WakeMed and Atrium Health are proposing a major deal that could fundamentally change the future of our hospital. Our community should have a say in what happens next. Join the Future of WakeMed Town Hall on July 27 in #Raleigh: actionnetwork.org/events/wakem... #WakeMed #WakeCounty

4 times in 5 years, federal inspectors have found conditions at Mission Hospital serious enough for an "immediate jeopardy" warning. Nurses say the same issues, thin staffing, safety gaps, keep resurfacing under HCA. It's the pattern behind the community vigil. vist.ly/5b6ca

The murky future of Mission. Will Western NC hospital face 'immediate jeopardy' again? Will it matter?

After four Immediate Jeopardy warnings from feds in five years, Western NC community concerned about what happens next at Mission Hospital.

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Families, patients, and healthcare workers filled First Congregational to grieve, not protest, what’s happened at Mission Hospital under HCA. 10 avoidable patient deaths, including a suicide in the ED. "Our hospital should serve people, not shareholders.” vist.ly/5b47b

Vigil planned in Asheville as Patients Union raises concerns over care | Rewind 100.3

Vigil scheduled June 29 at First Congregational Church is open to patients, families and health care workers

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WakeMed is one of North Carolina’s most important public hospitals. A proposed takeover could shift meaningful control away from our community. Our hospital should stay accountable to patients, families, healthcare workers, not private executives. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/wa...

Too many people in Western North Carolina have stories of delayed care, fear, grief, burnout, and feeling like something essential in our community has been lost. Join us June 29 in Asheville for an evening of mourning, solidarity, and hope: actionnetwork.org/events/missi...

The Patients Union is a mass membership organization where patients build power to win the healthcare we deserve. A system that runs on sky-high costs and insurance denials is built for profit, not people. The only force strong enough to change it is us. Join us: actionnetwork.org/forms/member...

Insurance companies count on appeals being confusing and exhausting. But when patients appeal, we often win. Join The Patients Union for a free online session to learn how to fight claim denials. June 13 | 4 PM ET // 1 PM PT Spanish + ASL interpretation available actionnetwork.org/events/infos...

Insurance companies deny care every day—but many patients who appeal actually win. The process is confusing, exhausting, and designed to make people give up. Come June 8 + 13 to learn how to fight insurance denials and push back against unfair coverage decisions: actionnetwork.org/events/infos...

Every system that exists today was built by people who decided to organize. And now it’s our turn to organize patients to build power together and fight for guaranteed healthcare for all. Let’s build The Patients Union together: patients.org #ThePatientsUnion #PatientsUnion #Patients

Health insurance shouldn’t be this confusing. One patient struggled with the marketplace until a navigator helped her find a better plan. That support exists because of the Affordable Care Act. Big fights made it possible. Watch her story.

Why are health insurance corporations allowed to play doctor when we have, y'know, actual doctors? Medical decisions belong to ourselves and our trusted physicians! What the hell(thcare).

We have the money. We have the know how. It's past time we ensure quality healthcare for each and every patient in this country.

"Trump and Republicans in Congress are considering diverting money from [ACA] premium subsidies into HSAs." - Forbes What the hell(thcare).

Illness should not lead to lawsuits. Medical crises should never turn into financial ruin.

The math isn't mathing. We're told we can't afford Medicaid, we can't afford the ACA, we can't afford universal healthcare. But we have hundreds of billions of dollars for a new, unnecessary war, of course 🙄

They were doing a price check on his life. Getting care should never mean risking your paycheck, your home, or your future.

Caregivers are essential in keeping so many families together, often becoming family themselves. This National Caregivers Day, we recognize their love and labor as we continue to fight for a world where patients can get the care they need and caregivers everywhere can earn a living wage.

This is where we are at with our healthcare system. Insurance corporations rake in billions of dollars for CEOs and shareholders while even celebrities’ families have to crowdfund for their care. #CrowdfundingIsNotHealthCare

"We don’t have that kind of extra money." "We took the gamble." "I keep praying we don’t have an accident." That's not how we should be talking about health care. This is not normal.

Families are turning to thoughts and prayers as health insurance premiums soar

‘Our 2025 plan went up nearly $300 per month, and my husband and I are freelance musicians/teachers with low income, so we don’t have that kind of extra money,’ one policyholder said

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Anyone considering running for office needs to know: Voters are taking health care to the ballot box.

The cost of health care, not food or rent, is now Americans’ top worry

As politicians prepare their pitches for the midterm elections, a survey finds that about 1 in 3 Americans are “very worried” about health care costs.

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"I've never been anti-vaccine," says the country's prominent source of vaccine misinformation who fired the Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices panel and replaced them with vaccine skeptics.

What resources are available in your state that have helped you navigate the healthcare system?

We've heard from many people about their premiums doubling, tripling, quadrupling. No one should ever have to choose between paying for health care or their home. #FundOurHealthcare NOW. Call your senators & demand they extend the ACA tax credits so many of us rely on: heroes.win/StopPremiumSpikes

Our nation’s budget reflects our national values. We need our Senators to #FundHealthcareStopICE

For Congress, healthcare cuts might look like numbers on a spreadsheet. For Robin, it’s life or death. Stop gambling with our lives. Fund our health care. Extend the ACA tax credits.

Congress had a choice this summer—and they got it wrong. They could have protected funding that keeps ACA plans affordable for millions. What did they choose to pass instead? Cuts to SNAP, cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, and astronomical funding increases for ICE. #FundHealthcareStopICE

Congress needs to set its priorities straight. We need affordable health care. We DON'T need more suffering. $30 billion of our hard-earned tax dollars is better spent healing us, not terrorizing us. #FundHealthcareStopICE

Don't get it twisted. Health insurance is expensive because insurance corporations are driven by profits. #CorporateGreed #PatientsOverProfits

Enrollment is down >800,000 from last year. This isn’t people “choosing less coverage.” It’s people getting priced out of the care they deserve. The House voted to extend premium help for 3 years—now it's the Senate's turn. Tell your senators to STOP PREMIUM SPIKES: heroes.win/StopPremiumSpikes

Exhibit 1 of Mike Johnson "returning the dignity of work to young men who need to be out working instead of playing videogames all day." All the GOP has done with our health care is turn the tables against workers and small business owners.

Fewer small employees offer health coverage as premiums rise

“If health insurance premiums rise faster than wages and general inflation, small employers are likely to face intensified financial strain, which could accelerate the erosion of health plan sponsorship among firms with fewer than 100 workers,” said Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., director of health benefits research for the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

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