Action Alert: The future of WakeMed is being decided

A takeover of WakeMed by Atrium Health is on the table right now, and the people it affects most were nearly cut out of the decision.

In May, Atrium and WakeMed tried to push a major change forward after giving the public only a few hours’ notice. Wake County Commissioners hit pause and delayed the vote. That delay is the opening we have, and it won’t stay open long.

Why this matters to your family.

When a local hospital gets absorbed into a larger health system, communities often lose local control over healthcare decisions. The risks on the table are real. Rising costs. Less competition. Choices about your care being made far outside Wake County.

Wake County deserves healthcare that answers to the people it serves, not to a system headquartered somewhere else.

Hospital networks, insurers, and the corporations shaping this deal are organized. They have lobbyists, lawyers, and time. Patients usually don’t, which is exactly why decisions like this one move fast and quietly.

A way to take action

Join The Patients Union, an organization committed to turning individual healthcare struggles into collective power. When patients stand together, decisions like the WakeMed–Atrium merger can’t happen in the dark. Your voice is one. A union of patients is a force.

This is a pivotal moment for Wake County. Whether you are a patient, a caregiver, a healthcare worker, or someone who believes public decisions should happen in public, you belong in this fight.