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  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…
  Max Cotterill · [email protected]
July 12, 2024 at 10:53 PM

Help send an undeniable message to those in power

Join us next Tuesday for our virtual event to generate 1,000 completed health care surveys before time runs out → In this pivotal election year, it’s more important than ever that we send an undeniable message to our politicians: The U.S. health care system is in crisis, and it deserves to be …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
July 8, 2024 at 9:03 PM

Save the Date: Health care survey friendbank on July 16th

Join us to help ensure we reach our goal of 1,000 completed health care surveys! We’re in the final weeks of conducting our national health care survey, and we need your help to reach our goal of 1,000 completed surveys! We’re making one final push before our deadline by holding a virtual frie…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
July 2, 2024 at 11:05 PM

A 10,000-foot view of our current health care system

The state of U.S. health care has only gotten worse since the Covid-19 pandemic. But we’ve made strides in our movement for health justice. There’s a lot going on right now in our country, so we wanted to step back and provide a 10,000-foot view of where our current health care system stands i…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
June 20, 2024 at 10:05 PM

Win prizes in our survey contest → details inside:

The best time to talk about health care was yesterday. The second best time is right now. The best time to talk about health care was yesterday. The second best time is right now. Our broken health care system remains a key topic as millions of voters head to the polls this year to cast thei…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
June 18, 2024 at 8:24 PM

GOTV for Rep. Jamaal Bowman

If we don’t use our collective power to support Jamaal, we may lose one of the most outspoken supporters of Medicare for All. Rep. Jamaal Bowman has remained steadfast in his support of Medicare for All, but AIPAC and other PACs are fueling his opponent’s campaign to unseat Jamaal and undermi…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
June 6, 2024 at 10:25 PM

Re: Our national health care survey

We need supporters like you in every part of the country to help us conduct our national health care survey with friends and family. Friend, In case you missed it, we’re conducting a national health care survey to give people the chance to share their experience with our broken health care sys…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
June 4, 2024 at 9:44 PM

Happy Pride Month!

As we uplift and celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community, we also recognize the challenges and disparities created by our broken health care system. Happy Pride Month! June is a time to uplift and celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community across the country, especially as many continue to face discrimination …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
May 28, 2024 at 10:05 PM

Want to win prizes for talking to friends and family?

We’re conducting a national health care survey to give people across the United States the opportunity to share their experiences with our broken health care system. This year, we’re conducting a national health care survey to give people across the United States the opportunity to share thei…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
May 23, 2024 at 7:54 PM

You’re invited: Healthcare-NOW’s virtual 2024 Medicare for All Strategy Conference

Register for this virtual conference to meet fellow activists from around the country, hear speakers, attend workshops, and strategize around winning Medicare for All! As we keep up our movement for guaranteed health care for all, our allies at Healthcare-NOW are hosting their annual 2024 Med…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
May 15, 2024 at 9:29 PM

Recognizing AAPI Heritage Month

As we honor and celebrate the diversity, culture, and contributions of the AAPI community, we also recognize the challenges and disparities that AAPI individuals face within our broken health care system. May isn’t just Mental Health Awareness Month — it’s also Asian American and Pacific Isla…
  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]
May 6, 2024 at 9:34 PM

Happy National Nurses Day!

This Nurses Day, we’re celebrating all of the nurses who’ve led the fight for Medicare for All for decades. It's a special day! Nurses Week kicks off today with National Nurses Day, a time to celebrate and uplift nurses across the country who care for us and our loved ones and have been leadin…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
May 3, 2024 at 8:14 PM

We have a mental health crisis.

Like the rest of our broken health care system, our country’s mental health care crisis could be addressed by Medicare for All. CW: mentions of suicidal thoughts May is recognized as Mental Health Month, a time to bring greater awareness to mental health as part of our overall wellness and pr…
  Max Cotterill · [email protected]
April 24, 2024 at 9:26 PM

Victory: Single-payer health care bill advances in California

This is some big news in our fight for guaranteed health care for all! We don’t reach out to you often about our campaign in California, but we have some big news to share in our fight for guaranteed health care for all: Our CalCare bill (California Assembly Bill 2200) — which would establish…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
April 17, 2024 at 11:44 PM

20 million people lost Medicaid in the last year

About 1 in 5 people with Medicaid have been disenrolled since April 2023. It’s been one year since the federal Covid-19 public emergency ended and a massive ‘Medicaid unwinding’ began. During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic states were barred by Congress from disenrolling Medicaid recipie…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
April 10, 2024 at 8:44 PM

Update on Medicare (Dis)Advantage →

Private insurers recently descended on Congress to lobby for even more money in reimbursements via Medicare Advantage plans, and failed. Our Patients Over Profits campaign is designed to reduce the influence that the corporate health care industry has on our political process in the United St…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
April 3, 2024 at 10:22 PM

Corporate greed impacts patient care and health workers

Hannah Drummond, RN, spoke on her direct experience with our broken health care system at the Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee for the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee field hearing. Earlier today, one of our nurses spoke on her direct exp…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
March 28, 2024 at 6:31 PM

Join us to defend democracy this election year

The 2024 election cycle is already in full swing, and once again our very democracy is under attack from the authoritarian right. The 2024 election cycle is already in full swing, and once again our very democracy is under attack from the authoritarian right. They have ambitious plans to defe…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
March 8, 2024 at 6:54 PM

Celebrate International Women’s Day by taking action!

Medicare for All would go a long way toward ensuring women, and ALL people, have guaranteed, quality health care. Today is International Women’s Day, and March is Women’s History Month — a time for us to reflect and keep up the fight for women’s rights everywhere. Though we’ve made advancemen…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
February 29, 2024 at 11:24 PM

Our 2024 organizing plans are here!

Last night, we announced our 2024 organizing plans to advance our movement for Medicare for All during this important election year. Check them out and get involved >> Last night, hundreds of people from across the country joined us for our National Strategy Call, where we shared our or…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
February 26, 2024 at 10:04 PM

This is how we address disparities in our health care system →

Join us this Wednesday for our Medicare for All National Strategy Call to learn more about our organizing plans this year and ways to get involved! As February comes to a close, we wanted to end our Black History Month email series with a way for you to take action in the ongoing fight for he…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
February 23, 2024 at 7:39 PM

The contributions of Black communities to the fight for health justice

In the third email of our Black History Month series, we’re highlighting some of the many significant contributions Black leaders have made in the ongoing fight for health justice. In the third email of our Black History Month series, we’re highlighting some of the many significant contributi…
  Jasmine Ruddy · [email protected]
February 21, 2024 at 6:20 PM

RSVP for our National Strategy Call next Wednesday!

Join us on February 28 for our next nationwide call to learn more about our Medicare for All organizing strategy and opportunities to plug in. Are you ready to hear our organizing plans to advance the movement for Medicare for All this year? RSVP for our next National Strategy Call coming up …
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
February 15, 2024 at 5:44 PM

Black people faced the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic

In part two of our Black History Month series, we examine the racial disparities in rates of Covid-19 infection, hospitalization, death, and more. It’s Black History Month, so we’re taking the time each week this February to focus on the racial disparities that exist in our current, broken he…
  Max Cotterill · [email protected]
February 12, 2024 at 11:35 PM

A big week for our movement in California

A new bill to establish single-payer, guaranteed health care in California was reintroduced last week in the State Assembly. Last week was a big week for our movement in California. On Wednesday, February 7th, our new CalCare bill (AB 2200) was reintroduced in the California State Assembly by…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
February 5, 2024 at 10:09 PM

We must address the disparities in maternal and infant health

In part one of our Black History Month series, we examine the differences in maternal and infant health outcomes between Black and white patients — and how Medicare for All can help address them. It’s Black History Month, so we’re taking the time each week this February to focus on the racial…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
February 1, 2024 at 8:14 PM

Black History Month

On the first day of Black History Month, we’re introducing our month-long email series on the disparities in health care for Black Americans, and how we can address them. Today marks the beginning of Black History Month. As we reflect on the history, contributions, and culture of the Black co…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
January 23, 2024 at 9:12 PM

The second-largest Covid-19 surge

2024 began with a spike in Covid-19 cases, but people across the country have less resources to prevent and treat this deadly virus. Right now, the United States is experiencing the second-largest Covid-19 surge ever.1 This was somewhat expected as winter drove more people indoors and many ce…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
January 18, 2024 at 8:46 PM

Save the Date for our next National Strategy Call →

Join us on February 28 to hear our Medicare for All organizing plans for 2024. It’s the beginning of another year and people across the United States continue to face unaffordable health insurance deductibles, premiums, copays, prescription drug prices, and more. We know that Medicare for All…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
January 13, 2024 at 12:24 AM

The real reason insulin prices were lowered →

We’re working to get Big Pharma and other for-profit health care industry money out of our politics so we can pass Medicare for All. This year, many people in the United States will see a lower price for insulin — but it’s not because the pharmaceutical companies chose to lower costs out of k…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
January 5, 2024 at 7:29 PM

Two new Patients Over Profits pledge signers!

Help us continue to build the political will to pass Medicare for All and end the for-profit health care industry’s influence on our political process. 2024 is here, and we’re keeping up our Patients Over Profits campaign to get for-profit health care industry money out of our politics and bu…
  Nurses' Campaign To Win Medicare For All · [email protected]
December 27, 2023 at 8:04 PM

Happy holidays!

The Medicare for All team wishes you joyful holidays and a happy New Year as we keep up the fight for guaranteed health care in 2024. Email us: [email protected] This email was sent to [email protected]. You can update your information here. Email is the most important way we sta…