#MedicareAdvantge 's takeover (52% share of the market) is a historic heist, endangering the health of 65M+ seniors/disabled who depend on Medicare & all those who've benefited from Medicare's role in controlling healthcare costs.

Matthew Cunningham-Cook reports: prospect.org/health/2024-04…

If you’re at the Labor Notes Conference, come say hi and get a button at our table!

Be sure to join us on Sunday morning for our strategy session — Increase Worker Power Through Medicare for All” #LaborNotes2024 #HealthcareForAll

Nearly one of every three of us are in medical debt, but we can't deduct that!! #taxday

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FACT: Revenues collected by the top seven insurance companies have more than tripled (up 346%), increasing by more than $1 trillion in just the past ten years.

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We technically have a limit on how much money we have to pay before our insurance coverage kicks in, but it doesn’t really matter when insurance companies try to increase it every year.

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The CEOs of these companies are among the highest paid in the country. In 2022, the most recent year the companies have reported executive compensation, they collectively made $136.5 million.

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This is happening everywhere! The average employee contribution for a premium family plan in Utah increased by 35% over five years from 2017 to 2022, outpacing the average wage increase which was 25% in the same period.

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This is what the Bloomberg editorial board had to say about our current state of healthcare in the U.S.

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Insurances keep covering less and less, and we keep paying more and more.

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Our health and well-being should trump corporate profits, yet insurance companies are filling their pockets at record levels. We need #HealthcareForAll !

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When the Bloomberg editorial board takes an official stance that the U.S. healthcare system is “too costly,” it is a CLEAR sign that we need #SinglePayer

Read more: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…? #HealthcareForAll now.

Unions spend precious bargaining power negotiating health care benefits when we all agree: Health care is a human right!

#CalCare means that unions can instead use that time negotiating for better working conditions, higher wages, and stronger pensions. 💪

WEBINAR TODAY: Where are we now in the fight to preserve Medicare & stop the corporate takeover? What are the next steps we need to take in 2024?

National experts will discuss these questions. TODAY, April 2, 5p.m. PT #HealthcareForAll

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We need to make it easier for folks to get the care they need, not harder 🤦🏽‍♀️. Everyone deserves healthcare regardless of employment status #HealthcareForAll

Activists share some reasons they support #CalCare .

When it comes to our patients receiving the care they need, we say: 'Everybody in, nobody out!' The time for guaranteed health care for all is now. #SinglePayer

'It is only once people get sick, and need to use their coverage, they realize these plans are a scam.'-Carmen Rhodes #ReclaimMedicare

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We need to #ReclaimMedicare ! These #MedicareDisadvantage plans are bad for patients and providers, but they’re great for profit hungry corporations.

Sign the petition now: heroes.win/petition

Corporations like UnitedHealthcare Humana Aetna and Elevance Health are making a KILLING by delaying and denying care to patients on #MedicareDisadvantage .

President Biden @CMSgov we need to #ReclaimMedicare from these greedy corporations.

Sign the petition now: heroes.win/petition

We hear from patients every day who are unable to access care in their #MedicareDisadvantage plans - President Biden Jeff Zients we urge you to #ReclaimMedicare from private insurers. Don’t give them any more money!

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Even nurses are warning against #MedicareAdvantage plans.

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