Sign if you agree: Medicare for All

Tell Congress: Pass Medicare for All now. Petition to Congress: "Pass The Medicare for All Act of 2019. " Add your name: Dear Katy, Yesterday, Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduced new Medicare for All legislation with more than 100 cosponsors. The bill's introduction comes on the heels of a new poll showing that up to 71 percent of Americans support Medicare for All.1 But Washington consultants are warning Democrats to stay away from Medicare for All, according to one worrisome new report.2 It is up to us to build support for Rep. Jayapal's new bill and pressure Congress to pass Medicare for All into law. Can you help? Tell Congress: Pass Medicare for All now. Click here to sign the petition. Washington consultants want Democrats to focus on defending the Affordable Care Act from Republican sabotage and push other changes "down the road."3 Meanwhile, there are a raft of "Medicare for More" proposals from Democrats that would introduce Medicare as a public option, and some are better than others.4 What is important right now is to build support in Congress for the strongest possible Medicare for All legislation – from Progressive Caucus co-chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal – to remind Democrats where the progressive base of the party stands. Medicare and Medicaid are our nation's most effective and efficient health care programs, but right-wing Republicans have long had their sights set on dismantling our social safety net. Now, Trump is helping them do it. Their ultimate goal has been to end Medicare as we know it and cause skyrocketing premiums and loss of coverage for nearly 57 million of us. We cannot fight back with half-hearted, corporate solutions. Predatory insurance companies and Big Pharma stand between people and their doctors and use monopoly power to rob us blind. Medicare for All would replace the for-profit leeches that drive up costs without making us any healthier. Even one recent right-wing study found that Medicare for All would result in more health care coverage and better outcomes while reducing overall U.S. medical costs.5 Medicare for All would also improve the program for today's seniors by including younger people and adding dental and hearing coverage into Medicare. Medicare for All has become the mainstream, common-sense position. But with many conservative Democrats resisting and other Democrats floating limited proposals, we need to strengthen progressives' bargaining hand by pushing all members of Congress to support the boldest possible Medicare for All legislation. Tell Congress: Pass Medicare for All now. Click below to sign the petition: https://act.credoaction.com/go/28452?t=9&akid=31759%2E12967895%2E_CQdZv Thank you for speaking out, Josh Nelson, Co-Director CREDO Action from Working Assets Add your name: References: Peter Sullivan, "Poll: 56 percent of public supports Medicare for All," The Hill, Jan. 23, 2019. Alice Miranda Ollstein and Adam Cancryn, "Democrats' plan to neuter Medicare for All irks liberals," POLITICO, Jan. 22, 2019. Ibid. Ibid. Dylan Scott, "Bernie Sanders's $32 trillion Medicare-for-all plan is actually kind of a bargain," Vox, July 30, 2018. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call © 2019 CREDO. All rights reserved. This email was sent to katy63.kelso@blogger.com. To change your email or mailing address, please click here: https://act.credoaction.com/me/update/?t=16&akid=31759%2E12967895%2E_CQdZv To unsubscribe, please visit our subscription management page at: http://act.credoaction.com/cms/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?t=18&akid=31759%2E12967895%2E_CQdZv