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People's Action

@PplsAction

National grassroots organizing network. We build power for the multiracial working class.

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'Big corporations & their Republican allies tell us President Biden is to blame for rising costs, but there’s a big part of the story they don’t want you to know: it’s that these giant corporations are, themselves, largely responsible for higher prices.'

ppls.ac/groceries

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MAGA Republicans are plotting to:
❌Cut Social Security and Medicare
❌Raise the retirement age
❌Give tax handouts to the rich

Pass it on.

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We say people. Always people.

Read our member-created platform: North Carolina for All

Find it here: buff.ly/3xA6fEj

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Why do my groceries cost so much? Corporations. That’s why. They’re why our groceries cost more now.

“We need real partners in government who will organize with us to create a society and communities in which every one of us can thrive.”

Full article: ppls.ac/groceries

Why do my groceries cost so much? Corporations. That’s why. They’re why our groceries cost more now. “We need real partners in government who will organize with us to create a society and communities in which every one of us can thrive.” Full article: ppls.ac/groceries
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'Activists implored ... private health insurance corporations including BCBS, UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, Humana, & Aetna 'focus on ending the epidemic of care denials.'

Organizers did that! Speaking truth to power, demanding insurers put

commondreams.org/news/insurance…

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'The proposed class action was filed ... by the families of 2 deceased MA members, who argue that the insurer 'illegally' deployed the naviHealth platform to deny medically necessary care to seniors. The lawsuit said the technology has a '90% error rate.'

fiercehealthcare.com/payers/unitedh…

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'From 2020 to 2024, the cost to feed a family of four grew 2.5 more than the rate of inflation. Meanwhile, corporate profits rose five times faster than inflation from 2020 to 2022'

Feeding families isn't a priority for corporations. Getting richer is.

foodandwaterwatch.org/2024/03/26/hig…

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'The book traces the root cause of mass layoffs to a pervasive corporate culture that prioritizes stock buybacks and enriching shareholders.'

Corporate greed is why CEOs get richer while the working class struggles.

It doesn't have to be that way.

jacobin.com/2024/04/wall-s…

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VOCAL-NY(@VOCALNewYork) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The clearest way we can help New Yorkers struggling to pay the rent or escape homelessness is to help them pay the rent! CityFHEPs and HAVP can get NYers housed, and keep NYers housed without delay! Implement the CityFHEPs reforms and pass now!

citylimits.org/2024/04/02/ask…

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“If you support women, house women. If you support women, invest in women’s services.” 🏘️

Thank you to the Women’s Housing Coalition and CCHO Action for educating voters about the transformative power of housing this past election and helping pass Prop A with 70% of the vote!🙏

“If you support women, house women. If you support women, invest in women’s services.” 🏘️ Thank you to the Women’s Housing Coalition and @CCHOAction for educating voters about the transformative power of housing this past election and helping pass Prop A with 70% of the vote!🙏
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'So the antidote to despair is to not let my vote be taken away. ' People's Action Executive Director, Sulma Arias.

Read the full article:
ourfuture.org/20240114/what-…

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'Data from state and federal regulators shows that insurers reject about 1 in 7 claims for treatment. Many people, faced with fighting insurance companies, simply give up...'

UnitedHealthcare profits off denying people the care they need.

That ain't right!

propublica.org/article/united…

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'The private insurance industry is used to getting its way, but this year we out-organized them.' - People's Action Health Care for All Campaign Director Aija Nemer-Aanerud.

Read the full statement below!
peoplesaction.org/organizing-bea…

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'Revenues reached $1.39 trillion thanks to taxpayer-funded Medicaid and Medicare Advantage businesses'

wendellpotter.substack.com/p/big-insuranc…

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'The move, hailed by tenant advocates and criticized by other housing experts, limits the amount property owners can raise rents if they are part of a tax-credit program for low-income housing.'

This is an organizing victory!

washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

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The Biden administration is announcing a 10% cap on rent increases for over a million affordable housing units subsidized by the federal government.

Tenant advocates have been pushing the White House to enact these rent control measures, and this is an important first step.

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