Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

Advocate for health care for all, economic fairness, & ending hunger in U.S. Former Founding Exec Dir, now Chair Emeritus, of Families USA. Tweets my own. frontlinehealth.blogspot.com Washington, D.C. Joined October 2009

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

5 years ago

This may be the best symbolic way of demonstrating the folly of racism!

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

5 years ago

@claire_mcandrew @TeamWaxman Congrats, Claire — I’m delighted that you landed at a wonderful place!

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

6 years ago

@claire_mcandrew @FishmanEliot @FamiliesUSA @cparcham @dwlemmon @halsnebeeson @LenaOrourke @ellahush @BethWikler @RWise_health @WVKatConsulting @JLSullivan It was an extraordinary moment. As we learn from social movements, there is no such thing as final victories or final defeats. We must keep on keeping on — and we will!

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

6 years ago

Protecting democracy must occur as we protect people’s health and income. CONGRESS MUST GUARANTEE ACCESS TO MAIL VOTING THIS NOVEMBER, and preparation for this should happen soon! Make this demand as viral as possible!

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

6 years ago

Poor People’s Campaign Puts the Spotlight on Poverty portside.org/2020-02-22/poo… This is most worthy of mass turnout!!!

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

6 years ago

Poor People’s Campaign Puts the Spotlight on Poverty | Portside portside.org/2020-02-22/poo…

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Diane Yentel @dianeyentel

7 years ago

Today’s @latimes: 2 front page stories & 2 op-eds on homelessness & housing, top concerns for most Californians, and #OurHomesOurVotes2020 letter urging @Yamiche @JudyWoodruff @IAmAmnaNawaz to ask candidates at #DemDebate how they’ll address the crisis.

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

7 years ago

@richarenberg — Congrats on your WashPost piece. It is timely: My friends at Indivisible, hoping for a 2020 sweep of the WH, House and Senate are pushing to eliminate the filibuster so major progressive legislation can pass. I’ve suggested caution about this.

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

7 years ago

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

7 years ago

WORTH SHARING: Go see/hear the movie “Amazing Grace,” featuring an hour-and-one-half of the incomparable Lady Soul, Aretha Franklin, singing soul-gospel music during a 2-day church concert in 1972. Her voice and presence are beyond unique! Find this movie!

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

7 years ago

Hallelujah: work requirements as condition for getting Medicaid in Arkansas and Kentucky have been declared illegal. These work requirements have nothing to do with helping people gain jobs and everything to do with cutting tens of thousands of people from health coverage.

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

7 years ago

Trump said Repubs will soon be known as “the party of health care.” It’s true: he is taking away health coverage for tens of millions of people; harming people with pre-existing conditions; decimating Medicaid; and increasing families’ out-of-pocket costs. An enviable reputation?

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

7 years ago

DONALD TRUMP RENEWS HIS ATTACK ON HEALTHCARE: By asking a federal court to repeal the Affordable Care Act, he seeks to eliminate protections for people with pre-existing health conditions and eliminate health coverage for many millions of people. The man knows no shame!

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

7 years ago

On this 9th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, we should celebrate the enormous number of people (approx 20 million) who gained health coverage, AND we should re-dedicate ourselves to finishing the job of covering everyone else (like the approx 29 million still uninsured).

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

7 years ago

Go get ‘em, Ben! Your leadership in Wisconsin will not only be terrific for the State, but it can have a profound national impact!

Ben Wikler @benwikler

7 years ago

Yesterday was my last day at @MoveOn—an organization, and a group of people, that I love. Starting today, I'm focused full-time on running for Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Grateful to the allies & partners I've worked with—and to those joining with our ticket now.

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

7 years ago

These so-called “waivers” are not truly waivers. Given the Administration’s promotion of doing this on a wholesale basis in many states, it is an illegal attempt to change Medicaid without congressional approval!

Mara Youdelman @marayoudelman

7 years ago

Our third lawsuit (after KY and AR) challenging HHS' approval of harmful Medicaid waivers that erode coverage and fail to promote the objectives of Medicaid.

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

8 years ago

20 million people could lose health coverage. Over 100 million with some form of pre-existing health condition could lose insurance protections. This is what ACA opponents, like President Trump, are celebrating about the lower court ruling in Texas. SHAME, SHAME!

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

8 years ago

After the Affordable Care Act was enacted, it was challenged as being unconstitutional because IT CONTAINED A MANDATE TO GET COVERAGE. That challenge lost. Now the same opponents say it is unconstitutional because IT DOES NOT HAVE SUCH A MANDATE. It’s grasping at legal straws!

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

8 years ago

In 2010, BEFORE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS IMPLEMENTED, Republicans won the House based on repudiation of the legislation. In 2018, NOW THAT IT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED, the Democrats flipped the House based on strong support of the program.

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Ron Pollack @Ron_Pollack

8 years ago

MEDICAID TO MOVE FORWARD: Referenda to expand the program won in Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah. A Democrat is now Governor of Maine, which will allow that successful referendum to move forward. And Gubernatorial wins in Kansas and Wisconsin may help as well.