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Contact: Katie Baker, 740-485-1125, [email protected]
***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2024 AT 10:30 AM***
U.S. Representative Bobby Scott Headline Event in Norfolk, Virginia as Care Force One Travels Across 17+ States, Makes Over 50 Stops, and Covers Nearly 12,000 Miles
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Virginia — During week three of Protect Our Care’s “Lower Costs, Better Care” bus tour, Representative Bobby Scott will join health care advocates and Protect Our Care for events in Norfolk to make sure Virginians understand that our health care is at stake. By passing the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden-Harris administration and Democrats in Congress lowered premium costs, 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.
Health care is a top issue for people across the country. 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 Virginia. Over six weeks, Care Force One will travel to more than 17 states, make more than 50 stops, and travel nearly 12,000 miles.
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA:
WHO:
U.S. Representative Bobby Scott (D-03-VA)
Rhena Hicks, Freedom Virginia
Jillian Goodwin, health care advocate
Laurice Yarn, health care advocate
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
WHERE: Teamsters Union Hall, 5718 Bartee St, Norfolk, VA 23502
WHEN: Friday, October 11, 2024 at 10:30 AM ET