Medical debt should not exist in one of the wealthiest nations on earth. We need to cancel medical debt and pass Medicare for All.

On state-based single payer: “Any savings on a state level would be very modest and would not be enough to pay for the elimination of uninsurance and underinsurance. Total health care costs would increase even more, when costs are already intolerable.”
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'Don't Bust Up Medicare and Hand It Over to the States' --Webinar, Wed. May 8 at 8pm Eastern, with Dr. Claire Cohen and Kay Tillow. Free but you must register to get the link. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Nurses Accuse HCA of Crushing Hospitals During Protest at Frist Family Gala in Nashville - Nurses say the Frists fund galas and art museums by pillaging and plundering the hospitals that HCA buys up. #NIMA #nursesNOTrobots #patientsNOTprofits tntribune.com/nurses-accuse-…

For 3 years Retiree Advocate/UFT have been fighting to preserve our traditional Medicare. Those benefits have been put up for sale to private insurance corporations who would profit at the expense of our health by limiting our care and denying us services.
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We must put National Single Payer on the table!
“We cannot use the example of Saskatchewan and pretend that a state can set up a single payer system that could serve as an example for the nation – a model that could be expanded to all states.”
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“Although implementing a single-payer program faces many challenges, let's keep our eyes on the prize, for we cannot achieve the American pursuit of happiness without good and equitable health services for all.” #M4A #singlepayer democratherald.com/tncms/asset/ed…

OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS IS BROKEN, AND IT'S GETTING WORSE
FOR DECADES, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND PROGRESSIVE POLITICIANS HAVE SOUGHT UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, BUT PROPOSALS HAVE LANGUISHED. Put #NIMA on the nation's agenda. Single Payer Now. insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/our-h…

Humana threatens cuts to Medicare Advantage benefits.

'As a result, Humana anticipates cutting benefits in its Medicare Advantage plans— even exiting some plans & U.S. counties — for the 2025 plan year as it seeks to shore up its finances.'
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Sara Nelson, President of the Association of Flight Attendants, speaks on the importance of the fight for national single payer health care! She's great! A must watch.
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'No patient should be a guinea pig and no nurse should be replaced by a robot,' said RN Cathy Kennedy, President, CNA. beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-inf… Patients NOT Profits, Nurses NOT Robots!

“If policymakers want to save lives and costs, our analyses have shown single-payer universal health care is the solution.”
Study: Proposed changes to Medicare, Medicaid could cost thousands of lives news.yale.edu/2024/04/22/stu…

New York State Sen Pete Harckham, along with Assemblymember Ken Zebrowski & over 200 state & municipal retired employees, plus union leaders, rallied at a special press conference held in support new legislation, the Health Equity for Retirees Act.
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“These plans are literally killing us. The National Bureau of Economic Research estimates that 10,000 Medicare Advantage patient lives could be saved every year if insurance companies did not delay and deny the care their doctor ordered as a method of increasing their profits.”…

Congratulation Tennessee Volkswagen workers! UAW NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees feels your struggle. Dont listen to people trying to take you down!

People in high places told us good things can’t happen here in Chattanooga,' Kelcey Smith, a paint department worker, said in the union release.…

Racial & ethnic health disparities persist in the US even in states with otherwise high-performing health systems commonwealthfund.org/publications/f… Why does the Commonwealth Fund offer pitifully inadequate solutions? Could it be their Board is tied to the healthcare industry? Check it out.

Why are CMS officials appointed by Democratic administrations siding with the pharmaceutical companies rather than with the patients who need these drugs that were developed by federal grants?levernews.com/universities-a…

Over three-fourths of our nation (78%) is concerned about the lack of availability and affordability of health care. healthjusticemonitor.org/2024/04/15/pol… We concur on worries about healthcare, & on a government role to assure we all have healthcare. Medicare for All/single payer is the path.

medpagetoday.com/special-report… A Michigan senator has asked four emergency dept staffing firms and the 3 private equity co's that own them for information about their business practices following concerns raised by emergency physicians. #patientsnotprofits

Private Equity Stakeholder Project says that Apollo Global, controlled by billionaire CEO Marc Rowan, has profited from Lifepoint Health, which has more than 60 hospitals, by selling real estate for some of its hospitals to real estate investment trusts and are then leased back.