Action Alerts

 

Webinar: Register Here (required)

 

Best Care in the US: 

What National Single Payer Activists
Need to Know About VA Health Care

 

Thursday, March 16

8 pm ET, 5 pm PT

Sponsored by National Single Payer

 

Featured Speakers: 

• • • Lakiesha Lloyd (Common Defense),

    • Bruce Carruthers (Veterans for Peace),

    • Suzanne Gordon (Senior Policy Fellow at the Veterans’ Health Care Policy Institute), and

    • Dr. Jim Martin (emergency medicine physician, James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center).

 

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Rally at Congressman
Kevin McCarthy’s Office

 

National Day of Action
to protect, improve and expand
Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security

 

Click here for event flyer with more details

Click here for free bus signup

 

Friday, March 17
Action starts at 12:30 pm

 

Sponsored by California Alliance for Retired Americans

 

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Webinar: Register Here (required)

 

Don’t Let Naked Profiteering

Destroy Our Medicare 

 

Monday, March 20
5:00 pm PT

 

Sponsored by Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action

 

Featuring Dr. Ed Weisbart (National Board Member, PNHP)

 

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Webinar: Register Here (required)

 

America’s Ongoing
Public Health Emergency 

 

Thursday, March 23
9 pm ET, 8 pm CT, 7 pm MT, 6 pm PT

Sponsored by PNHP

 

Featuring Dr. Farzon Nahvi (PNHP NY Metro)

 Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (Former Health Director, City of Detroit)

 

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Weekend of Action

 

Canvassing Event 

Click link above to find local actions 

 

Saturday & Sunday, March 25 & 26

Sponsored by CalCare

 

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Breaking News in Healthcare Reform

 

Snippets of news & commentary with a special focus on

health policy, Medicare for All & California

 

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“Behind the scenes, insurers are using unregulated predictive algorithms, under the guise of scientific rigor, to pinpoint the precise moment when they can plausibly cut off payment for an older patient’s treatment.”

Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage Plans Use Algorithms to Cut Off Care for Seniors In Need

STAT | Casey Ross & Bob Herman | March 13, 2023

“Originally focused on the costliest types of care, such as cancer treatment, insurers now commonly require prior authorization for many mundane medical encounters, including basic imaging and prescription refills.”

Insurance Requirements for Prior Authorization May Prompt ‘Devastating’ Delays

CNN | Lauren Sausser | March 10, 2023

“If you look at the frequency with which Black Californians are altering their speech and dress to go into a health care visit, that’s a signal that something needs to change.”

Black Patients Dress Up and Modify Speech to Reduce Bias, California Survey Shows

Kaiser Health News | Annie Sciacca | March 10, 2023

“The proposed budget also shines a light on Medicare solvency and aims to expand the solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund by 25 years.”

Biden’s Proposed HHS Budget Aims to Make Pandemic-Era Subsidies Permanent

Healthcare Dive | Sydney Halleman | March 9, 2023

“…if something seems too good to be true, it probably isn’t.”

Are Drugs Promoted on TV Ads Better Than Others? No, Study Finds. Sometimes They’re Worse.

USA Today | Karen Weintraub | March 9, 2023

“How is the CEO of this company thanking the taxpayers of this country who are responsible for making him and his colleagues incredibly rich? … He is thanking them by proposing to quadruple the price.”

Moderna’s COVID Vaccine Gambit: Hike the Price, Offer Free Doses for Uninsured

NPR | Sydney Lupkin | March 8, 2023

“…Republicans are also pushing for Medicaid work requirements, though the one state that implemented them saw thousands of people who should have qualified lose coverage.”

Republicans Take Aim at Medicaid as Budget Talks Heat Up

Politico | Alice Miranda Ollstein | March 8, 2023

“…strict state abortion bans could imperil lives by leaving it to providers to prove if a person qualifies for an emergency exception.”

Texas Abortion Lawsuit Puts Medical Exceptions Under Spotlight

Axios | Oriana González | March 7, 2023

“Dozens of advocates for patients and consumers … are pushing the Biden administration to take more aggressive steps to protect Americans from medical bills and debt collectors.”

Medical Debt Affects Millions, and Advocates Push IRS, Consumer Agency for Relief

NPR | Noam Levey | March 7, 2023

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