Max Cotterill · [email protected]

October 30, 2020 at 5:31 PM

Why monthly premiums are so bad

The health care you get is not decided by you and your doctor but by what insurance companies are willing to pay for. This is part four of our series “What could have been: Covid-19” to discuss how our response to Covid-19 would have differed under Medicare for All. Insurance company profit…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

October 27, 2020 at 9:51 PM

Justice Barrett

There’s a reason the GOP rushed this illegitimate confirmation. It has everything to do with the Affordable Care Act. Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in as the newest Supreme Court justice last night — meaning she could start her new job as soon as today. There’s a reason the GOP rushed this ill…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

October 23, 2020 at 10:30 PM

Take action to end surprise medical billing

When a 60-year-old coronavirus patient was told she needed to be airlifted to another hospital, she didn’t know it would cost her over $52,000. This is part three of our series “What could have been: Covid-19” to discuss how our response to Covid-19 would have differed under Medicare for All.…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

October 21, 2020 at 5:11 PM

Let us answer your questions about Medicare for All

Hearing what you want to know about Medicare for All will help us set the record straight about health care for all. We need our supporters armed with the best information to help us grow our movement together. We want to make sure all your questions are answered! Ever since we began this fig…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

October 15, 2020 at 8:22 PM

We must protect rural hospitals

We know after a rural hospital closes, there’s a spike in death rates by as much as 6% — and that's when there's no pandemic. This is part two of our series “What could have been: Covid-19” to discuss how our response to Covid-19 would have differed under Medicare for All. After becoming i…

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  Mari Lopez · [email protected]

October 12, 2020 at 5:41 PM

We need to have these conversations now

During this panel, we’ll discuss working at the grassroots level to create health policy that would encompass the social and structural changes we need to promote good health — and how you can be a part of that change. My name is Mari Lopez, and I’m a Community Organizer with National Nurses U…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

October 6, 2020 at 8:38 PM

A different outcome

It’s not a mystery why other countries have been able to respond more effectively and quickly to Covid-19. Today, we’re launching a multi-part series which will discuss, over the next few weeks, how the U.S. response to Covid-19 could have looked different under a Medicare for All system. We…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

October 1, 2020 at 9:02 PM

Amy Coney Barrett

With the health care of millions on the line, we must fight with everything we have to stop this rushed confirmation. Health care for tens of millions of people in this country is on the line. Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has been notoriously critical of the Affordable Car…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

September 25, 2020 at 8:30 PM

Strong voice for Medicare for All on TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020

NNU Executive Director, Bonnie Castillo, RN has been named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020! This honor means that our movement is being heard louder and more clearly than ever before. NNU Executive Director, Bonnie Castillo, RN, has been named one of TIME Magazine’s…

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  Cathy Kennedy, RN, President, California Nurses Association · [email protected]

September 22, 2020 at 4:37 PM

[SHARE] Our panel on racial justice and solidarity

Confronting structural racism must be central to our efforts to build a mass movement for Medicare for All and for reorganizing our society around the basis of solidarity and not profit. We wanted to make sure you heard this powerful conversation from our most recent panel with nurse and move…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

September 3, 2020 at 7:32 PM

No offense

Normally in my emails, I’m asking you to take action to support the movement for Medicare for All. Today is different. This is a different kind of request. Normally in my emails, I’m asking you to take action to support the movement for Medicare for All — but this is a little different.  We’r…

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  Scott Desnoyers · [email protected]

September 1, 2020 at 8:02 PM

My son died for missing a $20 payment

The only way we’ll be able to honor his life and the life of every person who has died or is struggling right now due to a lack of care is by getting mobilized, getting involved, and building this movement to win Medicare for All. Before you read my son Daniel’s story, I would like to ask …

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

August 26, 2020 at 9:31 PM

Our final COVID-19 webinar

In this webinar, we’ll discuss the connection between COVID-19 and the climate crisis. We are seeing the disastrous effects of climate change firsthand as wildfires rage across California while Hurricane Laura is already hitting the Gulf Coast and gaining strength. Climate change and fossil fu…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

August 25, 2020 at 12:23 AM

Something that’s never been done

On Saturday we did something we’ve never done before. Now let’s keep the momentum going. On Saturday we did something we’ve never done before. In the face of an unprecedented health care crisis, we took creative and socially distant actions across the country together to demand Medicare for Al…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

August 22, 2020 at 9:31 PM

[Progress Update] Medicare for All Day of Action

Our national Medicare for All Day of Action is off to the races! We have already seen pictures flood in across the country from both small group and solo actions. It's not too late to join in on the action. Our national Medicare for All Day of Action is off to the races! We have already seen p…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

August 20, 2020 at 9:41 PM

[LAST CHANCE] Join us for our Day of Action

This movement’s success is based on people like you, stepping up, and this is your last chance to join in. Our Medicare for All Day of Action is coming up THIS Saturday so time is running out to RSVP for a small group action in your community.  This pandemic has made it more clear than ever t…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

August 19, 2020 at 9:11 PM

Tomorrow night

Our economy and health care system is failing people of color, particularly Black Americans, as well as poorer Americans. The racial disparities among who is getting infected and who is dying from coronavirus continue to be a defining feature of the pandemic. A new study from the Wall Street …

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

August 19, 2020 at 12:36 AM

4 days away

With over 75 events already planned across the country, this Day of Action is going to be a huge moment for our movement. Can we count on you to attend an event this Saturday? We’re just 4 days away from our national Medicare for All Day of Action, and we’re blown away by how many people have…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

August 17, 2020 at 6:06 PM

Will you join us in Washington on Aug 22nd?

Saturday, August 22, is our national day of action for Medicare for All, and there’s a socially distanced event happening in Washington. We have good news. Saturday, August 22, is our national day of action for Medicare for All, and there’s a socially distanced event happening near you.  We’re…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

August 12, 2020 at 11:41 PM

Evicted for medical debt while sick with COVID-19

RSVP to our next COVID-19 educational webinar on “COVID-19 and the Future of Our Health Care System,” TOMORROW (Thursday) August 13, at 5pm PT/8pm ET. A woman in Memphis with coronavirus recently found her entire life strewn across her lawn after being evicted from her home. Leslie Nelson liv…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

August 7, 2020 at 9:15 PM

We're keeping up the pressure. Will you join us?

The coronavirus pandemic is only getting worse, and nurses and patients will be in even more danger the longer we work without protections. Will you make a call to your senators to urge them to pass the HEROES Act? Over the last couple of months, we've been collecting signatures for our peti…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

August 6, 2020 at 10:11 PM

08/22/2020

In 16 days, we’re holding a Medicare for All national Day of Action, and we’re asking you to be a part of it by hosting a solo or small group action. This is hopeful news. Over two-thirds of voters support Medicare for All — and on August 22 we can demonstrate our strength in numbers. We are…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

August 5, 2020 at 7:55 PM

Tell HCA Healthcare: take action to save lives!

Today, we are taking collective, public action to hold the hospital industry accountable - and we need your voice. Over the past five months, COVID-19 has publicly exposed what nurses have known for a long time: that money and profit — not the well-being of patients, health care workers, or…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

August 4, 2020 at 10:02 PM

[Thursday] Essential Work, Gender Health Equity

RSVP to our next COVID-19 educational webinar on Essential Work, Gender Health Equity this Thursday, August 6th, at 5pm PT/8 pm ET. For the workers who are risking their lives to keep the country safe and fed, life during the pandemic has become even more challenging. Essential workers, especi…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

July 31, 2020 at 9:22 PM

Can we count on you?

No matter where you live, you can help host a solo or small group action to participate in this exciting Day of Action. Hosting an action only requires a bit more work, but don’t worry we’ll be with you every step of the way! Our Medicare for All Day of Action is coming up next month and we ne…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

July 30, 2020 at 9:05 PM

55 years ago today

We must take this opportunity of Medicare’s 55th anniversary to have conversations with our friends and family about how we can change, improve, and fight together for comprehensive health care reform. Check out our new interactive tool to help have those conversations. Today is the 55th anniv…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

July 29, 2020 at 10:31 PM

UnitedHealth

There’s no denying the facts. Insurance companies make money when we don’t get the health care we need. The largest insurance company in the country just recorded its highest profit in a quarter ever while thousands are dying and millions are losing their jobs. UnitedHealth reported more…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

July 28, 2020 at 3:21 PM

Join our discussion this Thursday

RSVP to our first COVID-19 educational webinar on Protecting Workers’ Lives and Livelihoods in Times of Crisis this Thursday, July 30th, at 5pm PT/8 pm ET. Giant corporations are using this pandemic to gain even more power at the expense of working families. As unemployment rises, more and m…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

July 24, 2020 at 11:21 PM

You and a friend

Not only are the facts being distorted, but we aren’t talking enough about what we must be learning from this pandemic and how to build a just recovery. Never before has misinformation traveled so far and fast. A 26-minute conspiracy theory video about COVID-19 was viewed more than 8 million …

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

July 21, 2020 at 5:46 PM

Our nurses are at the Capitol

We are asking you to call your Senator today and demand they take action immediately to protect nurses and health care workers fighting on the frontline right now to keep us safe from COVID-19. We want to be upfront with you. If you've been reading our emails since mid-March, this email may …

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

July 20, 2020 at 11:54 PM

Get started this week

This week we’re kicking off our Medicare for All Movement builder calls, and we need you to join. We know you’re busy, so we’ll cut right to it. This week we’re kicking off our Medicare for All Movement builder calls, and we need you to join. We’re hosting four calls at different times to ac…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

July 17, 2020 at 7:51 PM

Add your name: support the HEROES Act

We must keep up the pressure on our lawmakers to provide nurses the proper equipment and safety measures during this global pandemic. Next Tuesday, the U.S. Senate is finally reconvening in Washington after a weeks-long recess. Meanwhile, nurses haven't had a single break from the harsh re…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

July 16, 2020 at 12:31 AM

Our new, bold campaign plans to win Medicare for All

Here is what this movement strategy needs to look like over the next few months and how you can plug in: “I don’t understand how we’re still having this debate, we’re in a health care crisis. We need a health care solution. It’s obvious to anyone that employer-tied health care doesn’t work.”-…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

July 15, 2020 at 12:03 AM

LIVE: Medicare for All strategy call

We want you to have the opportunity to be part of this historic fight for Medicare for All. Tune in to the strategy call on Facebook Live right now. We want you to be part of this historic new chapter in the fight for Medicare for All. Our strategy call just started, and this is your chance to…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

July 13, 2020 at 7:04 PM

Tomorrow

We’re just over 24 hours away from our Medicare for All Summer Strategy call tomorrow, July 14th, at 5pm PT/8pm ET. Are you in? We’re just over 24 hours away from our Medicare for All Summer Strategy call tomorrow, July 14th, at 5pm PT/8pm ET. If you care about passing Medicare for All, th…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

July 10, 2020 at 10:05 PM

You + Rep. Ro Khanna

Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) is joining our massive Medicare for All Summer Strategy call next Tuesday along with three other incredible leaders in the movement for comprehensive health care reform. We have more exciting news. Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) is joining our massive Medicare for …

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

July 8, 2020 at 6:34 PM

Black Lives Matter and Medicare for All

In order to completely unroot and transform this system we need to come together and fight for Medicare for All, the only plan that will guarantee everyone quality health care free at the point of service. We’re just 6 days away from the Medicare for All National Summer Strategy Call, and we…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

July 1, 2020 at 4:59 PM

The first coronavirus drug

The first coronavirus drug proven to speed up recovery time is here, and Big Pharma is taking full advantage of our broken health care system to turn major profits off the backs of patients.  The first coronavirus drug proven to speed up recovery time is here, and Big Pharma is taking full …

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

June 24, 2020 at 5:21 PM

Save the date

Join our Medicare for All Summer Strategy Call on Tuesday, July 14th, at 5 PT/8 ET to talk about this new political moment, how we build momentum for Medicare for All, and how you can be involved. The landscape for the movement to win Medicare for All has dramatically shifted over the past …

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

June 19, 2020 at 7:15 PM

How to protest more safely

Take a moment to watch this video about staying safe while standing up for Black lives. Today is Juneteenth. It’s a celebration of the ending of slavery in the United States and represents freedom. This year’s Juneteenth will be unlike any other as we continue to demand that promise of freed…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

June 18, 2020 at 5:35 PM

Your name is missing

After everything nurses have been through during this pandemic, it’s past time for the Senate to pass legislation that finally protects us. While President Trump and his advisors would like us to believe that “there’s no second wave” of COVID-19, we know that this pandemic is far from over.…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

June 17, 2020 at 5:39 PM

Protecting Black lives & COVID-19

COVID-19 is laying bare the underlying inequalities and injustice in our country and health care system. The data shows that Black communities and people of color are facing disproportionate impacts of COVID-19.  What are the causes of these racial disparities, and what do they reveal about …

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

June 15, 2020 at 7:25 PM

Worried about reopening? We’ll address your concerns.

This week on our COVID-19 update, we’ll discuss reopening, crisis standards, and more as we navigate this next phase and how to do it safely. Has your state reopened and are you worried about it? As states attempt to reopen non-essential business, the pandemic continues to ravage the nation w…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

June 11, 2020 at 9:55 PM

27 million people lost insurance

No one should have to be without health care – not ever – and especially not during a pandemic The numbers are staggering. Since COVID-19 shocked the economy, an estimated 27 million people have lost their employer-provided health insurance. And this number will only increase.  This crisis has…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

June 10, 2020 at 5:07 PM

COVID-19 infections are spiking

Fourteen states just hit their highest seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases since the start of June. Nurses need protections now. The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. With states beginning to re-open, we’re already seeing a spike of infections. Fourteen states just hit their highest s…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

June 7, 2020 at 5:05 PM

You’re invited

You’re invited to a special live event tomorrow to hear the words of those involved in both historical and present-day struggles for health care and health justice. From COVID-19 to racism and police violence, nurses see the effects of multiple public health crises on our shifts every day. In…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

June 3, 2020 at 10:23 PM

The Minneapolis medical examiner is wrong

We know that George Floyd did not die due to pre-existing health conditions. What really pre-exists is the legacy of racism and police misconduct. We all know that George Floyd did not die of heart disease last Monday. He died because he had a police officer heavily kneeling on his neck for n…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

May 29, 2020 at 11:16 PM

Negotiations over the HEROES Act happening NOW

This is how you can do your part in this fight to get nurses the protections they need. Take a moment of your time to send a quick message to these key senators to help us pack on the pressure for them to vote YES on the HEROES Act. Right now, negotiations over the HEROES Act are being held be…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

May 21, 2020 at 12:38 AM

Proof from nurses themselves

For the last month, NNU has been conducting a survey among registered nurses. More than 23,000 nurses filled out the survey, and it’s clear: Our employers and the government are STILL not protecting nurses. We have some disturbing results to share with you.  For the last month, NNU has been c…

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  National Nurses United · [email protected]

May 16, 2020 at 5:19 PM

HUGE. Congress takes action on PPE.

Because of your work and pressure, the House has included our two key demands to protect health care workers. Now we need you to take action to ensure that the Senate does the same. We have some great news. The next COVID-19 stimulus bill (otherwise known as the HEROES Act) passed the House la…

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