This summer, patients helped turn Atrium’s proposed takeover of WakeMed into a major public fight. Together, hundreds of patients, healthcare workers, neighbors, and community partners organized to delay a rushed vote, win a public hearing, and secure important changes to the deal.

Atrium changed its national charity care policy, and the agreement gained new protections against aggressive debt collection and a $150 million community investment fund.

Wake County Commissioners approved the takeover in a 5–2 vote on September 21, but the deal still faces scrutiny, and questions remain about its impact on patients. So we're continuing the fight.

WakeMed showed what happens when patients come together: we can change a “done deal” designed to price out patients into a real fight for the care we deserve. And we need that power now more than ever. Across the Triangle, people are being priced out of care by skyrocketing insurance premiums and shut out as they’re kicked off Medicaid.

Join us for the first local member meeting of The Triangle Patients Union. We’ll reconnect with the people who powered this summer’s organizing, welcome new people to the community, and talk about what’s next for WakeMed—and how we build lasting patient power in Wake County, the Triangle, and across our state.

Come ready to connect, share what matters to you, and help shape the next steps for The Patients Union in the Triangle. Whether you joined an action this summer or are just getting involved, we hope to see you there.

For those who can't make it in person, please join us using Zoom! In person we are eating dinner, so the meeting probably won't really get going until 6:20 fyi! - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89060260908?pwd=G5ZHHeiWdbbfHAazMvzoGUT4iTywoX.1