UHCAN’s November National Call
How did Medicaid figure in the midterm elections? … Medicine for All proposal … Moving forward for Medicare for All … Hot drug price fight heating up more
UHCAN’s October 2019 Call
Climate change and the fight for health care justice … We can’t get health care justice without confronting racism … How to confront latest Trump attack on Medicare?
Blog: A few highlights from September 2019 national call
These are some of the highlights from UHCAN’s Sept. 17, 2019 national call for health care justice leaders: We need bigger answers on health care! That’s the message Ady Barkan is taking to politicians and major media everywhere as he has turned his personal struggle...GAO report shows that growing income inequality has deadly consequences for poor Americans
The expanding gap between rich and poor … is helping the rich lead longer lives, while cutting short the lives of those who are struggling …
Medicare-for-All? Public Option? What Does It All Mean for Low-Income Individuals?
What do these proposals mean for the 65 million low-income individuals – essentially 1 in 5 – that receive their insurance through Medicaid?
UHCAN’s September 2019 Call
Be a Hero project … Pressure builds on Congress to do something about high cost drugs … National Single Payer Strategy Conference … Health care attacks in appropriations, the budget and administrative processes … Abortion clinics closing
UHCAN’s August 2019 Call
Gun violence is a political and public health issue .. Taking on powerful mega-hospital corporations … The fight over high drug prices in Congress … Making the case for business for Medicare for All
Blog: A few themes from July 2019 national call
Growing physician opposition to extreme anti-abortion laws … Words matter in the Medicare for All fight
New coalition takes on Big Pharma
A new coalition was launched this month – Lower Drug Prices Now
“Don’t Touch My Medicare!” Putting the national conversation about health care in context …
Polls repeatedly show that Medicare is one of the most popular domestic programs … Medicare’s popularity, however, comes with almost no understanding of what the program is and how it works.