***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, AT 12 PM CT // 1 PM ET***
RFK Jr.’s Nomination for HHS Secretary puts American Lives at Risk and Threatens the Future of Health Care
Saint Paul, Minn. – On Monday, December 2 at 12 PM CT // 1 PM ET, Attorney General Keith Ellison will join Protect Our Care Minnesota to sound the alarm on Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary. If RFK Jr. is confirmed, it will put Minnesotans’ lives at risk and jeopardize critical programs like the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid. RFK Jr. is deeply unqualified to serve in this position as he has no leadership qualifications in any role in public health or a government agency. Additionally, his fringe views on vaccines and his disregard of science and public health makes him a danger to the American people.
As HHS Secretary, RFK Jr.’s sole focus will be pushing these radical policies that will undermine decades of progress to lower health care costs, conduct research on life-saving cures for diseases, and keep Minnesotans healthy. Minnesotans deserve a leader at HHS who believes in science, the efficacy of vaccines, and who is committed to strengthening and expanding health care policies enacted since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Speakers will discuss how RFK Jr.’s leadership will affect nearly every Minnesotan, as he will prioritize his own interests and bolster MAGA efforts to increase health care costs by slashing Medicaid, repealing the ACA, and banning Medicare from negotiating lower drug prices.
PRESS CALL
WHO:
Attorney General Keith Ellison
Patsy Stinchfield, NP, retired infectious disease consultant
Jessica Intermill, health care advocate
Laura Smith, Protect Our Care Minnesota
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference
WHEN: Monday, December 2, 2024 at 12 PM CT // 1 PM ET
WHERE: Register for the virtual event here (Registration required)