- HCAN in the News — Highlights from State Partners, June-July (8/8/2017) - Download as PDF In June and July, HCAN’s campaign focused on generating sustained and escalating activity across the states in order to drive a national narrative and to influence key legislative targets to oppose proposals to repeal the ACA and restructure Medicaid. HCAN and HCANEF’s state partners used public education, advocacy and earned media …
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- HCAN In The News: Democracy Now! – “Far from Over”: Senate Narrowly Defeats Obamacare Repeal, But More Attacks on Healthcare Loom (8/2/2017) - In an stinging defeat for the Republican Party and President Trump, the Senate voted by a slim margin—49 to 51—against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. As the bill was defeated, protesters outside the Capitol cheered and chanted “Yes, we did!” The loss was a stinging defeat for President Donald Trump and for Republicans …
- Press Release: Senate Victory is a Testament to Incredible Power of Grassroots Pressure (7/28/2017) - For Immediate Release: Friday, July 28, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 Senate Victory is a Testament to Incredible Power of Grassroots Pressure The Fight Continues to Beat Efforts to End Medicaid and Medicare to Give Huge Tax Breaks to the Wealthy Washington, D.C. – Margarida Jorge and Ethan Rome, co-directors of Health Care for America Now, released the …
- Press Release: Republicans Put Partisanship Above Leadership, Health Care of Constituents with ‘Skinny’ Repeal Plan (7/27/2017) - For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 27, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 Republicans Put Partisanship Above Leadership, Health Care of Constituents with ‘Skinny’ Repeal Plan Washington, D.C. – Margarida Jorge and Ethan Rome, co-directors of Health Care for America Now, released the following statement ahead of the expected Senate vote on the yet-to-be-written “skinny” repeal bill. “Senate Republicans are …
- HCAN In The News: Gant News – Liberal groups push for health care to dominate the midterms (7/26/2017) - Progressive groups are launching a new data-gathering effort — starting at protests planned across the country this weekend — to turn the 2018 midterms into a single-issue battle over health care. Called “Health Care Voter,” the campaign will kick off Saturday, where attendees at more than 125 protests will be asked to fill out cards …
- Press Release: HCAN to Fight Unconscionable Senate Vote (7/25/2017) - For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 HCAN to Fight Unconscionable Senate Vote Washington, D.C. – Margarida Jorge and Ethan Rome, co-directors of Health Care for America Now, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to move forward on some version of the GOP repeal bill. “This vote was an unconscionable partisan …
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- Press Release: Senate Vote is an Unconscionable, Partisan Political Act to Take Health Care Away from Millions (7/25/2017) - For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 Senate Vote is an Unconscionable, Partisan Political Act to Take Health Care Away from Millions Washington, D.C. – Margarida Jorge and Ethan Rome, co-directors of Health Care for America Now, released the following statement ahead of the Senate vote on the motion to proceed to some version …
- Press Release: CBO Analysis is Devastating Indictment of Senate Repeal Bill (7/20/2017) - For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 20, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 CBO Analysis is Devastating Indictment of Senate Repeal Bill Enough is Enough – The GOP Must Stop the War on America’s Health Care Margarida Jorge and Ethan Rome, co-directors of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), released the following statement after the latest CBO Analysis of …
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- HCAN In The News: Metro Weekly – Health care bill protesters arrested during sit-ins at Republican Senate offices (7/19/2017) - At least 20 health care activists with pre-existing conditions were arrested during sit-ins at Republican senators’ offices on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, with the numbers of arrests poised to skyrocket into the hundreds. The sit-ins were organized by a coalition of liberal interest groups to protest the lack of protections for people with pre-existing conditions …
- HCAN In The News: Washington Post – Police arrest 155 health care protesters at U.S. Capitol (7/19/2017) - U.S. Capitol Police officers arrested at least 155 demonstrators Wednesday at Senate office buildings, as health care advocates continued to pressure lawmakers two days after a Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act collapsed. Police officials said in a statement that officers responded to “demonstration activity” at 45 separate locations in Senate …
- Press Release: GOP Must Stop the War on America’s Health Care (7/18/2017) - For immediate release: July 18, 2017 Contact: Morgan Williams Grogan, morgan.williams@berlinrosen.com, 202-836-9890 GOP Must Stop the War on America’s Health Care Health Care for America Now (HCAN) co-directors, Ethan Rome and Margarida Jorge released the following statement after the Senate Republicans failed to garner enough support for their repeal bill: “The apparent collapse of the Republican repeal bill is …
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- Press Release: New Repeal Bill is Still a Disaster for America’s Health Care (7/13/2017) - For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 13, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 New Repeal Bill is Still a Disaster for America’s Health Care Margarida Jorge and Ethan Rome, co-directors of Health Care for America Now (HCAN) released the following statement after Senate Republicans unveiled their new repeal bill. “The latest draft of the Senate health care repeal bill does nothing …
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- HCAN In The News: CNN – Republicans opposing GOP health care plan hear from voters during recess (7/5/2017) - With the Senate in recess and negotiations on the health care bill still underway, activists have been maintaining pressure on Republicans already opposed to the stalled legislation, aiming to keep them in the “no” column and prevent the majority party from obtaining the 50 votes they need. Going into this week’s holiday recess, activists were …
- Press Release: Thousands Urge Senate to Reject the Repeal Bill and Attempts to Buy Votes with Backroom Deals at Dozens of Events Nationwide (7/5/2017) - For Immediate Release: July 5, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 Thousands Urge Senate to Reject the Repeal Bill and Attempts to Buy Votes with Backroom Deals at Dozens of Events Nationwide National Day of Action Protests Call on Senate to #KillTheBill, #SaveOurCare and Highlighted New Analysis with State Breakdowns of the Bill’s Impact On Coverage Losses and Tax Breaks …
- HCAN In The News: Washington Post – At parades and protests, GOP lawmakers get earful about health care (7/4/2017) - For the 15th year, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) spent July 4 marching through this town of 1,331, a short boat ride away from Canada. She walked and waved, next to marching bands and Shriner-driven lobster boats. Her constituents cheered — and then asked whether she would vote against repealing the Affordable Care Act. “There was …
- HCAN in the News: EEUU – se pospone la votación del Trumpcare en el Senado (7/4/2017) - Los senadores de Estados Unidos se fueron de vacaciones por el 4 de julio, sin votar el proyecto de salud pese a que líderes del Partido Republicano aseguraron que se haría esta semana. teleSUR
- Press Release: Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions, Doctors, Nurses from 20 States Arrested Occupying Senators’ DC Offices Protesting ACA Repeal (6/29/2017) - For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions, Doctors, Nurses from 20 States Arrested Occupying Senators’ DC Offices Protesting ACA Repeal Capitol Hill Protest Comes During #MedicaidNotMillionaires National Day of Action with More Than 40 Events in 16 States Highlighting How Repeal Bill Cuts Medicaid to Pay for Tax Breaks …
- Press Release: More Time or Tweaks Won’t Make Repeal Bill Less of a Disaster for America’s Health Care (6/29/2017) - For Immediate Release: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 More Time or Tweaks Won’t Make Repeal Bill Less of a Disaster for America’s Health Care Margarida Jorge and Ethan Rome, co-directors of Health Care for America Now (HCAN) released the following statement after the Senate delayed its vote on the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). …
- HCAN In The News: Daily Beast – Health-Care Activists Plan to Make GOP’s July 4 Hell (6/29/2017) - The Senate’s plan to repeal and replace Obamacare may be in a state of purgatory, but progressive activists would like to send it straight to hell. As the July 4th recess approaches, progressive political organizations like MoveOn, Our Revolution, Indivisible and CREDO, among others, are planning to keep up their momentum with peaceful protests at …
- Press Release: CBO Score Says It All – Senate GOP Bill Will Wreck America’s Health Care to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich (6/27/2017) - For Immediate Release: Monday, June 26, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 CBO Score Says It All: Senate GOP Bill Will Wreck America’s Health Care to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich The following is a statement from Margarida Jorge and Ethan Rome, co-directors of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), following the release of the CBO score on …
- Press Release: Senate GOP Bill Will Wreck America’s Health Care to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich (6/21/2017) - For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 Contact: Laura Brandon, laura.brandon@berlinrosen.com, 202-641-8477 Senate GOP Bill Will Wreck America’s Health Care to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich Closed-Door Process Produces Near-Copy of the Disastrous House Bill That Kicks Millions Off Insurance, Jeopardizes Care for People with Pre-existing Conditions and Slashes Medicaid to Give Tax Cuts to the Very …
- Press Release: Thousands Protest ACA Repeal Across Country (6/21/2017) - For Immediate Release: June 21, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 Thousands Protest ACA Repeal Across Country As Senate Republicans rush through a secret bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, thousands across the country are rising up and speaking out today to call on their senators to reject the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and its …
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- Press Release: President Trump to Blame for Premium Increases (6/21/2017) - For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 President Trump to Blame for Premium Increases Ethan Rome and Margarida Jorge, co-directors of Health Care for America Now, released the following statement regarding premium increases filed today by insurance companies participating in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces. The increases are expected to be significantly …
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- Press Release: CBO Score Shows GOP Repeal Bill Will Wreck America’s Health Care (5/24/2017) - For Immediate Release: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 CBO Score Shows GOP Repeal Bill Will Wreck America’s Health Care Senate Must Scrap House Bill 23 million will lose coverage, millions with pre-existing conditions will be at risk of paying skyrocketing premiums or not getting coverage, and Medicaid will be cut by $834 billion …
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- Press Release: Trump Budget Makes Savage Cuts to Medicaid, Safety Net Programs (5/23/2017) - For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 Trump Budget Makes Savage Cuts to Medicaid, Safety Net Programs Budget Would Radically Restructure Medicaid, Make Even Deeper Cuts than GOP Repeal Bill The following is a statement by Margarida Jorge and Ethan Rome, co-directors of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), on President Trump’s budget …
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- HCAN in the News: State-by-State Grassroots Organizing Highlights (5/22/2017) - Health Care for America Now (HCAN) and HCAN Education Fund (HCANEF) partners across the country mobilized impacted people, organized activities and events and generated earned media coverage that continued to demonstrate public to Republican plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act and end Medicaid as we know it. State grassroots advocates generated pressure leading up …
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- HCAN In The News: Capital & Main – Will Trumpcare Loophole Stick Californians With Texas-Style Health Benefits? (5/9/2017) - When House Republicans last week narrowly passed the latest version of their Obamacare replacement, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), much of the attention was on the last-minute amendment inserted by Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ). On its surface, the amendment appeared to create a waiver for Obamacare’s “community rating” regulation, and would now allow insurers …
- HCAN Editorial Board Memo: President Trump Should Protect Americans’ Health Care, Not Ensure Market Failure (5/8/2017) - To: Editorial Board Members and Columnists From: Health Care for America Now (HCAN) Date: May 8, 2017 Re: President Trump Should Protect Americans’ Health Care, Not Ensure Market Failure President Donald Trump’s repeated statement that Obamacare is “going to explode” isn’t just a prediction – he’s the one making the bombs and lighting the …
- HCAN in the News: Democracy Now! – Protests Erupt After House Republicans Pass Healthcare Bill That Could Hike Premiums for Millions (5/5/2017) - Republicans have moved one step closer to repealing Obamacare after the House narrowly approved legislation Thursday that would result in tens of millions of people losing health insurance while providing a massive tax break to the rich. The future of the bill remains in doubt as Republican senators have vowed to write their own healthcare …
- Press Release: GOP Repeal Bill Strips Health Care from Millions to Finance $600 Billion Tax Giveaway to Corporations, Wealthiest (5/4/2017) - For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 4, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 GOP Repeal Bill Strips Health Care from Millions to Finance $600 Billion Tax Giveaway to Corporations, Wealthiest Below is a statement from Margarida Jorge and Ethan Rome, co-directors of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), on the House vote to pass the American Health Care …
- Press Release: Upton Amendment Does Nothing to Improve Republican Health Care Repeal Bill (5/3/2017) - For Immediate Release: May 3, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 Upton Amendment Does Nothing to Improve Republican Health Care Repeal Bill The following is a statement by Margarida Jorge and Ethan Rome, co-directors of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), in response to reports that some House Republicans are planning to support the health care repeal bill …
- HCAN In The News: Variety – How Jimmy Kimmel’s Emotional Plea Could Influence Healthcare Debate (5/3/2017) - After Jimmy Kimmel choked up during his monologue as he described his newborn son’s heart surgery, he made a plea for access to affordable health care. “No parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to save their child’s life,” he said. “It just shouldn’t happen. Not here.” Read: http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/jimmy-kimmel-monologue-son-heart-surgery-obamacare-1202406693/
- Press Release: Latest Republican Repeal Bill Would Decimate American Health Care (4/27/2017) - For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 27, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 Latest Republican Repeal Bill Would Decimate American Health Care The following is a statement by Margarida Jorge and Ethan Rome, co-directors of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), in response to House Republicans’ latest plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “The latest …
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- HCAN In The News: The Atlantic – The Growing Gap Between the House and the White House on Health Care (4/20/2017) - President Trump desperately wants a deal on health care, and he wants the House to pass it next week before his first 100 days in the White House are out. That much is clear from the reports of a tentative agreement between the leader of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, Representative Mark Meadows of North …
- Press Release: The Latest Republican Health Care Repeal Deal Makes a Bad Bill Even Worse (4/20/2017) - For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 20, 2017 Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 The Latest Republican Health Care Repeal Deal Makes a Bad Bill Even Worse The MacArthur Amendment would take us back to the days when consumers were at the mercy of the big insurance companies The following is a statement by Margarida Jorge and Ethan Rome, co-directors …
- Huffington Post Op-Ed by Ethan Rome, HCAN Co-Director, Club for Growth Hits Airwaves to Make a Bad Health Care Bill Worse (4/18/2017) - “Obamacare repeal is being held up by Republican moderates who are trying to keep as much of Obamacare in place as they can,” says the Club for Growth in explaining its new $1 million television advertising campaign that takes aim at 10 “moderate” Republicans for being soft on repeal. The Club’s analysis of the problem …
- Press Release: Trump Holds Health Care of Millions Hostage in Desperate Attempt to Get Votes for Repeal (4/13/2017) - For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 13, 2017 Media Contact: Morgan Williams, morgan.williams@berlinrosen.com, 202-836-9890 Trump Holds Health Care of Millions Hostage in Desperate Attempt to Get Votes for Repeal The following statement in response to President Trump’s threat to take away Americans’ health care as part of a political ploy to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) …
- Huffington Post Op-Ed by Ethan Rome, HCAN Co-Director, 5 Reasons The Republican Health Care Repeal Bill Is In Trouble (4/9/2017) - The House Republican repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) appears to be in trouble, and it’s a good thing: it ends Medicaid as we know it, makes insurance unaffordable for millions of American families, takes coverage away from millions more, blows a hole in state budgets, defunds Planned Parenthood, and gives massive tax cuts …
- Press Release: On the Failed House Effort to Repeal the Affordable Care Act, Slash Medicaid, Raise Costs, and Take Away Health Care from Millions of Americans (3/24/2017) - For Immediate Release: March 24, 2017 Media Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 HCAN Statement on Failed House Effort to Repeal the Affordable Care Act, Slash Medicaid, Raise Costs, and Take Away Health Care from Millions of Americans Here is a statement from Margarida Jorge and Ethan Rome, co-directors of Health Care for America Now …
- HCAN in the News: National day of action — constituents protest from coast to coast (3/24/2017) -
- Press Release: Thousands Protest Republican Repeal Bill Coast to Coast (3/23/2017) - For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 23, 2017 Media Contact: Robyn Shapiro, robyn.shapiro@berlinrosen.com, 202-800-7407 Thousands Protest Republican Repeal Bill Coast to Coast Protesters in National Day of Action in Nearly 20 States Highlight Life-saving Benefits of Affordable Care Act, Dangerous Impacts of GOP Health Care Repeal Bill Thousands of Americans came out in Washington, D.C., and …
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- HCAN in the News: Huffington Post – Progressives Plan Day Of Obamacare Activism As House Prepares To Vote On Repeal (3/22/2017) - Progressive health care reform advocates plan to demonstrate in defense of the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, holding protest events in Chicago and congressional districts across the country, as well as in Washington, D.C. The day of rallies is the latest attempt by supporters of the ACA, also known as Obamacare, to put a political …
- HCAN in the News: SEIU and Citizen Action of Wisconsin Protest Paul Ryan (3/14/2017) - SEIU, Citizen Action of Wisconsin and allies braved a blizzard Tuesday to do an action on GOP Leader Paul Ryan, architect of the bill to repeal the ACA and gut Medicaid. The event received great media coverage.
- HCAN in the News: Feb 24 State Roundup (2/26/2017) - A Cost Too High Report Releases ARKANSAS Arkansas Community Organizations, the Fight for 15 and others released the “A Cost Too High” report this week in front of the offices of senators Boozman and Cotton. About 15 people attended. Kendra Lewis, a fast food worker, spoke about her coverage through the ACA. Camille Richoux spoke about lgrowing …
- HCAN in the News: Politico Pro – The left rallies to save Obamacare with passion but little cash (2/23/2017) - Published on Politico Pro, 02/23/2017 02:19 PM EDT By Rachana Pradhan The fiery confrontations over Obamacare sweeping town hall meetings from California to Virginia are giving progressive groups hope they can build the sustained movement that helped push the health law to passage in 2010. But while Republicans charge the dust-ups are stoked by …
- Huffington Post Op-Ed by Ethan Rome, HCAN Co-Director, Medicaid Matters: The GOP Attack On 74 Million Americans (2/9/2017) - There is good news in the battle over health care – GOP members of Congress are getting pummeled in their districts for trying to take away their constituents’ Obamacare. Voters overwhelmingly oppose repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without an adequate replacement, and Obamacare is more popular than ever in the polls. At the same …
- Huffington Post Op-Ed by Ethan Rome, HCAN Co-Director, Medicaid Matters: The GOP Attack On 74 Million Americans (2/8/2017) - There is good news in the battle over health care – GOP members of Congress are getting pummeled in their districts for trying to take away their constituents’ Obamacare. Voters overwhelmingly oppose repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without an adequate replacement, and Obamacare is more popular than ever in the polls. At the same …
- Report on Philly Action (1/26/2017) - HCAN partners helped organize a FANTASTIC action in Philly in response to the GOP meeting with Trump held there on 1.26. Thanks to leadership from CPD affiliate One Pennsylvania and participation from POWER (PICO), PHAN (Pennsylvania Health Access Network), SEIU, AFSCME, and AFL-CIO affiliates IBT, UNITE/HERE, IBT, USW and the PHL CLC for putting together …
- Jan/Feb 2017 State Roundup (1/26/2017) - ALABAMA Even in Alabama, PICO is hard at work to fight the terrible proposals on health care. The PICO Alabama affiliate got this great in early February on an event they organized with Alabama ARISE: http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/politics/southunionstreet/2017/02/02/clergy-members-urge-defense-affordable-care-act/97406168/. ARKANSAS Arkansas Community Organizations has been passing local resolutions in AR municipalities objecting to ACA repeal and highlighting …
- Main Street Alliance Update (1/26/2017) - MAIN STREET ALLIANCE: MSA is generating great press across the states (ME, PA, NJ, MN, WV) and doing a lot of lobby visits to weigh in with key legislators on how the terrible GOP proposals will hurt small businesses. Great Work! Great Op Ed from MSA Small Business Owner in WV: http://www.wvgazettemail.com/daily-mail-letters-to-the-editor/20170206/letter-aca-a-help-for-small-businesses-daily-mail Maine: Maine Voices: …
- Dec 2016 State Roundup (12/20/2016) - Health Care for America Now state grassroots partners joined MoveOn and local allies to organize “Don’t Take Our Health Care” actions across the states on December 20th in response the dangerous Republican proposals to repeal the ACA, Implement block grants that would devastate Medicaid and hurt state budgets, and replace seniors’ Medicare benefits with skimpy …
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