October 2024

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Contact: Toby McGrath, 207-837-3670, [email protected]

***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2024***

Care Force One Rolls into New Hampshire as it Travels Across 17+ States, Makes Over 50 Stops, and Covers Nearly 12,000 Miles

Watch All Bus Tour Stops Live Here.

New Hampshire — During week two of Protect Our Care’s “Lower Costs, Better Care” bus tour, Representative Chris Pappas (D-NH-01) and State Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka will join health care advocates and Protect Our Care for events in New Hampshire to make sure New Hampshirites understand how the Biden-Harris administration and Democrats in Congress worked to lower health care costs for Americans. By passing the Inflation Reduction Act, they provided relief to those who purchase insurance on their own, capped the monthly cost of insulin, and gave Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices. While we celebrate this progress, Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are fighting to go backwards, raise costs, take away protections for pre-existing conditions, and leave millions of people without critical coverage. MAGA Republicans want us to go back to the days when insurance companies made the rules and could deny people coverage.

During each stop, national and local elected officials, health care advocates, and storytellers are sounding the alarm about the threat Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans pose to American health care and celebrating the historic steps the Biden-Harris administration has taken to provide working families the quality, affordable care they need to stay healthy. Later this week, the tour continues in New York and Pennsylvania. Over six weeks, Care Force One will travel to more than 17 states, make more than 50 stops, and travel nearly 12,000 miles.

MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE:

WHO:
U.S. Representative Chris Pappas (D-NH-01)
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate 

WHERE: Victory Park, 91-139 Concord St, Manchester, New Hampshire 03100

WHEN: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 11:30 AM ET

PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE:

WHO:
State Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate 

WHERE: Love Mural at Prescott Park, 10 State Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801

WHEN: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 2 PM ET

The Biden-Harris Administration’s Accomplishments vs. the MAGA Republican Agenda

Later tonight, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance will take the stage at the Vice Presidential debate of the 2024 election in New York City.

From day one, the Biden-Harris administration has fought tooth and nail to lower costs and make affordable health care a reality for seniors and families across the nation. Vice President Harris has fought to expand affordable coverage, lower prescription drug costs, strengthen Medicaid for moms and kids, and reduce inequities in care. On the other hand, Donald Trump and JD Vance have vowed to repeal the ACA and Inflation Reduction Act, slash Medicaid and Medicare funding, take away protections for people with pre-existing conditions, and raise prescription drug and premium costs. Under the MAGA agenda, millions of Americans will lose coverage and costs will skyrocket. The contrast could not be more clear: