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Leading the fight to protect and strengthen health care for millions of Americans.
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All Americans deserve the right to high-quality, affordable, and equitable health care.
November 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
All Americans deserve the right to high-quality, affordable, and equitable health care.
“There aren’t enough things for us to cut to make up for that loss,” said Dr. Elaine Batchlor
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/upshot/urban-hospitals-medicaid-cuts.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/upshot/urban-hospitals-medicaid-cuts.html
When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest
Republicans created a special $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals stay afloat, but the biggest impacts may be in cities.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“There aren’t enough things for us to cut to make up for that loss,” said Dr. Elaine Batchlor
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/upshot/urban-hospitals-medicaid-cuts.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/upshot/urban-hospitals-medicaid-cuts.html
This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for the advocates and health care champions working tirelessly to make care more affordable and accessible for all Americans. Thank you for what you do.
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for the advocates and health care champions working tirelessly to make care more affordable and accessible for all Americans. Thank you for what you do.
Rep. Brendan Boyle: Let’s not forget—in what Donald Trump used to call the ‘big, beautiful bill’—they cut health care for more than 15 million Americans. Cuts to Medicaid, cuts to the Affordable Care Act, the list goes on and on. That is their health care plan. It is cut after cut after cut.
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Rep. Brendan Boyle: Let’s not forget—in what Donald Trump used to call the ‘big, beautiful bill’—they cut health care for more than 15 million Americans. Cuts to Medicaid, cuts to the Affordable Care Act, the list goes on and on. That is their health care plan. It is cut after cut after cut.
“Open enrollment for these plans is already underway and consumers are facing sky-high prices and little certainty about whether they'll get relief.”
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/20/nx-s1-5614949/aca-subsidies-health-insurance-costs
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/20/nx-s1-5614949/aca-subsidies-health-insurance-costs
These families' health care costs will balloon if Congress doesn't act on the ACA
Millions of Americans face sharply rising costs for health care plans they bought through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, unless Congress acts soon. Here's what's at stake for them.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“Open enrollment for these plans is already underway and consumers are facing sky-high prices and little certainty about whether they'll get relief.”
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/20/nx-s1-5614949/aca-subsidies-health-insurance-costs
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/20/nx-s1-5614949/aca-subsidies-health-insurance-costs
The needs of ordinary people and families, not corporations or the wealthy, should drive health care policy making in America.
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The needs of ordinary people and families, not corporations or the wealthy, should drive health care policy making in America.
Yesterday, POC Maine joined Governor Mills and Congresswoman Pingree to hear from Mainers whose health care premiums are soaring after Republicans moved to strip away the ACA tax credits.
If Republicans do not address the health care crisis are creating, millions of people will be at risk.
If Republicans do not address the health care crisis are creating, millions of people will be at risk.
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Yesterday, POC Maine joined Governor Mills and Congresswoman Pingree to hear from Mainers whose health care premiums are soaring after Republicans moved to strip away the ACA tax credits.
If Republicans do not address the health care crisis are creating, millions of people will be at risk.
If Republicans do not address the health care crisis are creating, millions of people will be at risk.
Every child in America should have the health care they need and deserve to get a healthy start in life.
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Every child in America should have the health care they need and deserve to get a healthy start in life.
Medicaid cuts hit rural hospitals first—and hardest. Glenn Medical Center’s closure left elders like Theresa, still fighting infections, with nowhere to turn.
Every community deserves care close to home, not miles out of reach.
Every community deserves care close to home, not miles out of reach.
This rural hospital closed, putting lives at risk. Is it the start of a 'tidal wave'?
Glenn Medical Center in Willows closed Oct. 21 after losing "Critical Access" status. Many other California hospitals face similar threats.
www.latimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Medicaid cuts hit rural hospitals first—and hardest. Glenn Medical Center’s closure left elders like Theresa, still fighting infections, with nowhere to turn.
Every community deserves care close to home, not miles out of reach.
Every community deserves care close to home, not miles out of reach.
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A 60-year-old couple in Wisconsin could see their healthcare premiums go up by $30,000 next year. It's breathtaking.
Wisconsinites cannot afford for Republicans to fail to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. Congress must get this done.
Wisconsinites cannot afford for Republicans to fail to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. Congress must get this done.
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A 60-year-old couple in Wisconsin could see their healthcare premiums go up by $30,000 next year. It's breathtaking.
Wisconsinites cannot afford for Republicans to fail to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. Congress must get this done.
Wisconsinites cannot afford for Republicans to fail to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. Congress must get this done.
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We are fighting hard to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
Republicans have zero interest in making healthcare affordable for everyday Americans.
You deserve better.
Republicans have zero interest in making healthcare affordable for everyday Americans.
You deserve better.
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We are fighting hard to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
Republicans have zero interest in making healthcare affordable for everyday Americans.
You deserve better.
Republicans have zero interest in making healthcare affordable for everyday Americans.
You deserve better.
In Beaufort County, North Carolina, 85% of the children in one pediatrics practice rely on Medicaid. Trump’s Medicaid cuts hit right as the state slashes rates too.
NC families who already drive an hour for care are being pushed even farther from help.
NC families who already drive an hour for care are being pushed even farther from help.
'We’re already struggling': Rural family practices in NC wrestle with Medicaid cuts • NC Newsline
“These practices in rural areas — after a while, they may not be able to survive if this goes on,” said Gregory K. Griggs, NC Academy of Family Physicians CEO. “And once they’re gone, they’re not open...
ncnewsline.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In Beaufort County, North Carolina, 85% of the children in one pediatrics practice rely on Medicaid. Trump’s Medicaid cuts hit right as the state slashes rates too.
NC families who already drive an hour for care are being pushed even farther from help.
NC families who already drive an hour for care are being pushed even farther from help.
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Today, Little Lobbyists honors #AliceWong, a ferocious advocate for disability justice and disability culture-maker who died on November 14 at the age of 51. Alice was a larger-than-life figure in the disability community and a friend to Little Lobbyists
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November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today, Little Lobbyists honors #AliceWong, a ferocious advocate for disability justice and disability culture-maker who died on November 14 at the age of 51. Alice was a larger-than-life figure in the disability community and a friend to Little Lobbyists
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A retiree in Florida is looking at $70,000 a year in premiums and out-of-pocket costs. Ezra in Tennessee may lose access to the bipolar treatment that keeps him stable. Lives are on the line. We need action before Dec. 15.
These families' health care costs will balloon if Congress doesn't act on the ACA
Millions of Americans face sharply rising costs for health care plans they bought through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, unless Congress acts soon. Here's what's at stake for them.
www.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A retiree in Florida is looking at $70,000 a year in premiums and out-of-pocket costs. Ezra in Tennessee may lose access to the bipolar treatment that keeps him stable. Lives are on the line. We need action before Dec. 15.
Sen. Murphy: It’s not surprising that Republicans aren’t committed to doing anything about this. … But when that pain hits millions of families’ pocketbooks in January, maybe we’ll have a shot then.
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Sen. Murphy: It’s not surprising that Republicans aren’t committed to doing anything about this. … But when that pain hits millions of families’ pocketbooks in January, maybe we’ll have a shot then.
Economist Justin Wolfers on Trump's health care "plan": The president's plan is unbelievable... You can’t buy these policies. And so, writing me check to go use in a market that doesn’t exist doesn’t do anything.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Economist Justin Wolfers on Trump's health care "plan": The president's plan is unbelievable... You can’t buy these policies. And so, writing me check to go use in a market that doesn’t exist doesn’t do anything.
Boyle: We already saw what his actual plan was when he signed into law the Big Ugly Law, which cut about $1 trillion from our health care system, Medicaid, Medicare, and Obamacare. That bill will force 15 million Americans to lose their health care and premiums to go up for tens of millions more.
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Boyle: We already saw what his actual plan was when he signed into law the Big Ugly Law, which cut about $1 trillion from our health care system, Medicaid, Medicare, and Obamacare. That bill will force 15 million Americans to lose their health care and premiums to go up for tens of millions more.
Not one person should have to lose health care so one billionaire can have a tax cut.
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Not one person should have to lose health care so one billionaire can have a tax cut.
Iowa families are staring down $1,000+ monthly premium hikes because Republicans in Congress refuses to extend ACA tax credits. Farmers, small business owners, early retirees — they all pay the price. Congress can fix this. They just have to act.
Some Iowans face $1K+ monthly health insurance spike
Without congressional action, thousands of Iowans face significant premium hikes.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Iowa families are staring down $1,000+ monthly premium hikes because Republicans in Congress refuses to extend ACA tax credits. Farmers, small business owners, early retirees — they all pay the price. Congress can fix this. They just have to act.
Health care is a human right.
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Health care is a human right.
“‘It’s been getting progressively worse since January and once RFK was confirmed to lead HHS,’ says the staffer.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/working-under-rfk-jr-at-the-cdc-is-a-living-hell.html
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/working-under-rfk-jr-at-the-cdc-is-a-living-hell.html
Working at the CDC Is a Living Hell
Gaslighting, surveillance, and layoffs under the RFK Jr. regime.
nymag.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“‘It’s been getting progressively worse since January and once RFK was confirmed to lead HHS,’ says the staffer.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/working-under-rfk-jr-at-the-cdc-is-a-living-hell.html
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/working-under-rfk-jr-at-the-cdc-is-a-living-hell.html
High-quality, affordable health care should be a right, not a privilege, for everyone in America.
November 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
High-quality, affordable health care should be a right, not a privilege, for everyone in America.
AZ State Senator Kuby: Enough. Enough attacking health care that we can rely upon. Enough choosing billionaires over working families. And enough playing political games with peoples lives.
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
AZ State Senator Kuby: Enough. Enough attacking health care that we can rely upon. Enough choosing billionaires over working families. And enough playing political games with peoples lives.
AZ State Senator Kuby: While families suffer, Republicans in Congress shut down the government for 43 days, just to make the health care crisis worse.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
AZ State Senator Kuby: While families suffer, Republicans in Congress shut down the government for 43 days, just to make the health care crisis worse.
Arizona Congressman Schweikert called his constituents concerns over the rising cost of health care ‘whining and bedwetting.’
Affordable health care saves lives - and everyone deserves it.
Affordable health care saves lives - and everyone deserves it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Arizona Congressman Schweikert called his constituents concerns over the rising cost of health care ‘whining and bedwetting.’
Affordable health care saves lives - and everyone deserves it.
Affordable health care saves lives - and everyone deserves it.