Tag: Medicare
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Blog WVCAEF August 17, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: LANDMARK IRA LAW CELEBRATED ON ITS 1ST ANNIVERSARY FOR REAL PROGRESS ON REDUCING RX DRUG PRICES AND ADDRESSING CLIMATE WHILE CREATING NEW JOBS & RESTORING TAX FAIRNESS
Local labor, healthcare, energy, and economic leaders came together on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act. More
Issues: community, Healthcare, IRA, Jobs, Medicare, Prescription Drug Prices, resilient communities
PRESS RELEASE: LANDMARK IRA LAW CELEBRATED ON ITS 1ST ANNIVERSARY FOR REAL PROGRESS ON REDUCING RX DRUG PRICES AND ADDRESSING CLIMATE WHILE CREATING NEW JOBS & RESTORING TAX FAIRNESS
Local labor, healthcare, energy, and economic leaders came together on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act. More
Issues: community, Healthcare, IRA, Jobs, Medicare, Prescription Drug Prices, resilient communities
Blog WVCAEF August 16, 2023
Press Advisory: West Virginians Celebrate First Anniversary of Historic Reforms to Lower Drug Prices, Lower Energy Costs and Make Tax System More Fair Inflation Reduction Act is already saving millions of Americans money, even as drug corporations and their allies in Congress try to repeal it
To commemorate the first anniversary of the enactment of the historic Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Gary Zuckett, Executive Director, of WV Citizen Action, issued the following statement: More
Issues: Healthcare, IRA, Medicare, Prescription Drug Prices
Press Advisory: West Virginians Celebrate First Anniversary of Historic Reforms to Lower Drug Prices, Lower Energy Costs and Make Tax System More Fair Inflation Reduction Act is already saving millions of Americans money, even as drug corporations and their allies in Congress try to repeal it
To commemorate the first anniversary of the enactment of the historic Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Gary Zuckett, Executive Director, of WV Citizen Action, issued the following statement: More
Issues: Healthcare, IRA, Medicare, Prescription Drug Prices
Blog WVCAEF August 14, 2023
IRA ANNIVERSARY PRESS CONFERENCE: WED AUG 16TH, 1PM – LANDMARK LAW MAKES REAL PROGRESS ON REDUCING RX DRUG PRICES AND ADDRESSING CLIMATE WHILE CREATING NEW JOBS & RESTORING TAX FAIRNESS FOR BIG CORPORATIONS
Press conference with local healthcare, labor and energy advocates to discuss the historic Inflation Reduction Act, its successes and potential on the one-year anniversary of this landmark legislation. More
Issues: IRA, Jobs, Medicare
IRA ANNIVERSARY PRESS CONFERENCE: WED AUG 16TH, 1PM – LANDMARK LAW MAKES REAL PROGRESS ON REDUCING RX DRUG PRICES AND ADDRESSING CLIMATE WHILE CREATING NEW JOBS & RESTORING TAX FAIRNESS FOR BIG CORPORATIONS
Press conference with local healthcare, labor and energy advocates to discuss the historic Inflation Reduction Act, its successes and potential on the one-year anniversary of this landmark legislation. More
Issues: IRA, Jobs, Medicare
Blog Cassandra Wiley July 20, 2023
Join HC4AWV at 9th St. Live, Friday, July 28th!
Join Healthcare for All WV at 9th St. Live on Friday evening, July 28th, in Huntington, WV for live music, community, and sharing your healthcare stories. Our Facebook event can be found and joined at https://fb.me/e/3Mj9TB1SN. More
Issues: Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare
Join HC4AWV at 9th St. Live, Friday, July 28th!
Join Healthcare for All WV at 9th St. Live on Friday evening, July 28th, in Huntington, WV for live music, community, and sharing your healthcare stories. Our Facebook event can be found and joined at https://fb.me/e/3Mj9TB1SN. More
Issues: Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare
Blog Cassandra Wiley February 20, 2023
Tell Congress: Crack Down on Profiteering in Medicare Advantage!
We believe that everyone should have access to the healthcare they need and people should come before profits. That’s why we are fighting for Medicare for All. To get there, we need to stop the expansion of privatized Medicare called Medicare Advantage, which makes healthcare more expensive for everyone while increasing corporate profit. More
Issues: Healthcare, Medicare
Tell Congress: Crack Down on Profiteering in Medicare Advantage!
We believe that everyone should have access to the healthcare they need and people should come before profits. That’s why we are fighting for Medicare for All. To get there, we need to stop the expansion of privatized Medicare called Medicare Advantage, which makes healthcare more expensive for everyone while increasing corporate profit. More
Issues: Healthcare, Medicare
Blog Eve Marcum-Atkinson September 19, 2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: WV groups to host webinar on lowering drug costs now by cracking down on Pharmacy Benefit Managers – Sept. 22nd at 7PM
A group of West Virginia organizations and groups will be hosting an educational webinar on September 22nd at 7PM, centered around how we can lower prescription drug costs now by cracking down on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). The press and public are invited to attend. More
Issues: Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, Prescription Drug Prices
MEDIA ADVISORY: WV groups to host webinar on lowering drug costs now by cracking down on Pharmacy Benefit Managers – Sept. 22nd at 7PM
A group of West Virginia organizations and groups will be hosting an educational webinar on September 22nd at 7PM, centered around how we can lower prescription drug costs now by cracking down on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). The press and public are invited to attend. More
Issues: Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, Prescription Drug Prices
Blog Eve Marcum-Atkinson July 23, 2022
Medicare/Medicaid Birthday Celebration, July 30th
This event is co-hosted by: Cabin Creek Health Care Systems, Health Care for All West Virginia, WV Citizen Action Group, West Virginians for Affordable Health Care, Physicians for a National Health Program of West Virginia, Rise Up WV, Protect Our Care, and others. More
Issues: Medicaid, Medicare
Medicare/Medicaid Birthday Celebration, July 30th
This event is co-hosted by: Cabin Creek Health Care Systems, Health Care for All West Virginia, WV Citizen Action Group, West Virginians for Affordable Health Care, Physicians for a National Health Program of West Virginia, Rise Up WV, Protect Our Care, and others. More
Issues: Medicaid, Medicare
Blog Eve Marcum-Atkinson October 25, 2021
Expand Medicare Call-in Days: OCT 26-27th
We’re so close to a major expansion of Medicare that will benefit millions of people. More
Issues: Build Back Better, Medicare
Expand Medicare Call-in Days: OCT 26-27th
We’re so close to a major expansion of Medicare that will benefit millions of people. More
Issues: Build Back Better, Medicare
Blog WVCAEF September 25, 2020
IN THE NEWS: How incremental healthcare reforms built the industries we’re fighting today (Part One)
There’s a common joke among single payer advocates that America’s healthcare system is not a “system” at all, in that its pieces don’t function or connect to each other particularly well, and that it has come together relatively ad-hoc, rather than being intentionally designed. This is certainly accurate in some respects. When you think about it, from providers to insurance companies to drug manufacturers the majority of the actual provision of healthcare in... More
Issues: Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare
IN THE NEWS: How incremental healthcare reforms built the industries we’re fighting today (Part One)
There’s a common joke among single payer advocates that America’s healthcare system is not a “system” at all, in that its pieces don’t function or connect to each other particularly well, and that it has come together relatively ad-hoc, rather than being intentionally designed. This is certainly accurate in some respects. When you think about it, from providers to insurance companies to drug manufacturers the majority of the actual provision of healthcare in... More
Issues: Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare
Blog WVCAEF May 8, 2020
Help Fix Our Broken Health Care System – Tell Us What You Think
Many of us were already struggling to get healthcare. Now, a global pandemic has uncovered even more gaps in the system. Even more West Virginians are falling through the cracks. It's unacceptable. We deserve better. And this Spring we we showed that when we come together for better healthcare -- healthcare that values people over profit -- we can win. So, what should we do next to fix our broken healthcare system? Tell us what you think! More
Issues: Healthcare, Inequality, Medicare, Workers
Help Fix Our Broken Health Care System – Tell Us What You Think
Many of us were already struggling to get healthcare. Now, a global pandemic has uncovered even more gaps in the system. Even more West Virginians are falling through the cracks. It's unacceptable. We deserve better. And this Spring we we showed that when we come together for better healthcare -- healthcare that values people over profit -- we can win. So, what should we do next to fix our broken healthcare system? Tell us what you think! More
Issues: Healthcare, Inequality, Medicare, Workers
Blog WVCAEF April 8, 2020
Big Victories for Healthcare for All WV Campaign
By passing three of its top priority bills, the Health Care for All WV Coalition won big this year in the fight for all West Virginians’ right to health care. Hundreds of West Virginians joined together in asking legislators to support common sense measures that save money, dignity and lives in the long run. They urged lawmakers to choose people over profit by working towards a health system that serves everyone. The work is just beginning. Click here to learn more and get involved. More
Issues: Healthcare, Inequality, Kids and Families, Medicaid, Medicare
Big Victories for Healthcare for All WV Campaign
By passing three of its top priority bills, the Health Care for All WV Coalition won big this year in the fight for all West Virginians’ right to health care. Hundreds of West Virginians joined together in asking legislators to support common sense measures that save money, dignity and lives in the long run. They urged lawmakers to choose people over profit by working towards a health system that serves everyone. The work is just beginning. Click here to learn more and get involved. More
Issues: Healthcare, Inequality, Kids and Families, Medicaid, Medicare
