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Feb 24 4 tweets 2 min read
Do you have Medicare Advantage through United Healthcare, Humana, CVS Health/Aetna, Elevance (Blue Cross), or another private insurer?

Have you faced healthcare denials, delays, out of network issues, or huge bills? If so, we want to hear your story. Reply or send me a DM. 1/4
Recent investigations have found that the largest insurers in Medicare Advantage have committed widespread fraud and denied patients critical care they were supposed to provide by law, despite receiving billions of taxpayer subsidies. 2/4

nytimes.com/2022/10/08/ups…
That’s why we’re seeking stories of patients harmed by “Medicare Disadvantage.” We’re also calling on Congress to crack down on fraud, abuse, and denials of critical care.

If you agree, you can send a letter to Congress here: act.newmode.net/action/be-hero… 3/4
Medicare Advantage exemplifies why the profit motive has no place in healthcare. The billions of our taxpayer dollars that get spent on Medicare every year should go to providing people with healthcare, not making greedy CEOs richer. That’s why we need #MedicareForAll 4/4

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Apr 28, 2021
I got a copy of the AFP this morning. There's this great line in it that says "Biden has a plan to expand the ACA and lower prescription drug prices."

That's all good and well. But, after that line, there isn't a single ounce of detail about how we make that a reality. Image
Don't get me wrong, the American Family plan has A LOT of good in its pages. It boldly takes on childhood poverty, it takes a step in the right direction on paid family leave.

But, other than that, the plan completely ignores our healthcare crisis.
The plan doesn't help nurses, doctors, patients, nor any one that has spent this last heartbreaking year on the frontlines of a global pandemic.
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Apr 20, 2021
I'm bringing my fight for single payer to my home state of California.

Over the next 8 weeks, I'll be interviewing progressive leaders and activists across the state about how we reach universal coverage here in the Golden State.

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We’ll be talking about the road to single payer here.

For decades, California has paved the way for real progressive reform. And now it’s time for CA to step up and show us what’s possible when it comes to our healthcare.
I've asked elected officials and a couple progressive celebrities across the state to take the time and speak with me about the healthcare system California needs.

We'll be talking about care accessibility, how to build movement power, and our personal experiences.
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Dec 19, 2020
I am very late to this #MedicareForAll floor vote debate, but since it is still raging, I’ll join the fray by telling you a little story.
In 2019, after I testified at the first ever #MedicareForAll hearing, I got back to Santa Barbara and realized that my own Democratic congressman was not a cosponsor of the bill! So I did some organizing.
We pulled together a ragtag coalition of some old timer health care activists, the local DSA chapter, some college students, a women’s political club, and a local elected official. We met in my living room three times to scheme.
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Dec 16, 2020
UPDATE: Love you all. Due to your support, we’re getting these ads up in GA!

BUT our work is far from over. The stakes are too high. At the end of this thread, I’m going to ask you to help fund Spanish health care ads in GA.

First, I want to tell you about @ConMijente.
@ConMijente has been doing the important work of organizing the Latinx community in GA to vote and engage in issues that lead to more justice and more equity.

Ahead of the runoffs, they have plans to knock the doors of *every* Latinx voter or family.
But that's not all.

@ConMijente has partnered w/ @BeAHeroTeam to invest in Spanish digital and radio ads across GA. The ads they’ve produced feature health care stories from Latinx Georgians and encourage voters to support Dems in the runoffs.

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Aug 10, 2020
.@realDonaldTrump’s order to delay payroll taxes is a shameless stunt to try to defund Social Security and Medicare in the midst of a pandemic.

@SenatorCollins understands this, and yet she is letting Trump attack seniors - a key constituency she has pledged to protect.

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The payroll tax directly funds Social Security and Medicare.

Trump's elimination of this tax, temporary or not, is meant to undermine these programs and hurt vulnerable seniors.

The President is robbing our seniors for a political stunt.
350,000 Mainers are on Social Security. 335,000 are on Medicare. They cannot afford a cut to that program - temporary or permanent.

And, unfortunate for them, they need @SenatorCollins to stand up for them.

She needs to know that her inaction is abuse.
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May 31, 2020
Some reflections. Glad to be corrected by those who know more, or challenged by anyone.

These uprisings are good. And the police reactions are unveiling a deep reality.

The conflict is shifting political consciousness across the country.

And that is profoundly important.
The left is being radicalized. During first wave of #BlackLivesMatter protests & organizing (Trayvon through summer 2016), the demands were for accountability and police reform. Centrists were calling for body cameras. But even the movement was calling for modest changes.
Civilian oversight, inspector generals, racial bias training.

Meanwhile, some movement strategists were developing deeper critiques and demands. Marbre Stahly Butts and others developed a framework of "invest/divest" to shift money away from police into education/health/health.
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