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Tell the Senate: Pass M4A!

Senator Bernie Sanders has officially introduced the 2022 Medicare for All Act to the US Senate, with 14 other co-sponsors!  Our task now is to grow the number of Senate co-sponsors, which is much lower than the success we've had in the House, where more than 50% of Democrats are co-sponsors of Rep. Jayapal's bill. We'll win the Senate by growing our movement and by organizing effective grassroots campaigns, one state at a time. But the first step is to sign the national petition, and show the breadth and depth of support in every Senator's state! Please click here NOW to sign the petition to the US Senate to pass the Medicare for All Act!

This is the beginning of a longer campaign to win Medicare for All in the Senate, which is our most conservative legislative body and our toughest organizing challenge. Please join us by signing the petition, and we'll follow up with you on next action steps in the coming months! In solidarity, Ben and Gillian Healthcare-NOW staff PS -- You can still call your Senators and ask them to get onboard as cosponsors! The phone number for the Senate Switchboard (open 24 hours a day) is 202-224-3121. You can find some quick tips for making the calls and a form to report back on your conversation here. Once you've made your call, please help us spread the word about the cosponsor drive by liking and sharing our posts on Facebook and Twitter.

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Join Medicare for All Advocates for a special fundraiser for Nina Turner! MAY 3RD PRIMARY!

 

Nina has been in the trenches with Our Revolution for Medicare for All since Day 1. But there’s only 7 days left to power Nina’s campaign for Congress over the finish line by May 3rd. Join us THURSDAY at 8pm ET/5p CT for an important Medicare for All fundraiser to help send Nina to Washington and advance our mission for a universal, single-payer healthcare system. Nina will be in conversation with Michael Lighty, RoseAnn DeMoro, and Dr. Ron Birnbaum, as well as Our Revolution National Organizer Anna-Marta Visky, who will discuss our work passing M4A Resolutions in cities across the country. Big Pharma and the insurance giants think they can buy this seat and stop our momentum, but we know organized people can beat big money. Let’s show the power of our movement. In solidarity, Our Revolution

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Sen. Graham puts on atrocious display in KBJ hearing

 

Today's Top Stories:

Sen. Lindsey Graham interrupted SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson so many times that Sen. Dick Durbin intervened to let her speak
The Republican competition to see who could be the most offensive and obnoxious boor. But it was Lindsey Graham who made the biggest ass of himself.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: A Republican Senator just called out his OWN party to their faces for "jack*ssery" during today’s hearing.
The reprehensible display of QAnon conspiracies and barely disguised racism from his colleagues was too much for Sen. Ben Sasse.

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Major update on windfall tax for oil companies
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa.

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13,000 Afghan babies have died from malnourishment since January as US sanctions prevent aid groups from delivering relief
95 percent of the population does not have enough to eat, and 3.5 million children need nutritional support. The United Nations has called the situation "a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of unparalleled proportions."

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Texas official orders LGBT+ books pulled from library shelves
A North Texas superintendent told his employees that if they were different, "You better hide it...here in this community, we’re going to be conservative."

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COVID testing and treatment for uninsured ends
Two years into the pandemic and with a new variant on the horizon, America has officialy given up on fighting the COVID-19 virus because...how are you gonna pay for it?

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Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dies at 84 of cancer
The glass ceiling-breaking Albright was remembered for her years of service to the United States and for defending the US sanctions on Iraq that led to deaths of half a million children by starvation.

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Ron Johnson REFUSES to fight for Wisconsin jobs!
OD Action partner: This is Democrats' chance to retire the Trump Republican and keep the Senate.

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SCOTUS sides with Republicans, rejects Wisconsin governor's state legislative map
The heavily partisan court flexed its muscle on behalf of Republicans in an appalling show of judicial overreach.

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Manhattan prosecutor confirms Trump committed multiple felonies before resigning
A New York lawyer who quit in protest of the DA's hesitancy to charge Trump wrote in his resignation letter that Trump lied on numerous financial statements and "committed crimes."

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Wall Street bonuses have soared by 1,743% since 1985
A new analysis finds that if the federal minimum wage had increased at the same rate, it would currently be $61.75 an hour.

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Sen. Sanders vows to reintroduce M4A bill as Biden admin continues with dangerous Medicare privatization scheme
The Biden team appears to be insistent on rebranding a Trump-era Medicare backdoor privatization scheme as millions are set to lose Medicaid coverage when pandemic extensions expire.

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Russia, Russia, Russia

Ukrainians forces retake town of Marakiv

US declares that Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine

Russian general loses his cool in face-to-face meeting with Americans

Putin tells "unfriendly countries" they have to pay for gas in rubles

Roma refugees facing widespread discrimination as they flee Ukraine

And in other news...

Chinese man bitten by venomous snake in snake wine bottle

Former Boeing pilot found not guilty in 737 MAX fraud trial

Miami Beach imposes curfew during Spring Break after two shootings

Man mauled by tiger at Florida airboat attraction

$5 million worth of ancient Israeli artifacts returned after being seized from weirdo US billionaire

Hope...

Florida program to save hungry manatees a huge success

K-pop inspired food trucks help Seoul families hit hard by COVID-19

MacKenzie Scott makes record $275 million donation to Planned Parenthood

"Anti-racist baby" book soars in sales after Ted Cruz used it as a prop to attack KBJ

Endangered baby black rhino born in Czech zoo, named 'Kyiv'

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RSN: FOCUS: The Coronavirus Has Created Record Support for Medicare for All

 

03 April 20

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FOCUS: The Coronavirus Has Created Record Support for Medicare for All

Luke Savage, Jacobin
Excerpt: "A new poll shows a solid majority of Americans in favor of Medicare For All. It should come as no surprise - the horrors of the private health insurance system are now being put on full display."

mid all the anxiety and uncertainty of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a majority of Americans do at least seem sure of one thing: they want Medicare For All.

According to a new poll released this week by Morning Consult, popular support for a single-payer program (M4A) has tied for a record high in the history of the firm’s own research – commanding a solid 55 percent support among all registered voters. Representing a nine-point jump since February, the surge has been driven in large part by independents, a majority of whom support M4A for the first time since June 2019.

The causes of this shift are not hard to identify given the scope of the current crisis and the strain it has visibly placed on America’s already ramshackle and largely profit-driven health care system. With unemployment set to reach record highs in the coming months (almost 10 million Americans filed for unemployment in the last two weeks alone) an already underinsured and vulnerable population is probably wondering about the rationality and viability of a model that ties health care so intimately to employment. As Morning Consult’s Yusra Murad was quick to note:

As the domestic COVID-19 caseload spirals and economists predict a historic surge in unemployment, millions of Americans are bracing for potentially untenable health care costs and lapses in coverage, reviving questions about the viability of a health system that relies on binding insurance to employment.

Murad further observes that “the only program proving capable of swift, aggressive action to address COVID-19” has been the federally run Medicare program, which continues to perform far better than its exclusionary and overly bureaucratic competitors in the private sector.

The new numbers are particularly extraordinary given the scale of the industry-wide effort to undermine M4A — one amplified by many leading Democrats including the party’s current frontrunner Joe Biden. who recently reiterated his opposition to M4A. They also mark a considerable shift in public opinion mere weeks into a pandemic whose full economic impact has yet to be felt or even known.

With spiraling unemployment ahead, M4A’s popularity seems likely to grow. Adding to this, a new analysis from Covered California (the state insurance marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act) suggests premiums could increase considerably next year as carriers try to “recoup 2020 costs, price for the same level of costs next year, and protect their solvency,“ with some seeing increases as high as 40 percent.

Given this direction of travel, Democratic politicians who continue to oppose the necessary overhaul of America’s health care system can expect to pay an increasingly steep political price for their opposition — particularly from vulnerable demographics they’ll need to secure the presidency and win back a majority in the Senate.

But whatever its short-term political impact, the coronavirus pandemic is yet again underscoring the chronic dysfunction of America’s mostly profit-driven health care system — and the deep inhumanity at its core.

 
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MEDICARE FOR ALL!

Teri T Raymond·

This 4% Med4All tax reality chart is a huge talking point for door knockers, texters, callers or as millions of hand-outs. Most undecideds have never seen these examples. How could they if they're not in our forums or clicking on Bernie's site information?

The next primaries are THIS TUESDAY, March 10th. Let's get to work with hand-outs of important Bernie info to offline undecideds. Affordable healthcare is the most worrying issue affecting most families.
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125 Michigan
36 Mississippi
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Keep sharing and re-posting because every time I have, some new people tell me they've printed it as 4 to a page to give out as person to person info.
Boots on the ground for Bernie winning early states...YAY! 😃 ....thank you! Thank You! And THANK YOU!

FOCUS: Bernie Sanders | We Need Scientists, Not Politicians, in Charge of the Coronavirus Response

07 March 20

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FOCUS: Bernie Sanders | We Need Scientists, Not Politicians, in Charge of the Coronavirus Response

Bernie Sanders, USA TODAY
Sanders writes: "During an international health crisis like the coronavirus - known as COVID-19 - our government and health care system faces a fundamental test of whether they are adequately prepared to protect the American people."

Let scientists and health professionals take charge. Stop spreading lies and focus on minimizing the risk and addressing health care needs.

uring an international health crisis like the coronavirus — known as COVID-19 — our government and health care system faces a fundamental test of whether they are adequately prepared to protect the American people. As reported cases of the coronavirus continue to grow and spread in our country and around the world, it is becoming clear that both the Trump administration and our current health care system are failing that test. We must do better.

President Trump’s response to the coronavirus has been incompetent, political and reckless. He has given wrong and misleading information about the outbreak, wasted precious time playing petty politics, and called the criticism of his coronavirus response a hoax. Even worse, he is all but ignoring the recommendations of scientists and public health professionals — the experts we must rely upon if we are to successfully address the pandemic.

In the midst of a global healthcare crisis, how could anybody gain public confidence by appointing Mike Pence to lead the coronavirus task force — a politician with no scientific background. We need a president who believes in science and listens to scientists. We need a president who is for expanding — not cutting — funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH). And we need a president who believes in American leadership that works with our international partners in the World Health Organization (WHO), and other entities that deal with global health. 

Government in action

The time has come for Donald Trump to stop playing politics with this deadly virus and put scientists and health experts back in charge.

Here is some of what must be done: the Senate must approve and Trump must sign the bipartisan emergency funding passed by the House, and the administration should provide any additional resources needed by state and local agencies on the frontlines of this effort. To measure the scope of the outbreak, the CDC and other agencies must have the ability to conduct thorough “contact tracing” investigations, so we know who has been exposed and whether they are spreading the disease. Hospitals and clinics must get ahead of this virus by increasing their intensive care unit (ICU), ventilator, and staffing capacity to prepare for a potential surge in cases. And since people who live in close living quarters are especially vulnerable, we must focus attention on institutions like nursing and long-term care facilities to both minimize transmission risk and address the healthcare needs of residents in the event of an outbreak.

Right now, city and state health departments across the country are still unprepared to test the potential number of patients who show symptoms, so the CDC must continue doing everything it can to coordinate and provide testing resources across the country.

Universal health care is a must

When we are dealing with the spread of a deadly virus, the first thing scientists tell us is that it is imperative for anyone who experiences flu-like symptoms to go to a doctor. But, as a result of our dysfunctional healthcare system, tens of millions of Americans are uninsured or underinsured and do not seek medical attention when they need it because they cannot afford it. The Trump administration must make clear that, until we pass universal health care, as every major country on earth has done, all Americans right now should be able to receive the medical care they need, without worrying about the cost. If we are to stop the spread of this disease, everybody should get the medical treatment they need regardless of their income. 

Further, with the spread of coronavirus, we have already seen examples of people hit with massive medical bills, simply for doing the right thing by getting tested when they experienced symptoms. Others may face bills in the hundreds of thousands for hospitalization, treatment and quarantine if they need it. This must end.

And once a vaccine is developed, it should be free. It is outrageous that during his Congressional testimony, Trump’s HHS Secretary Alex Azar would not guarantee that a coronavirus vaccine would be affordable to all. 

Finally, must also join every major country on earth and pass paid family and medical leave legislation into law. In America today, millions of workers who notice the early, common symptoms of coronavirus, like a cough or fever, are not able to miss one day of work because their boss could fire them. That is unacceptable. When Americans are forced to go to work sick everyone they come in contact with is at risk of getting sick as well. That is how infectious diseases spread.

Health experts agree that the spread of the coronavirus will likely get worse before it gets better. Donald Trump must stop spreading lies and fear, and leave the science to scientists and health professionals, not politicians. We must make certain that we are prepared for a pandemic, just as we do with FEMA and natural disasters.  

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