***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 19 AT 11:00 AM // 12:00 PM EDT***
Braidwood Management v. Becerra Targets Lifesaving Preventive Care for More than 150 Million Americans
MADISON, WI — On Wednesday, July 19th at 11:00 AM CDT // 12:00 PM EDT, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, Vivent Health Interim President and CEO Brandon Hill, Ph.D., and Mona Williams of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will join Protect Our Care Wisconsin to discuss U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor’s devastating decision to strike down a major provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires free coverage of lifesaving preventive health care services.
Judge O’Connor’s decision in Braidwood Management v. Becerra would end the ACA’s guaranteed free access to essential preventive services including lifesaving cancer screenings, and more. In 2020 alone, more than 150 million Americans benefited from these preventive services.
More than 300 experts, including leading patient and provider groups, legal and public health experts, organized labor, and more have signed onto briefs calling for the Fifth Circuit to protect the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) no-cost preventive care provision that more than 150 million Americans currently rely on.
Speakers will highlight what this decision could mean for Wisconsinites’ access to lifesaving health care services, and discuss what is to come as the lawsuit moves through the court system.
PRESS EVENT
WHO:
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul
Brandon Hill, Vivent Health Interim President and CEO, Ph.D.
Mona Williams, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin
WHAT: Press Conference
WHERE: 600 Williamson St. Suite H, Madison, WI (RSVP to [email protected])
WHEN: Wednesday, July 19 at 11:00 AM CDT // 12:00 PM EDT