2024 at 6:13 PM

Medicare for All would save the U.S. $2 trillion

As we finalize our plans for the new year, we’re continuing our email series to refresh you on what Medicare for All is and how it would work by reviewing the six core MFA principles, which you can read and share with others here. Today’s email is focused on the principle of a single public …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
December 23, 2024 at 3:03 PM

The holiday conversation bot is back!

Use our handy tool to talk to your loved ones about Medicare for All. Last month, we sent you our interactive Medicare for All conversation bot to help guide you through conversations at the holiday dinner table about health care. Since then, our broken health care system has become a major t…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
December 20, 2024 at 11:51 PM

Big Pharma spent millions to oppose drug price reform

The for-profit health care industry has a powerful grip on the U.S. political system, and Big Pharma is a perfect example. A recent report from Sludge reveals that the massive lobby group Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) dropped millions of dollars last year on …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
December 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM

Will you write a letter to the editor in support of Medicare for All?

It's been increasingly clear in recent weeks that most people across the United States are fed up with private health insurance companies and their endless greed. From being denied the care they need to ending up in massive amounts of medical debt, countless people are hurt by this industry …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
December 14, 2024 at 12:43 AM

We’re putting together a Special Outreach Team. Interested?

We’re looking for volunteers to reach out to elected officials after the holidays and ask them to take our pledge. If we’re going to pass Medicare for All and win guaranteed health care for everyone in the United States, we need to reduce the influence of the for-profit health care industry o…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
December 12, 2024 at 1:03 AM

1 in 4 U.S. adults skips the health care they need

As we finalize our plans for the new year, we’re continuing our email series to refresh you on what Medicare for All is and how it would work by reviewing the six core MFA principles, which you can read and share with others here. Today’s email is focused on the fully comprehensive benefits …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
December 6, 2024 at 11:23 PM

MFA Principles: Universal coverage

Let’s review what Medicare for All is and how it would work. Right now, we’re coming to the end of a critical election year and gearing up for defensive fights in 2025 and beyond. While we fight back against right-wing attacks on Medicaid and Medicare, we must also keep making the case for fi…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
December 4, 2024 at 10:16 PM

How Project 2025 will further hurt our health care

Together, we will fight back against the GOP’s threats to our health care while building the momentum to pass Medicare for All. The incoming Trump administration and Republican control of both the U.S. House and Senate pose grave threats to our already broken health care system. Project 2025, …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
November 27, 2024 at 6:43 PM

It’s back!

Use our interactive tool to find out how to have an effective conversation about our health care system with family and friends. The holiday season is already here again, and so is our interactive Medicare for All conversation bot! Talking about politics doesn't have to get heated (even after…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
November 20, 2024 at 8:36 PM

UPDATE: 300 signers on the Patients Over Profits Pledge

Help us celebrate and keep up the momentum! Some good news, : This election cycle, we officially reached the major milestone of getting 300 political candidates and elected officials to sign our Patients Over Profits pledge and reject campaign contributions of $200 or more from the for-profit …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
November 15, 2024 at 10:08 PM

American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month

November is recognized as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, a time for us to celebrate and honor Native American communities and Indigenous people across the United States. According to the U.S. Census, the number of people who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native nea…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
November 13, 2024 at 10:01 PM

100 Medicare for All champions won re-election!

While the 2024 presidential election results were not what we hoped for, we do have a multitude of congressional victories to celebrate! Nearly all of our Medicare for All cosponsors that ran for re-election this November won, in states from Kentucky to Georgia to Arizona. At least 93 House …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
November 8, 2024 at 9:55 PM

No matter who’s in the White House, we’re keeping up the fight

, this is not the email we hoped to send you this week. Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election, and with his second presidency comes multiple threats to our nation’s already broken health care system. His administration could: Make Medicare Advantage — a type of lower-quality he…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
October 30, 2024 at 9:55 PM

Our 2024 Patients Over Profits year-in-review

We just wrapped up our last Patients Over Profits Action Call of the year. We just wrapped up our last Patients Over Profits Action Call of the year last night and wanted to report back on the progress we’ve made in 2024, plus some ways you can help us in our final push to 300 pledge signers …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
October 28, 2024 at 7:22 PM

TOMORROW: Our last Patients Over Profits Action Call of 2024!

Hear from a special guest and find out how you can help us reach 300 pledge signers before Election Day. Wanted to send you a quick reminder: Tomorrow is our FINAL Patients Over Profits Action Call of 2024! RSVP here → On this call, we’ll hear from special guest Grace Wagner! Grace is one of o…
  Alex Newell Taylor · [email protected]
October 23, 2024 at 9:22 PM

RSVP to our last Patients Over Profits Call of the year →

Our final Patients Over Profits Action Call of 2024 is coming up next Tuesday, October 29th. Election Day is rapidly approaching, and so is our last Patients Over Profits Action Call of the year! It’s crunch time before one of the most consequential elections of our lifetimes, and we’re worki…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
October 16, 2024 at 10:34 PM

Their #1 goal is to maximize profits, not deliver health care.

Health insurers consistently report BILLIONS of dollars in profits every year at the expense of patients. To continue our series shining the spotlight on bad actors in our broken health care system, today we want to talk about one of the worst: the health insurance industry. Health insurance …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
October 14, 2024 at 6:14 PM

Expanding Medicare to cover vision, hearing, and at-home care

This is a bold step in the right direction as we continue to fight for Medicare for All. Last week, presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Governor Tim Walz released their proposal to expand Medicare, and it’s a bold step in the right direction as we continue…
  Alex Newell Taylor · [email protected]
October 10, 2024 at 12:46 AM

We passed the 250 mark!

More than 250 elected officials and political candidates have taken the Patients Over Profits pledge. Great news: We’ve officially passed the major milestone of getting more than 250 politicians to sign our Patients Over Profits pledge and reject campaign contributions of $200 or more from the…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
October 7, 2024 at 9:44 PM

Shame on Boeing!

This is exactly why health care shouldn’t be tied to employment and why we need Medicare for All. For years, powerful aerospace and engineering company Boeing has reaped massive profits while deprioritizing workers and safety measures. As a result, about 33,000 Boeing workers with the Interna…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
October 4, 2024 at 8:15 PM

Get trained to make change with Healthcare-NOW!

Healthcare-NOW is holding a series of trainings to help you build skills and learn how to organize for Medicare for All in your community. Great organizers aren’t born – they’re trained! If we want to win our fight for health care justice, we have to develop and sharpen the skills we need to …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
October 2, 2024 at 9:13 PM

How hospitals fleece patients →

To continue our series shining the spotlight on bad actors in our broken health care system, today we want to talk about the hospital industry. In 2020, a National Nurses United report found that hospitals in the U.S. on average charge patients more than four times the cost of care, with cha…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
September 27, 2024 at 6:57 PM

Reminder: RSVP to Monday’s Patients Over Profits Action Call!

Learn the latest updates and plug into our campaign in these final weeks before the critical November election. Friendly reminder: Our next Patients Over Profits Action Call is coming up this Monday, September 30th, at 5pm PT / 8pm ET. RSVP now → On Monday’s call, we’ll hear from some of our a…
  Alex Newell Taylor · [email protected]
September 23, 2024 at 10:07 PM

Our next Patients Over Profits Action Call is one week away!

RSVP to attend the call on Monday, September 30th and plug into our campaign to get health care industry money out of our politics. Our next Patients Over Profits Action Call is one week away! If you’re ready to RSVP, sign up here. Otherwise, keep reading for more details. Our Patients Over Pr…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
September 20, 2024 at 7:50 PM

re: Big Pharma

In the United States, the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry rakes in massive profits while patients struggle to afford their medications. To continue our series shining the spotlight on bad actors in our broken health care system, let’s take a look at the multi-billion dollar pharm…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
September 16, 2024 at 10:09 PM

This month

We’re reflecting on the ways in which Latinx people across the United States are especially harmed by our broken, for-profit health care system. Hispanic Heritage Month officially began yesterday on September 15th, so we’re reflecting on how our broken, for-profit health care system especiall…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
September 13, 2024 at 8:13 PM

“People died as hospital bigs enriched themselves”

Sen. Bernie Sanders is working to hold this corrupt health care CEO accountable for living the high life while running hospitals into the ground. To kick off a series of emails shining the spotlight on bad actors in our broken health care system, we want to start with Steward Health Care CEO …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
September 4, 2024 at 7:47 PM

“Health shrinkflation: Patients wait more for less”

Wait times for health care are increasing and provider-patient relationships are worsening under our current, for-profit health care system. Our fragmented, for-profit health care system is failing patients and providers alike, forcing many providers who are unwilling to work in unsafe enviro…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
August 28, 2024 at 9:15 PM

Time is running out to RSVP

Time is running out to RSVP for our upcoming Patients Over Profits Action Call — and we really don’t want you to miss out. Time is running out to RSVP for our upcoming Patients Over Profits Action Call — and we really don’t want you to miss out! Our Patients Over Profits campaign is growing,…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
August 21, 2024 at 7:18 PM

RSVP: Patients Over Profits Action Call next Thu. 8/29

Now is the perfect time to plug into our campaign to end the for-profit health care industry’s influence on our political process. It’s almost time for our next Patients Over Profits Action Call! We created our Patients Over Profits campaign to build a groundswell of politicians committed to r…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
August 16, 2024 at 9:24 PM

This is huge!

Yesterday, the White House announced lower prices for some of the most popular medications as a result of Medicare negotiations with Big Pharma. This is huge: Yesterday, the White House announced the long-awaited results of its first round of price negotiations with the pharmaceutical industry…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
August 14, 2024 at 8:25 PM

U.S. Olympians received free health care in Paris, but not at home

The 2024 Olympic Games are over, but many are still buzzing about the shocking reality that athletes don’t have universal health care in the U.S. The 2024 Paris Olympics came to a close on Sunday with a passing of the baton to the United States as we await the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. One m…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
August 7, 2024 at 10:54 PM

66 more surveys needed by August 11th →

We’re conducting a survey to show the nationwide popularity of Medicare for All and encourage more political candidates to support it. Check this out: A new poll shows super-majority support for Medicare for All among swing state voters, with 63 percent of them indicating they’re more likely …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
August 5, 2024 at 11:17 PM

Support Rep. Ilhan Omar ahead of next week’s primary!

Help us get out the vote for one of our Medicare for All champions in Congress before her primary election on Tuesday, August 13th. The 2024 election season is in full swing, and we have one more candidate to support in the primaries: Medicare for All champion and progressive incumbent Rep. I…
  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]
July 31, 2024 at 10:54 PM

Announcing our survey contest winners!

We’re now 115 completed surveys away from our goal of 1,000! Help us reach it so we can send a strong message to elected officials and political candidates. As you probably know, we’re in the process of conducting a national health care survey to give people across the United States the oppor…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
July 29, 2024 at 11:06 PM

Get out the vote for Cori Bush →

One of our biggest Medicare for All champions in Congress is facing millions of dollars in far-right attacks ahead of her primary. Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri’s 1st Congressional District is a former nurse and one of our biggest Medicare for All champions, but she’s facing a moderate challenge…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
July 26, 2024 at 9:14 PM

45 percent of Americans are unable to afford health care.

We’re conducting a national health care survey to send a message to those in power, and we need your help. A new survey reported by The Hill this week found that 45 percent of Americans are unable to afford health care. It’s a perfect example of how our broken, profit-driven health care syste…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
July 17, 2024 at 9:21 PM

200 politicians have taken the pledge to put patients over profits!

We’re building the political will to pass Medicare for All by asking politicians to reject contributions from the for-profit health care industry. We did it! We’ve officially reached the major milestone of getting 200 politicians to sign our Patients Over Profits pledge and reject campaign con…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
July 15, 2024 at 11:30 PM

Last chance: RSVP for tomorrow’s virtual friendbank!

We need your help to generate 1,000 completed health care surveys before time runs out → We’re running out of time to reach our goal of 1,000 completed health care surveys, but you still have a chance to help us! Tomorrow is our virtual friendbank event — a fun, interactive way to learn how t…