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Maine People’s Alliance On Healthcare

With the federal shutdown Maine People’s Alliance & faith leaders call on Senator Susan Collins to extend premium tax credits for people with marketplace health coverage & stop funding ICE. Amy Halsted, Co-Executive Director of Maine People’s Alliance stated, “There is more than enough for all of us to thrive if billionaires & corporate CEOs don’t steal it. So it’s time for Congress to focus on our needs, not their greed. Rural Mainers are facing the dual threat of losing our health care coverage and our hospitals. Our people & our hospitals were already at risk before congressional Republicans cut $1 trillion in health care funding to give billionaires & big businesses more tax breaks. Our health system is now in code blue. Five hospitals have recently closed their maternity wards. More cuts mean more closures & in January, 20,000 Mainers will lose their health coverage because of H.R.1. – Trump’s ‘One Big Bill.’ Every member of Congress ought to fight to prevent that from happening, especially Senator Collins who holds the pen on these bills. Without access to health care people will die.” Rev. Tara Humphries of Allen Avenue UU Church concluded, “Stripping access to healthcare & funding the forced removal of our neighbors without their constitutional right to due process is immoral. I don’t care what ‘side’ you’re on… Mainers take care of one another. It’s who we are. I hope Senator Collins will remember the communities to whom she is accountable & that it’s never too late to side with love & justice.” Maine People’s Alliance is dedicated to providing Maine people with the tools, knowledge, skills & opportunity to become involved in the decision-making processes that affect their lives. 
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Americans Holding Out For Healthcare

American community leaders are urging Representatives in the House & Senate to hold the line on healthcare amidst the failed attempt to force Democrats to vote for a budget to finance fascism on behalf of corporations & billionaires. Sulma Arias, People’s Action Executive Director stated, “Our leaders must put people first & refuse to comply with the oligarchs waging war against us. Democrats are right to refuse to be complicit in stealing our money, bankrolling billionaires & financing fascism. Now Republicans are showing they are willing to hurt working people even more rather than sit down & negotiate on health care funding with Democrats. Working people need Social Security checks, Medicare & veterans’ benefits. Government workers need paychecks to run our national parks, administer veterans benefits & keep our food & our planes safe. They’re not going to get them because MAGA’s agenda is so greedy & violent that the GOP can’t get it passed even when Republicans control the House, Senate & White House. Republicans must come to the table with Democrats to negotiate health care & other crucial priorities. They must back off MAGA’s demands for more money for abductions & more theft of our funds for food, housing & care. Congress should fight to make this country affordable to working families, not just corporations & the ultra-rich.” People’s Action org is a proud national network of 38 member-based, power-building organizations in 29 states with more than a million members & tens of thousands of national volunteers. They are from every background, speak many languages & live in small towns, cities & rural areas. 
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