Barbara Colt. She was a remains an icon for justice in RI and beyond. The award reminds us that the work has been long and hard. And it will be until the pursuit of justice exceeds the pursuit of misery. Join us in establishing justice for all (Seems we heard that somewhere....).

🚨BREAKING: Senate Republicans just blocked the last chance to extend enhanced ACA tax credits — choosing higher premiums, more medical debt, and deeper inequities. This isn’t an accident. This is a decision — made today — that puts millions at risk. Learn more👇

Will your HealthSource RI premium double or triple next year? Have you recently lost your Medicaid coverage? Please email us at [email protected]. www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

Here's just one example of how some RI's premiums are spiking more than 300%, while others are left with no coverage at all due to Republican attacks. We're in the fight for healthcare for all! Sign up at protecthealthri.org.

Watch the clip to see our Co-Chair speak out about healthcare affordability! Some RI's premiums are spiking more than 300%, others are left with no coverage at all due to Republican attacks. We're in the fight for healthcare for all! Sign up at protecthealthri.org. www.wpri.com/news/politic...

Thank you to the volunteers and The Womxn Project who helped talk to people about #CareNotCuts at today's #NoKings rally and march in Prov.! Share a video statement about how having Medicaid, Medicare, or HealthSourceRI has helped you, a loved one, or a patient thrive! Go to bit.ly/health-q

Premium Tax Credits make health care affordable for 20M+ people. If they expire, millions won’t be able to go to the doctor. Join us in urging Congress to make health care tax credits permanent & repeal the health care cuts they passed earlier this year: commcat.io/467vrRn #CareNotCuts

Premium Tax Credits make health care affordable for 20M+ people. If they expire, millions won’t be able to go to the doctor. Join us in urging Congress to make health care tax credits permanent & repeal the health care cuts they passed earlier this year: commcat.io/467vrRn #CareNotCuts

Born in our Committee, the enhanced premium tax credits were designed to make health care work for people, not companies’ bottom lines or the wealthy few. These tax credits bring down the cost of health care because no one should spend over 8.5% of their income to get care they need. #CareNotCuts

Lawmakers recently passed the biggest health care cuts in U.S. history—ripping coverage away from 15M ppl. Millions more will see costs soar if Congress allows enhanced premium tax credits to expire. We're fighting back. 📢 10/14: Join us & @familiesusa.bsky.social for a #CareNotCuts day of action!

RHODE ISLAND’S HEALTH COVERAGE IS AT RISK. If enhanced tax credits expire in December 2025, the impact will be devastating for families, providers, and our state’s economy. Sign the petition to Congress to make the enhanced tax credits permanent: act.communitycatalyst.org/a/extend-eptcs?

PTC enhancements, a central issue in the shutdown debate, “provide the greatest benefit for people who need the most help” says CBPP’s @gidlukens.bsky.social. “The tax exclusion for employer health coverage does the opposite.” #GreadRead via @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Congress failed us by gutting healthcare programs & refusing to make permanent the enhanced tax credits that help over 45,000 RIs afford coverage. Help make sure Congress hears us loud and clear: Lower healthcare costs now! Message our members today. Go to secure.everyaction.com/vLVkMy3HaEm6...

AG Neronha, coalition file motion for preliminary injunction to block defunding of Planned Parenthood and other health centers: “We have no time to spare in shielding Americans from the harm these initiatives will cause.” riag.ri.gov/press-releas...

Enhanced Premium Tax Credits protect 20M+ people from medical bills that drain savings & wreck credit. Congress had the chance to act—instead, they chose cuts. Urge Congress to make these tax credits permanent & repeal health care cuts: secure.everyaction.com/vLVkMy3HaEm6... #CareNotCuts

20M+ people can afford health insurance thanks to enhanced Premium Tax Credits. But if Congress doesn’t act now, these credits will expire, premiums will spike & families will lose coverage. We’re joining @communitycatalyst.org in urging Congress to make PTCs permanent: commcat.io/46lV1B1

Healthcare Champions State Rep June Speakman and State Senator Pam Lauria speak up for action on healthcare access and affordability! steveahlquist.substack.com/p/its-not-ju...

20M+ people rely on enhanced Premium Tax Credits to afford health coverage. If they expire in 2025, premiums will spike, families will lose care, and costs will rise for everyone. 📢 Community Catalyst and 300+ groups nationwide are urging Congress: make ePTCs permanent. >> commcat.io/46lV1B1

Cuts to Medicaid & ACA enhanced tax credits mean thousands of RIs will lose coverage. Protect Our Healthcare rallied w/ Senators Reed & Whitehouse to fight back. "We must work together & not stop until everyone has access & our nation recognizes healthcare as a human right!" (Izzy Irizarry, CPU)

What will the largest cuts to healthcare in our nation's history mean for Rhode Island? www.providencejournal.com/story/news/h...

Commentary by Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies: With the passage of legislation cutting federal assistance programs, all is not lost if we are willing to act boldly, writes the executive director of the Economic Progress Institute.

Over 10 million Americans would lose their healthcare under Trump’s Tax Scam — and that doesn’t include the millions more who would lose their coverage because of GOP cuts to the Affordable Care Act. Call your GOP senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal... Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

It's not too late to tell your R.I. State Legislators: Act now to protect affordable healthcare! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Protect affordable healthcare coverage for 40,000 HealthSource RI enrollees. Click to tell your R.I. State Legislators: Act now to protect affordable healthcare by passing the RI Individual Marketplace Affordability Act (H5996/S707)! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

On June 6, 1944, 81 years ago, the US and allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to liberate Europe from Hitler’s tyrannic rule. These brave soldiers gave their lives to defend democracy. We must honor them by continuing the fight against authoritarianism and fascism in all its forms.

While Democrats are fighting proposed Medicaid cuts at the federal level, Rhode Islanders are facing their own cuts on the state level due to a change in the program’s income limit. @katewilkinson.bsky.social reports: ⤵️

Middle & low-income RIs are at risk of losing affordable HealthSource RI coverage when enhanced premium tax credits are ended. Email your own State Rep & Senator in the RI General Assembly for their support of the RI Marketplace Affordability Act H5996/S707! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/05/m...

16 million people. That’s 1 in every 21 people in the U.S. who will lose health coverage as a result of the U.S. House budget bill now up for debate in the Senate. Dial 866-426-2631 to tell our RI Senators Reed & Whitehouse you support the fight to stop the termination of people's healthcare!

HealthSourceRI is a backstop to affordable coverage for 40,000 RIs at risk because Congress is letting enhanced premium tax credits expire at the end of 2025. Email your RI State Rep & Senator. Ask them to protect HSRI coverage by passing the RI Marketplace Affordability Act (H5996/S707)

Join us June 2 for a policy event focused on maternal + infant health! Registration here: form.jotform.com/251284756929... #RIFactbook #HealthEquityRI

🚨BREAKING: Early this morning, the House passed the largest Medicaid cuts in history, leaving 15 million people at risk of losing care. These cuts will devastate communities, families, local clinics, schools, and rural hospitals nationwide. Read our statement. >> commcat.io/4kuNQM6

Medicaid saves lives! Hear from a cancer survivor who credits it for saving his life. And support the RI Cong. Delegation in its efforts to save Medicaid. Big shoutouts @protectrihealth.bsky.social, @weareripin.bsky.social, @reed.senate.gov, @whitehouse.senate.gov! www.tiktok.com/@epi.ri/vide...

Lawmakers are scapegoating immigrant families to justify gutting Medicaid – when greedy corporations are to blame. Cuts to Medicaid harm us all, driving families into debt & straining community hospitals. 📖 Read our new blog w/ @pifcoalition.bsky.social >> commcat.io/4kqj1rU

TUESDAY (May 20) Hearing! Please email support for H5996 to [email protected]. Healthcare costs are too high! H5996 will help keep RIs covered when enhanced tax credits expire this year for those who don't qualify for Medicaid or Medicare and who don't have employer coverage.

The Protect Our Healthcare Coalition pushes back against Republican plan to cut Medicaid open.substack.com/pub/steveahl...

Grateful to all the advocates who turned out to help #defendMedicaid at Friday's #MedicaidMatters event, especially Cristina & Alex Amadeo, Lev Poplow, & Vincent DeJesus & @reed.senate.gov & @whitehouse.senate.gov @mackdistrict6.bsky.social @rebeccakislak.bsky.social @lindaujifusa.bsky.social.

Thank you @reed.senate.gov & @whitehouse.senate.gov, the Medicaid beneficiaries who shared stories, and advocates that rallied today to defend Medicaid for the release of Medicaid Matters in Rhode Island! nmd.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/epi/images/p... #defendmedicaid #HandsOffMedicaid

House Republicans’ plan would take Medicaid from people who can’t meet burdensome work reporting rules, putting up to 14.4 million at risk of losing Medicaid coverage by 2034. State and district level estimates here: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...

🚨 BREAKING: House Republicans just dropped their budget plan: slash Medicaid to fund more tax breaks for billionaires & greedy corporations. This isn't abstract policy—it's a direct attack on the 72 million people relying on Medicaid for care access. Read more >> commcat.io/3S0btjz

Read Vincent's story, he is just one of millions of Americans for whom Medicaid is critical to their well being. protecthealthri.org/news/with-me... #ProtectMedicaid #handsoffourmedicaid

Ask our RI members to stay strong against ANY cuts to Medicaid #DefendMedicaid #HandsOffMedicaid

Today at the #ProtectMedicaid rally, Gary Poe—Outreach Coordinator at St. John’s Community Health Clinic—spoke truth to power: “Cutting Medicaid would devastate my patients, my son, and millions of people across California.” We won’t stay silent. HANDS OFF MEDICAID. #CareCantWait

Medicaid is not just a line item in a budget – it's a lifeline for millions of people and families. That’s why we’re joining a 24-hour #ProtectMedicaid vigil at the U.S. Capitol to share our stories and make our voices heard. Join us! commcat.io/4m43UWJ

📉 JUST IN: A new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report just dropped—and the numbers don’t lie: congressional Republicans’ budget proposals would strip Medicaid coverage from 8.9 million people, and of those, 3.9 million would be left completely uninsured. Read more >> thehill.com/policy/healt...

For this week’s #MedicaidMinute, we’re live from Capitol Hill where we’re holding a 24-hour storytelling vigil to protect Medicaid. Tune in to the livestream: youtube.com/live/tBo00pL...

Act now! Tax the Rich Teach-In tonight in Pawtucket. If you can't join @karenalzate.bsky.social & @jenstewart4ri.bsky.social, sign the petition: bit.ly/4jEz2uF! Tomorrow, House Finance hears Rep. Alzate's bill to raise $190M in revenue by making the top 1% pay their fair share! Wear green. 4 PM.

How will Medicaid cuts affect life-saving treatments? Watch Lev's powerful story, and then click through to record your own. www.videoask.com/f8k4q96mg