Health Care Affordability Week of Action Digital Toolkit

Option 1 - Long Form Post

Health care costs are breaking the family budget - and people are sick of it.

Premiums keep climbing. Prescription drug prices force people to ration their medication or skip it altogether. A single hospital bill sends families spiraling into medical debt.

But here's the good news: There's real movement in Congress on legislation that will make a difference. The Patients Deserve Price Tags Act would strengthen price transparency requirements - requiring prices to be listed in real dollars and cents.

This is meaningful reform that would bring prices out of the shadows, and a step toward lowering the cost of care that is crippling America.

Price transparency has support across the aisle, and it could move today if lawmakers prioritize it.

That's why we're joining partners across the country for a Health Care Affordability Week of Action. Today, as part of our Digital Day of Action, we're calling on Congress to stop sitting on solutions that could lower costs for the people they represent.

Health care affordability isn't a Democratic issue or a Republican issue. It's a families issue. Join us in telling Congress: the time to act is now.

#LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Option 2

Real price transparency means real numbers - not percentages, not ranges, not hidden formulas. Tell Congress: strengthen hospital price transparency so patients get actual prices, in dollars and cents, every time. #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Option 3

A price isn't transparent if you need a calculator, a spreadsheet, or a law degree to understand it. Congress can act now to strengthen price transparency to require clear, readable prices - in dollars & cents not confusing codes - and without loopholes. #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Option 4

If a test costs $75 in a doctor's office, it shouldn't cost $175 in a hospital. If an MRI costs $500 in a doctor's office, it shouldn't cost $2,500 in a hospital. But this is the reality too many people face. Tell Congress to take action to #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Option 1

Congress can lower prescription drug prices by building off what's already working:

• Expand Medicare drug negotiation
• Cap out-of-pocket costs
• End price-gouging

Build on the success of the Inflation Reduction Act. #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Option 2

Allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices is delivering real relief - if Congress is serious about lowering drug prices, it should expand what's already working: negotiate more drug prices and expand into the commercial market. #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Option 3

Drug companies are abusing the patent system for their constant gain:

• Overlapping patents to extend the life of their monopoly
• Product hopping: make a slight tweak and restart the clock
• Pay-for-delay

Demand Congress rein in the abuse now. #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Option 4

Drug companies aren't innovating - they're stalling. Overlapping patents. Minor tweaks to restart the clock. Payoffs to keep generics off shelves. These tactics mean one thing: patients pay more, for longer, for medicine that should already be affordable. #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Option 1

The No UPCODE Act is a bipartisan bill that would crack down on Medicare Advantage insurers inflating patient diagnoses to collect bigger payments. Real oversight means Medicare dollars go to actual care - not corporate profits. #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Option 2

Making patients look sicker on paper in order to pad profits of Medicare Advantage insurers is not only hurting patients, it's hurting taxpayers too. Call on Congress to move the No Upcode Act forward now. #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Option 3

The Saving MEDICARE Act targets the ways Medicare Advantage insurers pad their profits:

• ✅ Stops insurers from inflating diagnoses
• ✅ Bans financial kickbacks for adding unnecessary diagnosis codes
• ✅ Strengthens audits and oversight #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Option 4

Medicare Advantage insurers have gotten away with billions in questionable payments for too long. Tell Congress: pass the Saving MEDICARE Act and put real accountability back into Medicare. #LowerHealthCareCostsNow