Protect Our Care’s “Medicare-A-Van!” Will Travel Across 10+ States, Make Over 25 Stops and Cover Over 7,000 Miles in Four Weeks Starting October 23
Washington, D.C. — Alongside the Medicare Autumn campaign, Protect Our Care’s Medicare-A-Van is hitting the road to educate seniors across the nation about new benefits thanks to legislation signed into law last year by President Biden. As seniors begin to enroll in their 2024 Medicare plans, they could save thousands of dollars on their prescription drug costs, with even more savings down the road. The multi-state “Medicare is Better Than Ever” educational van tour will highlight all of the new cost-saving benefits for seniors in the Inflation Reduction Act, including:
- Medicare negotiation for lower drug prices
- A $35 monthly copay cap on insulin
- Free shingles and other essential vaccinations
- $2,000 out-of-pocket caps on prescription drugs beginning in 2025
- Protections from drug company price hikes thanks to increased inflationary rebates
Right now, the Biden administration is in the process of lowering prices for the first round of prescription drugs under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, and those prices will take effect in 2026. The first ten drugs selected for negotiation are taken by nearly 9 million people on Medicare, who spent $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket costs last year alone. This new program will lower prices for some of the highest-priced prescription drugs on the market used to treat conditions like diabetes, heart failure, blood clots, and autoimmune disorders.
“As seniors go to enroll in their 2024 Medicare plans, they need to know Medicare is stronger than ever before. Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, people on Medicare could save thousands of dollars on their prescription drugs,” said Protect Our Care Executive Director Brad Woodhouse. “All of these cost savings are a historic victory over big drug companies who fought tirelessly to protect their sky-high profits while charging seniors up to four times more for their prescriptions than people in other countries. Now seniors can have some peace of mind knowing Big Pharma’s broken system is finally coming to an end.”
Protect Our Care’s Medicare-A-Van will make stops in:
Syracuse, New York on Monday, October 23, 2023
New Windsor, New York on Monday, October 23, 2023
Westchester, New York on Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Scranton, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Flint, Michigan on Thursday, October 26, 2023
Lansing, Michigan on Thursday, October 26, 2023
Madison, Wisconsin on Friday, October 27, 2023
Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Friday, October 27, 2023
Harrisonburg, Virginia on Monday, October 30, 2023
Roanoke, Virginia on Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Raleigh, North Carolina on Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Greensboro, North Carolina on Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, November 2, 2023
Macon, Georgia on Friday, November 3, 2023
Phoenix, Arizona on Monday, November 6, 2023
Tucson, Arizona on Monday, November 6, 2023
Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Reno, Nevada on Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Sacramento, California on Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Los Angeles, California on Thursday, November 9, 2023
San Diego, California on Thursday, November 9, 2023