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Please Donate Healthcare-NOW! survives on the generosity of our supporters. Please consider making a donation to support our efforts using our secure server. Upcoming Events Progressive Democrats of America Brown Bag Lunch Vigils Nationwide - Monthly Community Forum on Single-Payer Health Care Chicago, IL - June 20th National Nurses United March on Wall Street for Main Street Contract New York City, NY - June 22nd Reception for Dr. Oli Fein, past president of PNHP Chicago, IL - June 24th Follow Us On Dear Lisa: Healthcare-NOW! is committed to educating, advocating, and agitating for the universal, equitable, and humane healthcare system we truly need - improved Medicare for all. Find out about some of the activism that continues to build the movement: John Boehner Didn't Cry for Us, He Locked Us Out of His Office Over 2,100 of you signed our petition asking Speaker of the House John Boehner not to cut or privatize Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. As our Will You Cry for Me, John Boehner? campaign promised, we brought the petition and letters to John Boehner's office last week and asked to meet with him or his health legislative aide, but neither one was available. So we began reading your letters aloud until the Speaker arrived. Before finishing the first letter, the Capitol Police arrived. We handed the stack of letters to John Boehner's receptionist and then were escorted from the office. The police locked the door behind us as we left. See a full account and video here. Celebrate Medicare's 46th Anniversary! July 30th will mark the 46th anniversary of the passage of Medicare, and we are celebrating with dozens of public events in cities across the country. Find out more information and let us know if you're planning an event here. June 22: National Nurses United March on Wall Street for Main Street Contract With the erosion of living standards for many, and new attacks almost daily from Wall Street-funded politicians, all Americans need a new contract, a binding relationship for their security, for their families, and for future generations. To achieve these goals, National Nurses United is launching a new campaign, for all. More information here. Listen - Vermont Workers' Center on Their Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign On June 8, Healthcare-NOW! hosted a national conference call featuring members of the Vermont Workers' Center to discuss their Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign and the impact it had on universal healthcare legislation in their state. If you missed the call but want to hear it, you can download or listen to it here. How Libby, Montana Got Medicare for All In 2009 when the Washington beltway was tied up with the health care reform tussle, Montana Democratic Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the all powerful Senate Finance Committee, said everything was on the table–except for single payer. Yet when Senator Baucus needed a solution to a catastrophic health disaster in Libby, Montana, and surrounding Lincoln County, he turned to the nation's single payer healthcare system, Medicare, to solve the problem. For Improved Medicare for All, Healthcare-NOW! National Staff and Steering Committee
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