Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

September 13, 2022 at 10:15 PM

Our plans for CVS

We’ve put a lot of pressure on CVS in the past year, and we won’t stop until they publicly cut ties with the Partnership and commit to supporting what’s best for patients, not their bottom line. It’s been four months since we crashed the CVS Health annual shareholder meeting, and CVS still h…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

September 8, 2022 at 4:15 PM

⏪ Webinar rewind

We just wrapped up our Summer 2022 Webinar Series: Fight for the Future of Health Care, and we wanted to recap what you missed. Email us: [email protected] This email was sent to [email protected]. You can update your information here. Email is the most important way we stay…

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  Candis Roby · [email protected]

September 6, 2022 at 9:21 PM

We want Rep. Soto to see this

Several local TV stations in Central Florida dedicated entire segments to our campaign: My name is Candis — I just graduated from the NNU Medicare for All Leadership School and I’ve been helping to lead the organizing work in my home state of Florida. I wanted to share some very promising new…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

September 1, 2022 at 8:23 PM

Our amazing graduates!

Last night, 24 students graduated from the Summer 2022 Cohort of the NNU Medicare for All Leadership School. We have HUGE celebratory news to share! Last night, 24 students graduated from the Summer 2022 Cohort of the NNU Medicare for All Leadership School. (Check out the amazing photo we sn…

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  Alex Newell Taylor · [email protected]

August 31, 2022 at 3:39 PM

Need your help to put the pressure on in Florida

We need your help now to ensure these actions have the greatest possible impact. Yesterday, supporters and volunteers in Florida’s 9th Congressional District held an event outside Rep. Darren Soto’s district office to deliver hundreds of constituent signatures calling on him to sign on as a c…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

August 26, 2022 at 7:04 PM

Yesterday’s event in NJ-03

We need your help now to ensure these actions have the greatest possible impact. Yesterday, supporters and volunteers in New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District held an event outside Rep. Andy Kim’s district office to deliver hundreds of constituent signatures calling on him to sign on as a c…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

August 24, 2022 at 9:43 PM

fwd: “The Corporate Abuse of Caregivers”

Home All Alone programs increase profits at the expense of caregivers and quality patient care. The next webinar in our Summer 2022 series The Fight for the Future of Health Care, titled: “Corporate Abuse of Caregivers,” is tomorrow at 5pm PT/8pm ET. Sign up now to attend the event and learn …

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

August 19, 2022 at 8:03 PM

CVS is entering primary care

CVS Health is attempting to take a stake in a primary-care company. First, CVS donated millions of dollars to attack Medicare for All by funding a dark money lobbying group, The Partnership for America's Health Care Future. Then, we called on CVS to publicly cut ties with the Partnership, inc…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

August 18, 2022 at 10:43 PM

“The Corporate Abuse of Caregivers”

Home All Alone exacerbates inequalities that are baked into our profit-driven health care system. By now, you’ve already heard from us a few times about the hospital industry's nightmarish plan to increase profits by sending acutely ill patients home to receive “care,” instead of at the hospi…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

August 16, 2022 at 6:37 PM

The election in NY-16

Jamaal is a key progressive leader in the House. Jamaal Bowman’s primary election is in just 7 days, and our team has officially launched our next effort to support his reelection to Congress. Will you join us for a phone bank this Thursday, August 18, to help contact voters? All you need is …

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

August 10, 2022 at 9:43 PM

How the Inflation Reduction Act will impact your drug prices

We have some good news. We have some good news. The Senate took an important first step to rein in pharmaceutical price gouging through the Inflation Reduction Act.  This bill — which now moves to the House — marks an exceedingly rare defeat for the pharmaceutical industry, which has long bou…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

August 4, 2022 at 11:16 PM

Help re-elect health care champions

This race was not an even playing field. On Tuesday, Medicare for All champion, Rep. Andy Levin, lost his primary in Michigan’s new 11th District.  Andy is one of the candidates we supported in our new Nurses for Democracy campaign we launched this year to build power and fight back against t…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

July 28, 2022 at 4:33 PM

Amazon has no place in health care

Tech giants like Amazon are competing with corporate chains like CVS Health to corner the health care market and profit off sick patients. The third webinar in our Summer 2022 Public Education Webinar Series is tonight at 5:00 pm PT/8:00 pm ET. Will you RSVP now and join us there? RSVP now …

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

July 25, 2022 at 10:53 PM

Just over one week until Andy Levin’s election

There are few other members of Congress who have devoted their lives to building power for workers as much as Andy Levin. Andy Levin’s primary is next week on Tuesday, August 2, and we’re seriously ramping up our efforts to get him reelected. Nurses for Democracy is hosting two phone banks for…

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  Alex Newell Taylor · [email protected]

July 22, 2022 at 6:35 PM

How you can pitch in

Let’s put on the pressure. Earlier this year, we announced our newest list of five priority representatives in Congress who we believe are most likely to be the next cosponsors of Medicare for All. While your representative isn’t on the list, we still need your help. We feel confident that w…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

July 21, 2022 at 8:52 PM

Technology cannot replace nurses

The consequences of these technologies for nurses and patients are serious. Over the last few months, we’ve written to you about the hospital industry's nightmarish plans to increase profits by sending sick patients back home to receive “care,” misclassifying nurses as independent contractors…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

July 19, 2022 at 3:12 PM

The Women’s Health Protection Act

Call your senators and urge them to suspend the filibuster and pass the Women’s Health Protection Act. When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, they stripped away an essential part of health care, risking the wellbeing and safety of women and pregnant people across the count…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

July 18, 2022 at 9:11 PM

All your Medicare for All questions, answered

Our next Medicare for All 101 Webinar is tomorrow — will you join us to learn more about what Medicare for All is and why we’re fighting to win it? Every month, we host a ‘Medicare for All 101’ Webinar to teach folks more about the basics of what Medicare for All is and the failures of our cu…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

July 6, 2022 at 10:09 PM

Nurses are not “gig workers”

The corporate health care industry is trying to restructure our health care system to maximize their profits at the expense of patients. Last week, we had a packed webinar to discuss the future of health care and the hospital industry's nightmarish new “Home All Alone” plan.  Under this new s…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

June 30, 2022 at 9:13 PM

Tonight’s Summer Webinar Series

Right now, the health care industry is attempting to misclassify nurses as independent contractors and turn our jobs into gig work. It’s what we’re calling the “gigification” of health care — and it’s about nothing more than increasing profits by cutting labor costs for hospitals. To learn m…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

June 29, 2022 at 10:37 PM

Recapping our call

I’ll share a quick summary of what we covered and how you can jump in. Last night, close to 500 people joined our latest Medicare for All National Strategy Call to hear campaign updates and get plugged into the next steps ahead in our fight. I wanted to share a quick summary of what we cove…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

June 28, 2022 at 4:06 PM

Mark your calendar for tonight

There’s still time to join our Medicare for All National Strategy Call TONIGHT. There’s still time to join our Medicare for All National Strategy Call TONIGHT to get caught up and ready to hit the ground running before the midterm elections. Will you join? Here are the details: Medicare f…

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  Sofia Sepulveda · [email protected]

June 27, 2022 at 7:52 PM

Join me June 29

Your voice is so important to this movement. Hi, I'm Sofia. I’m reaching out today to invite you to a special upcoming webinar. Before I do, let me tell you a bit about who I am. I am a first generation Mexican American trans woman, and for the past nine years, I’ve been organizing around heal…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

June 24, 2022 at 8:01 PM

Abortion is health care

Registered nurses understand that abortion is a basic health care service. The Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade today is a shameful and dangerous assault on women, other child-bearing people, and families at a sweeping scale. You can read NNU’s full statement on today’s decision…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

June 23, 2022 at 8:53 PM

330,000 lives

Medicare for All would've saved hundreds of thousands of lives during the pandemic. A new study confirms what we already knew: Medicare for All would've saved hundreds of thousands of lives during the pandemic, and the U.S. could have saved more than $100 billion in health care costs.1 Nurses…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

June 22, 2022 at 11:22 PM

Dangerous scheme

The health care industry is trying to take a page out of Uber’s playbook. Last month, we wrote to you about the hospital industry's nightmarish plan to increase profits by sending sick patients home to receive “care,” instead of at the hospital where they belong. But that’s not the only part …

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

June 21, 2022 at 10:05 PM

MI-11

There are few other members of Congress who have devoted their lives to building power for workers as much as Andy Levin. Right now in Michigan, Congressmember Andy Levin is facing a tough race for reelection in the new 11th District. Andy is a true champion for Medicare for All — he is an or…

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  Jasmine & Alex · [email protected]

June 17, 2022 at 6:53 PM

Will you write a quick note to our students?

A few kind words can make a big impact. Earlier this week, we officially kicked off the Summer 2022 Medicare for All Leadership School with 45 volunteer leaders from a diversity of backgrounds and walks of life who are taking their skills in the movement to the next level. Together they are g…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

June 16, 2022 at 7:24 PM

Medicare for All + the midterm elections

Elections are a crucial time when voters and candidates have to decide where they stand on key issues like Medicare for All. The midterm elections are upon us. Election day is November 8 (less than 5 months away). These elections are a crucial time when voters and candidates have to decide wh…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

June 14, 2022 at 9:54 PM

Now is a key moment

Politicians are looking to secure votes – but they’ll have to earn them. With the midterm elections quickly approaching, many elected officials and candidates are in full campaign mode.  That means that these next few months are a crucial time to put the pressure on and secure commitments on …

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

June 2, 2022 at 9:33 PM

“I didn’t realize all this was going on in the health care industry”

If you missed last week’s event, don’t worry. Last week, over one hundred nurses and activists joined us for our first webinar in our summer series, The Fight for the Future of Health Care. If you couldn’t make it to the webinar, don’t worry — you can watch a full recording of the event here. …

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

May 25, 2022 at 5:24 PM

Re: CVS Minute Clinics

There’s still time to register and learn more about the next fight for the future of health care. As you’re reading this email, hospital executives are maneuvering to push patients in need of acute care out of the hospital and into caring for themselves at home. This has already contributed to…

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  Alex Newell Taylor · [email protected]

May 20, 2022 at 4:07 PM

Meet the 14 senators

Meet the 14 health care champions in the Senate who signed on to support Medicare for All. It takes courage to go up against the status quo and fight for systemic change.  That’s why we want to extend our thanks on behalf of our entire movement to the 14 health care champions in the Senate (…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

May 19, 2022 at 10:45 PM

You’re sick? Here’s an iPad

“Home All Alone” is a nightmarish new scheme — and we’re taking action to stop it. Right now, the hospital industry is peddling a dangerous new scheme we’re calling “Home All Alone” — a nightmarish plan to care for sick patients in their own homes instead of at the hospital where they belong. …

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

May 18, 2022 at 11:06 PM

What the CVS CEO said to our President:

CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch responded — but what she said is wholly inadequate. 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. Will you join our call for CVS Heal…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

May 17, 2022 at 4:15 PM

Huge

Last Thursday was a huge moment for our movement. Last Thursday was a huge moment for our movement:  Senator Bernie Sanders reintroduced the Medicare for All bill in the Senate with 14 original cosponsors after the first-ever hearing in the Senate on Medicare for All. The hearing included po…

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  Nurses' Campaign · [email protected]

May 12, 2022 at 7:56 PM

A historic moment for our movement

Moments ago, Senator Bernie Sanders officially reintroduced the Medicare for All Act of 2022 into the U.S. Senate along with an impressive 14 original cosponsors. Moments ago, Senator Bernie Sanders officially reintroduced the Medicare for All Act of 2022 into the U.S. Senate along with an …

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

May 11, 2022 at 6:30 PM

[Breaking] CVS responded to us at their shareholder meeting

CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch responded to our question at their annual shareholder meeting this morning. 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 an…

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  Bonnie Castillo, RN, NNU Executive Director · [email protected]

May 10, 2022 at 7:34 PM

Something big is coming Thursday

Are you ready? I’m Bonnie Castillo, RN and executive director of National Nurses United. I wanted to reach out to let you know about an important opportunity to advance our movement this week. Yesterday Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, announced that his committe…

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

May 9, 2022 at 10:08 PM

Our plan for the CVS Shareholder meeting

NNU president and RN, Jean Ross, will attend the CVS Health shareholders' meeting to ask why they’ve spent millions to block Medicare for All. We have some exciting news to share.  This Wednesday, Jean Ross, RN and NNU President, will attend the CVS Health shareholders' meeting to ask why they…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

May 8, 2022 at 5:35 PM

Outside CVS stores today

When we said we needed help putting the pressure on CVS, you delivered. Wow. During yesterday’s National Day of Action, supporters showed up to canvass customers at CVS stores across the country, calling on CVS Health to stop funding anti-Medicare for All efforts. When we said we needed help …

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  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]

May 5, 2022 at 4:30 PM

Will you join our team of online mobilizers before the new Medicare for All bill drop in the Senate?

Senator Bernie Sanders is getting ready to reintroduce Medicare for All legislation in the Senate. We need to be ready. The news out of the Supreme Court this week is an unconscionable threat on women’s health and security. NNU stands with women and gender justice supporters across the count…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

April 29, 2022 at 7:32 PM

Take action against CVS Health

CVS is holding their annual shareholders meeting in two weeks – and we are cranking up the pressure. Ever since CVS Health quietly donated $5 million to the largest dark-money lobbying group fighting Medicare for All, we’ve called on the corporation to stop undermining health care reform — an…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

April 28, 2022 at 9:22 PM

3 days until applications close

Don’t miss this chance to take your skills to the next level. There are still three days left to apply to our next Medicare for All Leadership School session. As an active supporter in our movement for health care justice, you’re exactly the kind of leader we’d love to see in our next cohort…

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  Alex Newell Taylor · [email protected]

April 27, 2022 at 9:12 PM

It’s happening

Senator Bernie Sanders is preparing to reintroduce Medicare for All legislation in the Senate, and we need your help to get ready. It's happening. Senator Bernie Sanders is preparing to reintroduce Medicare for All legislation in the Senate. That’s why at last weekend’s Medicare for All Fest, …

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  Zenei Triunfo-Cortez, RN · [email protected]

April 25, 2022 at 11:31 PM

Hospitals are dumping our patients at home

This cost-cutting tactic comes at the expense of our patients, and we won’t stay silent about it. Instead of taking care of nurses, other health care workers, and our patients, the hospital industry is currently spending millions of dollars to push our patients out of the hospital — all so the…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

April 23, 2022 at 2:02 PM

See you in a few hours?

You won’t want to miss our incredible guest speaker. Today’s the day! In just a few hours, volunteers, activists, and leaders in the Medicare for All movement are gathering for Medicare for All Fest — and there’s still time to RSVP before we kick off at 12pm PT/3pm ET today, April 23. Senator…

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  Alex Newell Taylor · [email protected]

April 22, 2022 at 7:51 PM

Tomorrow

There’s still time to reserve your spot for tomorrow’s Medicare for All Fest. Senator Bernie Sanders is preparing to reintroduce Medicare for All in the Senate soon, so we need to get ready now. There’s still time to reserve your spot for tomorrow’s virtual event to get plugged in to our org…

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  Max Cotterill · [email protected]

April 20, 2022 at 9:22 PM

And the CVS Art Contest grand prize goes to...

These pieces blew us away. We are delighted to announce the winners from our CVS Art Contest and to share their powerful artwork with you today. Our winners distinguished themselves not just with their incredible artistic talent and skill, but by creating art that speaks to the message of o…

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  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]

April 18, 2022 at 11:11 PM

Your Leadership School Application Status

I wanted to make sure you saw this message. I wanted to send you a personal note and invite you once more to apply to our Medicare for All Leadership School. As an active supporter in our movement for health care justice, you’re exactly the kind of leader we’d love to see in our next cohort.…

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