NY chapter of @PNHP: non-profit of 25k+ physicians & med students organizing for universal single-payer healthcare. #PassNYHealth #NYHealthAct #MedicareForAll
Feb 17, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The New York Health Act @NYHCampaign will provide comprehensive benefits to EVERYONE like Medicare. It will cost LESS than what healthcare costs now.
#NYHA creates a dedicated Trust Fund outside annual state budget. Like Medicare taxes today, they will be set in law as proportional to income.
Feb 17, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
MLK said "of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is most shocking and inhumane." COVID exposed this inhumanity. We need to stand up against decades of austerity - Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, President of @nynurses
The narrative and agenda has to change. Political leaders and union leaders have to change. We saw this with Sandy. We are seeing this with COVID. Many deaths are unnecessary if our commitment to the public is genuine. #InvestInOurNY@nynurses
Feb 17, 2021 • 9 tweets • 1 min read
#InvestInOurNewYork has 6 bills that will raise $50-75 Billion annually to make massive public investment for NY's economy and get through the budget crisis!
Wealthiest top 5% are massively undertaxed and doing better than ever financially in the midst of the pandemic
