April Statewide Call: Medicaid for All! Abolish Managed Care to Stop the Cuts
Every third Wednesday of the month from 7-8 pm ET, Put People First! PA, a statewide, member-led, staff-free organization holds our Statewide Membership Call. This call is for active members, mobilizers, and anyone who is interested in finding out more about our Healthcare is a Human Right campaign and getting involved!
This month’s call will be about what’s happening with Medicaid, the coming cuts, and the *solutions* that are at hand to keep our healthcare. It’s estimated the more than 300,000 could lose Medicaid over the next 10 years in Pennsylvania due to President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill for Billionaires. This is on top of the more than 700,000 who were cut after the ending of pandemic protections under President Biden beginning on April 1, 2023. These are huge blows to healthcare for Pennsylvanians, who are also dealing with skyrocketing premiums on Affordable Care Act plans.
We know that insurance does not equal care!! And here in PA, as so many places around the country, our Medicaid is privatized through Managed Care Organizations, which are private insurance profiteers. Click here to RSVP and for more information!
Click here to join the call on Wednesday April 15 @ 7:00 pm ET: https://zoom.us/j/5483957623
Or to call in, Dial: 646 558 8656 (US Toll)
Then enter Meeting ID: 548 395 7623
Put People First! PA Launches Base Building Season
As the weather gets warmer, Put People First! PA members across the state are out in our neighborhoods again. Here are some highlights of what we’re up to:
- TheĀ Southwest PAĀ Healthcare Rights Committee held their first in-person/zoom meeting of 2026 at the Tripoli Community Center, followed by a watch party of the March Nonviolent Medicaid Army National Call on Projects of Survival.
- TheĀ Northeast PAĀ started base building season in Williamsport with a People’s Clinic at Sojourner Truth Ministry. Next the HRC will be in Bloomsburg and Hazleton as they focus on both door knocking and peoples clinics.Ā Click here to learn more about our Peopleās Clinics!
- TheĀ Central AppalachiaĀ (CAPA) Healthcare Rights Committee brought members to get care and base build at the Remote Area Medical (RAM) Clinic in Bellefonte, Centre County in collaboration with the Altoona Islamic Center. (A few CAPA members pictured below).
- WatchĀ this videoĀ ofĀ South CentralĀ leader Tammy Rosing asking, āWhy are we not having robust conversations about poverty in this country?ā
- TheĀ Southeast PAĀ Healthcare Rights Committee raised alarm about theĀ disaster declarationĀ ending in Delaware County, despite all four Crozer hospitals remaining shuttered nearly one year later. This weekend the HRC returns to Crozer-Chester to ask, āwhat do we need in OUR hospitals?ā ahead of a Town Hall on April 14th.
Bonus video: Put People First! PA released this video along with a statement of solidarity with the Bradford community, McKean County and Save Bradford Hospital Group.
Landscape Assessments: Understanding our Communities & Where to Find Our Base
Saturday, April 11th from 1 – 2:30 PM ET
Register here: https://bit.ly/NVMAApril2026SSoS
April’s Saturday School of Struggle will address: How do we make the most with what we’ve got? Our Theory of Change tells us we can make change by out-maneuvering the powers that be. We have to be smart about where we put ourselves and how we use our resources. Landscape Assessments are crucial to our organizing & how we gain knowledge about who and how we organize. They help us identify the base who makes up the Nonviolent Medicaid Army – and where we can find them, so that we can pan for gold and build our organizations! We will learn about what goes into a Landscape Assessment and how to do one – including time to meet with others in our state or formation to work on this together.
Remember to register, join us, and share!
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š Weāre demanding the PA Senate pass SB 860 to bring back the Adult Dental Benefit in Medicaid and *drop* the Benefit Limit Exception (BLE). This legislation passed the PA House, and now we need to the PA Senate to do their jobs!
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Regional Healthcare Rights Committee Meetings
Put People First! PA is organized into five regions: Southeast, Southwest, Central-Appalachia, South Central and Northeast. In each of these regions, members participate in twice a month meetings held by phone and online, organized around our healthcare struggles. If you’re new to Put People First! PA, attend a monthly Statewide Call or Saturday School or click here to contact any of the Coordinators listed to learn more.
- Base-building, Media & Communications
- base building, managed care, medicaid cuts, remote area medical clinic