Health care in this country is a joke. A expensive one.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation just threw the door open for that joke. Along with a swarm of medical and community groups they launched “One Nation, Overcharged.” The goal? To let people scream about how much the system hurts. They are burning through $5 million to do it. The summer is starting now. The message is simple. People come first. Profits come later. If not at all.
Just last week the numbers came in. Bad ones. The 2026 Milliman report says insuring a family of four costs $35,000 a year. Up 7.2%. You want to know the kicker? Families pay 58% of that. About $15,000 straight out of pocket or through payroll. It eats you alive. And the midterms are coming. Politicians are going to talk about this. Probably.
Avenel Joseph from the foundation doesn’t sugarcoat it. She says forcing Americans to choose between groceries and a doctor is a crisis. It demands action. Now. She calls it a shared obligation. A moral weight. Heavy stuff.
There is a website now. www.OneNationOvercharged.org. Go there if you are mad. Sign up. Post a video. Plan a rally in your backyard. The foundation plans to blast these clips across multiple channels all summer long. It feels less like a campaign and more like a cry for help broadcast on loud speakers.
They are not alone. A lot of big names joined the choir. The NAACP. Families USA. UnidosUS. Black Women’s Health Imperative. The list is long and spans race class and geography.
Then came the celebs. Noah Wyle. Yvette Nicole Brown. Dr. Mike. They lend their faces and platforms to the cause. Community leaders artists clergy. Everyone is supposed to show up everywhere. Home work play church. Is it too late to care? Probably not.
Anthony Wright of Families USA thinks the public already knows what politicians haven’t figured out yet. Prices are too high. Outcomes are too low. Security is a myth. The people are ahead on this one. The campaign wants you to stand up. To speak.
But who is really listening.
