***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR MARCH 24 – MARCH 28***
Protect Our Care Holds Events In Alaska, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and West Virginia.
This week, Protect Our Care is hosting events across the nation headlined by North Carolina’s Lieutenant Governor Rachel Hunt, Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Maine’s Assistant House Leader Lori Gramlich to call on Republicans to put an end to their war on health care. Republicans are trying to cut nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. At the same time, they’re trying to take away critical tax credits from working families, which will raise premium costs for millions. Speakers will address the urgent need for Congress to stop Republican efforts to slash Medicaid and raise premiums, and they will call on lawmakers to protect affordable access to health care for Americans, not take it away.
Last week, Protect Our Care hosted events including U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Representatives Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03), Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Bobby Scott (VA-03), Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08) in Arizona, Virginia, and New York. Protect Our Care, alongside SEIU, held Medicaid Week of Action events in Maine, Pennsylvania, and California to discuss the importance of Medicaid to patients, workers, and communities. Read headlines from past events here.
MONDAY
NEW HAMPSHIRE
WHO:
Jayme Simoes, POC New Hampshire
Ed Shanshala, CEO of Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, Inc.
Lisa Beaudoin, Disability Policy/Equity & Nonprofit Professional
Jake Berry, Vice President of Policy, New Futures
WHAT: ACA Anniversary/ePTC/Medicaid Event with State Health Care Advocates
WHERE: Zoom Registration Link
WHEN: Monday, March 24 at 10 AM ET
WEST VIRGINIA
WHO: Lynette Maselli, POC West Virginia
Ellen Allen, WVAHC
Rich Sutphin, West Virginia Rural Health Association
Laura Jones, Milan Puskar Health Right
Rhonda Rogombe, West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy
WHAT: ACA Anniversary/ePTC/Medicaid Event with West Virginians for Affordable Health Care and Advocates
WHERE: Zoom Registration Link
WHEN: Monday, March 24 at 11 AM ET
MAINE
WHO: Lori Gramlich, Asst. House Leader
Jakob Giron, Policy Advocate for Consumers for Affordable Health Care
Toby McGrath, State Director for Protect Our Care Maine
Rita Furlow, Senior Policy Analyst with the Maine Children’s Alliance
WHAT: ACA Anniversary Event with Assistant House Leader
WHERE: Zoom Registration Link
WHEN: Monday, March 24 at 12PM ET
THURSDAY
NORTH CAROLINA
WHO: Lieutenant Governor Rachel Hunt
Vanessa Watson, Protect Our Care North Carolina
WHAT: ACA Anniversary Roundtable with Lieutenant Governor Rachel Hunt
WHERE: Zoom Registration Link
WHEN: Thursday, March 27
ALASKA
WHO: Amber Lee, Protect Our Care Alaska
WHAT: Medicaid Townhall in Bethel with Local Health Care Providers
WHERE: Bethel, AK
WHEN: Thursday, March 27
FRIDAY
MINNESOTA
WHO: Attorney General Keith Ellison
Trent Andersen, Protect Our Care Minnesota
WHAT: ACA Anniversary Event with Attorney General Keith Ellison and Health Care Advocates
WHERE: Zoom Registration Link
WHEN: Friday, March 28