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.
UHCAN’s July 2019 Call
Things heating up in House of Medicine … Drug cost fight is not going away … Medicare for All is already an election issue …The hits keep coming – the current generation of attacks on American health care
Blog: A few themes from June 2019 UHCAN call
UHCAN’s monthly call in June opened with a focus on democracy. Our call started with this theme because UHCAN believes that, without winning the democracy battle, Americans will never win health care justice. 2020 Census There are grave concerns that adding a...UHCAN’s June National Call
We need more democracy to get Health Care Justice! … Reproductive rights and women’s health care …. Medicare for All fight this summer … Taking on Pharma: How to tell advances from detours? … Social Security … Keeping Universal Health Care on the table
UHCAN’s May National Call
The future of reproductive rights …. Medicare for All local campaigns …. DOJ rule on public charge and depotation … Medicaid-buy-in and public option bills in states … Counterattacks on Medicaid expansion
UHCAN’s March National Call
What’s at stake in federal budget fight? … High cost drugs fight heats up … Medical communities stand with immigrants … Why long term care has to be part of Medicare for All
For 2020 Dem Hopefuls, ‘Medicare-For-All’ Is A Defining Issue, However They Define It
“Medicare-for-all’s popularity — even as a concept — shows something significant. There is a consensus that the current system needs to fundamentally transform … There’s a commitment to do that. Then we have to argue out the details.”