[THREAD]: In the midst of this outbreak, the administration must prioritize the health and safety of American workers and their families over corporate interests.
Here's how: 1/
Here's how: 1/
Paid sick leave — workers impacted by quarantine orders or responsible for caring for children impacted by school closures must receive paid sick leave to alleviate the devastating consequences of lost wages. 2/
Enhanced Unemployment Insurance — we must ensure unemployment insurance benefits are available and sufficient for workers who may lose their jobs from the economic impacts of the epidemic 3/
Food security — we must expand SNAP, WIC, school lunch and other initiatives and suspend implementation of any regulations that weaken federal food assistance, in order to ensure vulnerable populations do not lose access to food during this epidemic 4/
Clear protections for frontline workers — we must have clear standards & sufficient distribution of necessary protective equipment for health care & other workers who are in contact with people who have been exposed as well as the people who clean those facilities 5/
Widespread and free coronavirus testing — the administration must ensure that all Americans who need an evaluation are able to access locations for cost-free testing and rapidly increase the unacceptably low daily test processing capacity inside the U.S. 6/
Affordable treatment for all — patients must be reimbursed for any non-covered coronavirus-related costs, or else the epidemic will be worsened because Americans will fear they cannot afford the costs associated with treatment 7/
Anti-price gouging protections — we must ensure that Americans are protected from price gouging of medical and non-medical essentials during this emergency 8/
Increase the capacity of our medical system — we must use our emergency response mechanisms to mobilize resources and facilities in order to respond to surges in demand.
It's time to act. 9/9
It's time to act. 9/9
