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The Patients Union is a patient-led movement organizing people harmed by our broken healthcare system to build collective power. Join us: patients.org

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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Western North Carolina, let's build patient power. Join us Oct. 21 in Asheville to connect with fellow patients and help shape what we're building together. First Congregational Church | 6–8 PM Dinner provided RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/wnc-patien…
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We organized. We spoke out. We demanded answers. Together, patients and workers forced more transparency and stronger commitments from Atrium and WakeMed. The vote may be over. But this fight showed us something bigger: when patients organize, we have power. This is just the beginning.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Raleigh: We're gathering TODAY. Join patients, workers, and community members at 12:30 PM at Nash Square ahead of the Wake County Commissioners meeting. RSVP + bring a friend or neighbor: actionnetwork.org/events/wake-count…
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Commissioners Vickie Adamson and Tara Waters have publicly committed to voting NO on the proposed #Atrium takeover of #WakeMed. Patients have raised serious concerns for months about higher costs, local control & a rushed process. Now the full Commission must act. www.wral.com/news/local/w...
wral.com
Vote expected Monday on Atrium-WakeMed merger
The Wake County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to vote Monday on proposed merger between WakeMed and Atrium Health. Some commissioners tell WRAL they're still skeptical, while others say the deal...
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Atrium takeover of WakeMed can still be stopped. Wake County Commissioners could vote Monday. We’re rallying to tell them: vote NO and stop the takeover! Sept. 21, 12:30 PM | Nash Square, Raleigh Join us: actionnetwork.org/events/wake-count…
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#AtriumHealth wants to take over #WakeMed. We’ve seen in Asheville what can happen when massive healthcare systems take over community hospitals. Patients deserve answers. Wake County Commissioners could vote soon. Tell them NO: actionnetwork.org/events/wake-county-commissioners-mtg/?source=bsky
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
When a multibillion-dollar hospital chain comes into our community promising ✨ big changes ✨—we need ALL the details. Wake County commissioners: learn from communities that have lost local control of their care. Keep #WakeMed under community control! Sign: bit.ly/WM-letter
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
WNC patients: come build with us. Join the WNC Local Patients Union for our September member meeting. We’ll share dinner, connect with other patients & talk about what we want to build together to fight for dignified healthcare in WNC. Sept. 10, 6–8 PM RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/wnc-l...
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National Nurses United @nationalnurses.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Asheville nurses join today's Palantir Out Day of Action to demand HCA Healthcare cut ties with the A.I. giant! Palantir's technology is used in our hospitals to short staff us AND used by ICE to terrorize us in the streets. We don't want either! #PurgePalantir
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
WakeMed and Atrium Health are proposing a major deal that could fundamentally change the future of our hospital. Our community should have a say in what happens next. Join the Future of WakeMed Town Hall on July 27 in #Raleigh: actionnetwork.org/events/wakem... #WakeMed #WakeCounty
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
4 times in 5 years, federal inspectors have found conditions at Mission Hospital serious enough for an "immediate jeopardy" warning. Nurses say the same issues, thin staffing, safety gaps, keep resurfacing under HCA. It's the pattern behind the community vigil. vist.ly/5b6ca
carolinapublicpress.org
The murky future of Mission. Will Western NC hospital face 'immediate jeopardy' again? Will it matter?
After four Immediate Jeopardy warnings from feds in five years, Western NC community concerned about what happens next at Mission Hospital.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Families, patients, and healthcare workers filled First Congregational to grieve, not protest, what’s happened at Mission Hospital under HCA. 10 avoidable patient deaths, including a suicide in the ED. "Our hospital should serve people, not shareholders.” vist.ly/5b47b
rewindasheville.com
Vigil planned in Asheville as Patients Union raises concerns over care | Rewind 100.3
Vigil scheduled June 29 at First Congregational Church is open to patients, families and health care workers
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
WakeMed is one of North Carolina’s most important public hospitals. A proposed takeover could shift meaningful control away from our community. Our hospital should stay accountable to patients, families, healthcare workers, not private executives. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/wa...
Graphic with bold text reading, "WakeMed is our hospital" in black and orange on a textured black background. A black-and-white photo of a WakeMed hospital building appears in the lower right, with the WakeMed logo visible on the building. The Patients Union logo is displayed in the bottom right corner.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Too many people in Western North Carolina have stories of delayed care, fear, grief, burnout, and feeling like something essential in our community has been lost. Join us June 29 in Asheville for an evening of mourning, solidarity, and hope: actionnetwork.org/events/missi...
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The Patients Union is a mass membership organization where patients build power to win the healthcare we deserve. A system that runs on sky-high costs and insurance denials is built for profit, not people. The only force strong enough to change it is us. Join us: actionnetwork.org/forms/member...
We're building something new: The Patients Union
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Insurance companies count on appeals being confusing and exhausting. But when patients appeal, we often win. Join The Patients Union for a free online session to learn how to fight claim denials. June 13 | 4 PM ET // 1 PM PT Spanish + ASL interpretation available actionnetwork.org/events/infos...
Info Session: How to Fight an Insurance Claim Denial
Saturday, June 13 at 4pm ET
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Insurance companies deny care every day—but many patients who appeal actually win. The process is confusing, exhausting, and designed to make people give up. Come June 8 + 13 to learn how to fight insurance denials and push back against unfair coverage decisions: actionnetwork.org/events/infos...
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Every system that exists today was built by people who decided to organize. And now it’s our turn to organize patients to build power together and fight for guaranteed healthcare for all. Let’s build The Patients Union together: patients.org #ThePatientsUnion #PatientsUnion #Patients
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Health insurance shouldn’t be this confusing. One patient struggled with the marketplace until a navigator helped her find a better plan. That support exists because of the Affordable Care Act. Big fights made it possible. Watch her story.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Why are health insurance corporations allowed to play doctor when we have, y'know, actual doctors? Medical decisions belong to ourselves and our trusted physicians! What the hell(thcare).
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
We have the money. We have the know how. It's past time we ensure quality healthcare for each and every patient in this country.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
"Trump and Republicans in Congress are considering diverting money from [ACA] premium subsidies into HSAs." - Forbes What the hell(thcare).
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Illness should not lead to lawsuits. Medical crises should never turn into financial ruin.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The math isn't mathing. We're told we can't afford Medicaid, we can't afford the ACA, we can't afford universal healthcare. But we have hundreds of billions of dollars for a new, unnecessary war, of course 🙄
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
They were doing a price check on his life. Getting care should never mean risking your paycheck, your home, or your future.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Caregivers are essential in keeping so many families together, often becoming family themselves. This National Caregivers Day, we recognize their love and labor as we continue to fight for a world where patients can get the care they need and caregivers everywhere can earn a living wage.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This is where we are at with our healthcare system. Insurance corporations rake in billions of dollars for CEOs and shareholders while even celebrities’ families have to crowdfund for their care. #CrowdfundingIsNotHealthCare
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
"We don’t have that kind of extra money." "We took the gamble." "I keep praying we don’t have an accident." That's not how we should be talking about health care. This is not normal.
independent.co.uk
Families are turning to thoughts and prayers as health insurance premiums soar
‘Our 2025 plan went up nearly $300 per month, and my husband and I are freelance musicians/teachers with low income, so we don’t have that kind of extra money,’ one policyholder said
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Anyone considering running for office needs to know: Voters are taking health care to the ballot box.
washingtonpost.com
The cost of health care, not food or rent, is now Americans’ top worry
As politicians prepare their pitches for the midterm elections, a survey finds that about 1 in 3 Americans are “very worried” about health care costs.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
"I've never been anti-vaccine," says the country's prominent source of vaccine misinformation who fired the Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices panel and replaced them with vaccine skeptics.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
What resources are available in your state that have helped you navigate the healthcare system?
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
We've heard from many people about their premiums doubling, tripling, quadrupling. No one should ever have to choose between paying for health care or their home. #FundOurHealthcare NOW. Call your senators & demand they extend the ACA tax credits so many of us rely on: heroes.win/StopPremiumSpikes
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 29/01/2026
Our nation’s budget reflects our national values. We need our Senators to #FundHealthcareStopICE
A post from Jon "Bowzer" Bauman. The text says, "This Regime is ripping health care away from millions and sending ICE to tear our families & communities apart at the same time.  They are murdering American citizens both in our streets & in their hospital beds. So this week, the Senate needs to… #FundHealthcareStopICE"
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
For Congress, healthcare cuts might look like numbers on a spreadsheet. For Robin, it’s life or death. Stop gambling with our lives. Fund our health care. Extend the ACA tax credits.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Congress had a choice this summer—and they got it wrong. They could have protected funding that keeps ACA plans affordable for millions. What did they choose to pass instead? Cuts to SNAP, cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, and astronomical funding increases for ICE. #FundHealthcareStopICE
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Congress needs to set its priorities straight. We need affordable health care. We DON'T need more suffering. $30 billion of our hard-earned tax dollars is better spent healing us, not terrorizing us. #FundHealthcareStopICE
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Don't get it twisted. Health insurance is expensive because insurance corporations are driven by profits. #CorporateGreed #PatientsOverProfits
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Enrollment is down >800,000 from last year. This isn’t people “choosing less coverage.” It’s people getting priced out of the care they deserve. The House voted to extend premium help for 3 years—now it's the Senate's turn. Tell your senators to STOP PREMIUM SPIKES: heroes.win/StopPremiumSpikes
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Exhibit 1 of Mike Johnson "returning the dignity of work to young men who need to be out working instead of playing videogames all day." All the GOP has done with our health care is turn the tables against workers and small business owners.
benefitspro.com
Fewer small employees offer health coverage as premiums rise
“If health insurance premiums rise faster than wages and general inflation, small employers are likely to face intensified financial strain, which could accelerate the erosion of health plan sponsorship among firms with fewer than 100 workers,” said Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., director of health benefits research for the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Greedy insurance companies exist to bleed us dry. Get them out of our health care! #PatientsOverProfits #CorporateGreed
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
We deserve a healthcare system that works for us & can’t be taken away by any politician at the behest of the wealthy. If ACA tax credits expiring = more money spent on healthcare and less on groceries, or forgoing insurance entirely, we want to hear from you. Message us at stories@beaherofund.com.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Our healthcare shouldn’t be compromised to finance greedy corporations or billionaires looking for another tax cut. We deserve a system that works for us and access to the care we need, no matter who we are or where we live.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
All of us are patients, because all of us will need care at some point in our lives. Whether it’s a chronic condition, a sudden illness, or routine care, all of us must navigate our healthcare system. And that’s why we deserve one that works for us.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
1.4 million people have dropped health insurance. How many more have to risk their lives for our lawmakers to finally scrounge up the moral and political will to fix our broken healthcare system?
protectourcare.org
HEADLINES: GOP War on Health Care Drives ‘Drastic Drop’ in Health Coverage for Working Families — Protect Our Care
New data illustrates what working families from Maine to Texas have been feeling since the Trump-GOP health care premium hikes hit on January 1: health care isn’t just more expensive...
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
It’s not normal to have to go into debt for healthcare. It’s not normal for insurance companies to decide whether or not you get the care you need. It’s time to put our collective power into action and create a healthcare system that works for all.
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
President Trump, stop raiding our health care to fund raiding other countries. #HealthcareHeist #Venezuela #PatientsOverProfits
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and endless wars at the cost of our #healthcare. Thank you to all the representatives who have voted for a 3-year extension on ACA tax credits. Now it's time for our senators to put an end to the #healthcareheist.
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Julie M Covert @juliemcovert.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Our health care costs are skyrocketing this year because our representatives couldn't muster the will to protect our care #HealthcareHeist Thanks @beaheroaction.bsky.social for helping make a difference!
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Allowing #ACA tax credits expire, ripping away health care from millions of Americans... who does this serve? #HealthcareHeist
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The Patients Union @thepatientsunion.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Tell your representatives: If they want to trim spending, if they care about "fiscal responsibility," they should cut corporate handouts instead of ripping away our health care. #PatientsOverProfits #HealthcareIsAHumanRight
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