Health Care is a Human Right Panel Talk w/ Be A Hero

Healthcare is all over the news these days, but the headlines can miss just how personal this topic is to each of us. The American healthcare system is working very well for corporations that are making billions in profits. But for patients, healthcare is too often overpriced and inaccessible.

Healthcare in America is a system where corporations make billions while the care it is supposed to provide is largely inaccessible and overpriced. Threats to Medicaid and Medicare are proposed to create larger tax cuts for billionaires. As more and more folks are affected by this cruel system the need for community to share and process has never been more urgent.

These new cuts to Medicaid and Medicare are on the table only to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. At a time when Trump and Republicans in Congress are poised to cut $880 billion in Medicaid funding and private insurance corporations siphon billions of dollars from taxpayers via Medicare (dis)Advantage, we need all hands on deck to fight for our healthcare. This is affecting all of us, and we need to talk about it.

Join us online on March 16th at 1 PM PT for a community conversation on healthcare justice with these speakers:

--Dr. Donald Moore from PNHP (Physicians for National Health Plan)

--Jamila Headley from Be A Hero

--Marianne Pizzitolla from NYC Org of Public Service Retirees.

--Moderated by Megan Bent, 2024-2025 Culture Push Disability Arts Curatorial Fellow.

They will answer questions about what is happening with healthcare and ways folks can engage in healthcare justice in their communities. In this event, there will be time for participant questions and for small group reflection. To close out the event we will have time to reflect together.