***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2024***
This week, Protect Our Care is hosting events across the country, including two events today with Senators Baldwin and Kaine, to celebrate the announcement of the final prices Medicare negotiated for the first ten drugs and mark the second anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act. Thanks to the Biden-Harris administration and Democrats in Congress, Americans are saving more than ever on health costs: the cost of insulin is capped at $35 dollars, seniors are protected from drug company price hikes, seniors’ prescription drug costs will be capped at $2,000 dollars per year starting next year, and Medicare has the power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices.
At the same time, Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are working to put health benefits on the chopping block, ripping away care and raising prices while giving tax breaks to drug and insurance companies. If they get their way, they’ll slash critical funding for Medicare and Medicaid, repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, erode access to reproductive health care, and put drug and insurance companies back in control, letting them charge outrageous prices for prescriptions. The contrast between the Biden-Harris administration and Trump’s Republican Party couldn’t be clearer.
VIRGINIA
WHO:
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Chlo’e Edwards, Policy Director at New Virginia Majority
Freddy Mejia, Policy Director at The Commonwealth Institute
Katie Baker, State Director of Protect Our Care Virginia
Medicare Storytellers
WHAT: Press Conference
WHEN: Thursday, August 15, 2024, at 2 PM ET
WHERE: Tuckahoe Area Library. 1901 Starling Dr, Henrico, Va. 23229
RSVP: Mia Fisher, [email protected]
WISCONSIN
WHO:
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Pat Dunn, health care advocate
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference
WHEN: Thursday, August 15, 2024, at 4 PM CT // 5 PM ET