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A little-noticed scheme hatched in the late stages of the Trump presidency has consumer advocates and universal healthcare proponents warning about a creeping attempt to further privatize Medicare — an effort the Biden administration is being urged to stop in its tracks

If they can move more than half of Americans off traditional Medicare and onto these corporate plans, it’ll provide the political cover to kill off Medicare altogether. They’re nearly there now

“The Biden administration should immediately kill this toxic legacy of the former president.”
—Jake Johnson, Sr. Editor, Common Dreams

In a related story, despite progressive Democrats’ efforts in Congress, most people aren’t aware: Medicare Advantage is NOT Medicare. Insurance companies under Advantage plans are seeking profits (unlike single-payer systems) and can deny coverage

Read more at CommonDreams.org — click here

https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-medicare-advantage-plan-to-kill

PREVIOUS ACTIONS, FYI — Some of what we’ve been up to

Nov. 7, 2023 elections


It’s hard to change laws strengthening California’s campaign finance, disclosure, and lobbyist laws. But we’re trying.

Sen. Ben Allen’s SB 681 will make it easier to make crucial amendments to Political Reform Act bills that strengthen disclosure and campaign finance laws

while ensuring the public has time to weigh in on amendments before their final votes.

Can you please sign the petition to ask YOUR legislators to support SB 681?

http://www.yesfairelections.org/petition/sb681.php?refcode=PaliDems

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If you sign, with your address, it’ll go to your assemblymember. Most of us have Jacqui Irwin, and the more people she sees supporting it, the more it will get her inclined towards supporting this bill

Cool campaign to defund Fox News

Pay for cable or satellite? You’re subsidizing Fox News whether you watch or not. Your provider pays a subscriber fee to carry Fox News. That cost is passed directly on to YOU.

Every network charges a small fee per subscriber; the one for Fox News is extraordinarily high. A typical household pays Fox News almost $2 per month—about $20 per year—via their provider, regardless of whether they actually watch the channel.

In 2021, a wave of big contracts between Fox News and TV providers for subscriber fees are set to expire. These contracts make up about 65% of Fox News’ subscriber fee revenue. If we want to stop paying the Fox News “tax,” now is the time to act.

https://unfoxmycablebox.com

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Along similar lines: 

Here’s a different, novel effort to defund Fox and other right-wing outlets by denying them ad revenues

Looks like this new org has had a few successes — you can help them have more! 

https://checkmyads.org/fox/

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OilGas

From our friends at Consumer Watchdog, always fighting the good fight — right in the neighborhood (Santa Monica)

Los Angeles, CA—The true cost to the public of California’s oil and gas production and combustion is estimated to reach $10 trillion by 2045, a new report released today by Consumer Watchdog finds.  Californians will be paying more than $400 billion annually in public costs caused by fossil fuels between now and 2045 when the state aims to be carbon neutral

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Here’s CW’s own Take Action page:

https://consumerwatchdog.org/takeaction

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More friends of PPDC: California Clean Money Campaign


    

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And let’s not forget to move the ball forward on single-payer healthcare:

Health Care for All - California

Health Care for All – California believes that every resident of California should be guaranteed affordable, comprehensive, high quality health care. A single-payer financing system has succeeded in countries throughout the developed world

Multiple findings illustrate that people in these countries have better health and enjoy a lifestyle free of anxiety and worry about how to pay for a health crisis. All of this is accomplished at a lower cost to the people and businesses

https://healthcareforall.org

Physicians for a National Health Program

The answer to our health care crisis is clear. We propose a publicly financed, non-profit single-payer national health program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans
https://pnhp.org

Physicians for a National Health Program
Physicians for a National Health Program
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