FOR PLANNING PURPOSES
North Carolina Contact: Vanessa Watson (919) 631-1186
Virginia Contact: Katie Baker (740) 485-1125 [email protected]
***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2023***
Care Force One Rolls into Raleigh, NC and Norfolk, VA, Today as it Travels Across 16+ States, Making Over 30 Stops and Covering Nearly 8,000 Miles
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On day 24 of Protect Our Care’s “Lower Costs, Better Care” bus tour, U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) and Valerie Foushee (D-NC-04) will join health care advocates and Protect Our Care for events in Raleigh, NC and Norfolk, VA, demonstrating how recent victories by President Biden and Democrats in Congress are already “Driving Down Health Care Costs” by thousands of dollars a year — with even more savings on the way. During the events, speakers will discuss how the Inflation Reduction Act and other health care measures will improve care and lower costs for the American people. Over the last four weeks, Care Force One will travel to more than 16 states, make more than 30 stops, and travel nearly 8,000 miles.
The “Lower Costs, Better Care” tour promotes the work of lawmakers who are fighting tirelessly to improve health care and hold Republicans accountable for trying to roll back this progress and hike costs and rip away protections from the American people. While drug companies and Republican lawmakers are doing everything in their power to roll back this progress in order to put profits over people, lawmakers like U.S. Reps. Valerie Foushee and Bobby Scott will stop at nothing to lower costs and improve care for people across North Carolina and Virginia.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
WHO:
U.S. Representative Valerie Foushee (D-NC-04)
State Sen. Lisa Grafstein
State Rep. Rosa Gill
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
WHERE: Moore Square Park, 200 E. Martin St., Raleigh
WHEN: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 10 AM EST
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
WHO:
U.S. Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA-03)
State Senator Aaron Rouse
Delegate Angelia Williams Graves
Delegate Jackie Glass
Mike Feggans, Veteran and Small Business Owner
Eddie Seay, Community Organizer for Freedom Virginia
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
Robin Gardner, healthcare storyteller
WHERE: Teamsters Local 822, 5718 Bartee St, Norfolk, VA 23502
WHEN: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 3:30 PM ET