Dear MoveOn member,
Donald Trump's warmongering in Iran has already cost six American soldiers their lives in a drone strike, and the death toll has risen to at least 1,332, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society.1,2,3
The financial cost to the American people is also too much to bear—a breathtaking $1 billion a day.4
Meanwhile, 1.4 million people were forced out of the Healthcare.gov marketplace after Congress allowed affordable health care subsidies to expire.5 Employer-based insurance plans cost 9% more this year than last, and Medicare Part B is 10% more expensive.6
To help spread the word and build the momentum to stop this senseless war, MoveOn has just printed a big batch of these "Fund Health Care Not Warfare" hats.
Click here to get yours today. Then wear it proudly everywhere you go to spread the message.
Let's not mince words: Congress has the responsibility to stop us from having another forever war in the Middle East.
A study by Brown University estimated that conflicts in the Middle East have cost us $8 trillion between 2001 and 2021, 100 times the funding we spend on our own country's infrastructure.7,8
Congress has the power to start war, and our representatives have the power—and responsibility—to stop war, no matter what Donald Trump says.
It's time to shift the focus back to the health care costs that are weighing so heavily on American families.
Families with employer-based health insurance pay an average of $6,296 for premiums.9 Half of Americans say they are struggling with health care costs, and 1 in 3 put off needed medical care because of unaffordability.10
You can send a reminder to everyone around you that wars are not what we should be spending billions of dollars on!
Will you order a "Fund Health Care Not Warfare" hat today to spread the word and power the anti-war campaign?
Just hours after Trump's attack, MoveOn staff hosted a mass organizing call to talk with activists about what's at stake, map out actionable next steps, and launch a nationwide push to tell every elected official: no more endless wars.
A petition to Congress has more than 118,000 signatures from across the country.11 And MoveOn members have been flooding Congress with phone calls and letters, demanding an end to Trump's violence.
We will keep fighting every day to stop this war.
Thanks for all you do.
–Nakia, Kami, Gabi, AD, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "U.S.-Israeli bombardment of Iran enters 7th day; Hundreds of thousands displaced in Lebanon amid Israeli assault; Trump fires Noem," Drop Site News, March 6, 2026
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/us-israeli-war-iran-lebanon-bombing-trump-noem
2. "These American Service Members Died in the Iran Conflict," The New York Times, March 5, 2026
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/world/middleeast/us-soldiers-killed-iran-war.html
3. "Residents flee Iran's capital as agency says death toll in Tehran tops 1,000," PBS News, March 4, 2026
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/residents-flee-irans-capital-as-agency-says-death-toll-in-tehran-tops-1000
4. "The Eye-Watering Multibillion-Dollar Cost of Trump's War Revealed," Daily Beast, March 5, 2026
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-eye-watering-multibillion-dollar-cost-of-trumps-war-revealed/
5. "Obamacare Enrollment Drops After Premium Subsidies Expire," Vaccine Advisor, January 21, 2026
https://www.vaccineadvisor.com/news/obamacare-enrollment-drops-after-premium-subsidies-expire/
6. "Health insurance is even less affordable this year – here's why," CNN, January 24, 2026
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/24/economy/health-insurance-premiums-cost-increase
7. "Costs of the 20-year war on terror: $8 trillion and 900,000 deaths," Brown University, September 1, 2021
https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-09-01/costsofwar
8. Post on X by Representative Thomas Massie, March 1, 2026
https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/2028192527837180271
9. "How much do people with employer plans spend out-of-pocket on cost-sharing?" Health System Tracker, October 8, 2025
https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/how-much-do-people-with-employer-plans-spend-out-of-pocket-on-cost-sharing
10. "Americans' Challenges with Health Care Costs," KFF, January 29, 2026
https://www.kff.org/health-costs/americans-challenges-with-health-care-costs/
11. "Keep the U.S. out of forever wars!" MoveOn, accessed March 6, 2026
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/no-war-with-iran-18
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