Republican leaders are acting on their agenda that benefits rich Americans while eviscerating programs that provide health care and food support.  As our friend and neighbor Susan Collier Lamont has stated, “Fewer and fewer of us are being allowed to enjoy what the richest country in the world should be able to provide, whether it’s education, health care, housing or employment. So, schools close, homelessness increases, retail crime rises. The money is there, but this system doesn’t work for us.”

What can you expect regarding your healthcare this year?

•  On Medicaid? (MediCal in CA) You are likely to face big cuts and work requirements if you are able to maintain any coverage at all.
• If you are an employer or receive your health coverage through your work expect a big jump in costs.
• Get your coverage through the ACA (“Obama care”)? You are at risk of losing your coverage since Biden-era subsidies are set to expire at the end of this year.
• Accelerated efforts to privatize Medicare and limit care by private equity firms as they search for ever-increasing profits.

These actions strip people of health coverage, resulting in more suffering and death. It is not about saving money. Pulling the rug out on our families costs society and us more than it saves. Even work requirements don’t save money, but cut people out of care.

It all is about gathering more political and economic power for the wealthy, as if they don’t have way more than their share already.

In the period from Ronald Reagan to Joe Biden, deregulation and tax cuts moved $50 trillion from the bottom 90 percent of Americans to the top one percent. And now their intention is to further worsen that imbalance.

Excellent 8 min video on Republican cutting Medicaid by Brian Tyler Cohen.

Rather than become paralyzed, our working group is collaborating with others to tap growing public dissatisfaction. History shows us that dissatisfaction and resistance will generate a swing away from the priorities of the current administration.

If you believe that healthcare is a human right for everyone, join with us to educate, organize and advocate for health, wellness and economic security like we have never had before.

The Healthcare For All Working Group meetings are held on Zoom, Second Monday of each month, 6 pm. Zoom link here.

Terry Winter is a retired nurse and Chair of the Healthcare for All Sonoma County Working Group. Contact: 707-480-2271 or [email protected]

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