Time for a new normal. #MedicareForAll

Economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman did the math. Replacing our current system with #MedicareForAll would result in a net pay raise of thousands of dollars for most workers, even after factoring in the additional taxes needed. Details: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Canadian explains what accessing health care in Canada would cost Americans & it sounds a lot better than accessing health care in America, tbh. Why do we have to visit The Great White North to access health care this affordable? Time for #MedicareForAll www.youtube.com/shorts/mamZB...

If Mexico can do this and Canada did this in 1972, so can the U.S. Time for #MedicareForAll

Wise words from @focusedoninfinity.bsky.social. Yet we let 68,000 Americans die this way. Every. Single. Year. This has to change. #MedicareForAll.

Who at this point is defending private, for-profit health care except people trying to make money off of other people’s misfortune? #MedicareForAll

She gets it. The American Public Health Association has found that the best, most efficient, and most equitable way to improve medicare and the health care system would be to expand it into a universal, single-payer health system. Read their statement: www.apha.org/policy-and-a... #MedicareForAll

2/3 of Americans believe the gov't. should ensure that everyone has health care coverage. Only 7% of Americans think the government has no role to play in providing health care. If most of us want to see all of us covered, why don’t we have #MedicareForAll?

We could save 68,000 lives every year by switching to a single payer health care system, according to a 2021 study. Why haven’t we? #MedicareForAll, #MedicareForAllNow Read the study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A 2021 study concluded that switching to single payer health care would save $450 billion dollars annually. Why are we unnecessarily spending $450 billion every year? #MedicareForAll Read the study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

1 in 6 US adults delay seeking medical care, or didn't seek it at all, due to cost. How much more costly is it when their illnesses reach the point of requiring emergency medical intervention? How much less would it be if they had affordable medical care? #MedicareForAll

Despite marginally shorter hospital wait times (about 27 minutes less for an emergency room visit), Americans die 4 years younger on average than people in comparable countries with single payer health care. #MedicareForAll (SOURCES: World Population Review; World Bank)

Being able to access and afford health care when they need it is far and away the number one concern shared by most Americans. Isn’t it about time something was done about this? #MedicareForAll

No one should be financially ruined because of cancer. No other Western country has a healthcare system that bankrupts people because they are sick. The system must be changed. #MedicareForAll.

We sure do!

Donald Trump has made it clear: we can either have a government that provides #MedicareForAll or a government that launches a war with Iran. Which one would you rather see fully funded?

We need Medicare for All and we need it now. @jayapal.house.gov

Health care is a human right, not simply a privilege for the wealthy. Everyone should have the care they need to survive and thrive.

"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death. I see no alternative to direct action and creative nonviolence to raise the conscience of the nation." — Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., March 1966

I’m no great fan of the ACA. I believe we should guarantee health care as a human right through a single-payer Medicare for All system. But — at minimum — we cannot allow Republicans to destroy our already-broken system by doubling insurance premiums for 20 million Americans.

Labor can lead the way to fight privatization and to protect and expand traditional Medicare while creating the conditions necessary to ultimately win an improved “Medicare for All,” writes Rose Roach, National Coordinator for @labor4singlepayer.bsky.social labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...

This government shut down is all about whether Republicans will get away with raising health care premiums by 75% for 20 million Americans and throwing 15 million people off their health care. We can't allow that to happen.

As profiteering corporations attack Medicare, the Labor Campaign for Single Payer is enlisting state labor federations and central labor councils in a campaign to ensure that traditional Medicare continues to be a true financial option for retirees and unions labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...

HEADS UP: The massive federal budget deficits caused by Trump’s tax breaks for billionaires in his big, ugly bill could trigger automatic cuts to Medicare for the rest of us if Congress does not act, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported. #TaxJustice

What do these healthcare corporations have in common? Anthem Centene CVS HCA Holdings Humana Cigna Universal Health Services They avoided $34 BILLION in taxes while hiking costs, denying care, and cutting staff. Corporate tax cuts don't help anyone but CEOs and shareholders.

Happy Labor Day! As we celebrate & honor the workers & unions who fought (and keep fighting) for the protections we have — though attacked by privatization & authoritarianism — we know that one tremendous victory is still ahead for the Labor Movement: guaranteed comprehensive healthcare for all.

Happy #LaborDay! While big corporations like UnitedHealth Group profit off of our broken health care system, workers and their families endure higher costs and lower quality care. Learn more about how corporate greed is ruining our health care system this Wednesday @ 8pm ET! c4hd.org/Webinar

Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. @khanna.house.gov

Our health care system is close to collapse. Not enough doctors, nurses or dentists. Costs are skyrocketing. Trump’s legislation will cause hospitals, nursing homes & community health centers to cut back services. We need a simple, universal system: Medicare for All.

TONIGHT! On the 60th Anniversary of Medicare & Medicaid, we're breaking open the next phase of the fight. Join @sanders.senate.gov @jayapal.house.gov @pplsaction.bsky.social & many more for the #BigBetrayal RSVP now: www.crowdcast.io/c/fightforwa... #PeopleOverProfits #MedicaidMatters #StopTheCuts

It rips health care away from 10M+ Americans on Medicaid, all to pay for tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk.

Our next newsletter is going out today; sign up (for free) now to get your copy! We’re at almost 5,000 subscribers! This edition includes stories about the new budget bill, & resources for what workers / unions can do to combat the privatization of healthcare www.laborforsinglepayer.org/newsletters

And this is why we need Medicare For All + medical debt cancellation + inoculate our entire health care system from the police/deportation/carceral state. New: ICE Is Searching a Massive Insurance and Medical Bill Database to Find Deportation Targets www.404media.co/ice-is-searc...

Retired workers, and all people, deserve the highest quality healthcare, and Medicare Advantage isn’t it. But, unions are in a difficult position at the bargaining table, and negotiators don’t always have all the facts. Read this Op-ed about our recent webinar (youtu.be/tqq6d-jBc0s) to learn more:

Medicare Advantage & the Privatization of Healthcare: What Unions & Workers Need to Know! Our webinar w/ @flyingwithsara.bsky.social, @bmacmd.bsky.social, @warren.senate.gov, & @jayapal.house.gov is up The labor movement must keep fighting against corporate greed! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqq6...

¡Que Viva David Huerta! ¡Que Vivan Los Trabajadores! ¡Que Viva California! ¡Si Se Puede! #FreeDavidEndRaids

The nearly 15 million working people of the AFL-CIO and our affiliated unions demand the immediate release of @californialabor.bsky.social Vice President and @seiuca.bsky.social and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta. aflcio.org/press/releas...

We’re at almost 250 RSVPs for our special webinar on June 18th! Medicare Advantage and the Privatization of Healthcare: What Unions Need to Know Featuring remarks by: @warren.senate.gov @jayapal.house.gov @flyingwithsara.bsky.social & @bmacmd.bsky.social SIGN UP HERE bit.ly/labor618

Register now for our special webinar on Wednesday, June 18th: Medicare Advantage and the Privatization of Healthcare: What Unions Need to Know Featuring remarks by: @warren.senate.gov @jayapal.house.gov @flyingwithsara.bsky.social & Dr. Belinda McIntosh from @pnhp.bsky.social bit.ly/labor618

Medicare for All isn't radical. What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Don’t believe me? Listen to what these nurses have say:

We at the Labor Campaign for Single Payer are about to head out to our nearby rallies & marches, but we’re part of this #MayDayStrong coalition & wish every one a Happy May Day! The Labor Movement helped win Medicare 60 years ago, now unions can help safeguard, improve, & guarantee it for all!

LIVE: I'm reintroducing the Medicare for All Act with @sanders.senate.gov and @debbiedingell.house.gov! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ0U...

On Workers Memorial Day, America’s unions mourn the workers who have lost their lives or been injured or ill on the job. Every worker should be able to go home at the end of the day safe and healthy, and we’ll keep fighting like hell to make that a reality for EVERY worker.

We have a quick, automated letter campaign for people to tell their Senators and Congressperson to co-sponsor Medicare for All! actionnetwork.org/letters/medi...