Day of Action Features Events Across the Country, New Ad Campaign, Nationwide Kiosks Calling Out GOP Plans to Rip Away Vital Health Care
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, April 24, Protect Our Care is hosting a Medicaid day of action with events across the country and a new ad campaign targeting key Republican Senators and House members as part of its $10 Million “Hands Off Medicaid” campaign. The day of action calls on Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress to put an end to their war on health care as they work to cut Medicaid by nearly a trillion dollars to pay for tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy.
Protect Our Care’s new digital ads target Senators Thom Tillis, Chuck Grassley, Joni Ernst, Jim Justice, Shelley Moore Capito, Ron Johnson, and Rep. Derrick Van Orden, calling them out for their disastrous votes to cut Medicaid for seniors, children, families, people with disabilities, and more. Events will take place in North Carolina, California, Iowa, Arizona, West Virginia, and Maine. Additionally, Protect Our Care is launching new kiosk ads across nine states. The kiosk advertising will target 14 House Members — including four key members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which will write the GOP bill to slash Medicaid to provide tax cuts to the rich. The ads will generate 250,000 impressions across the 14 congressional districts and will appear on digital kiosks in convenience stores, pharmacies, doctors offices, eateries, and social spaces.
To mark this day of action, Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse released the following statement:
“Poll after poll confirms Trump and Republicans’ scheme to gut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires is completely out of step with the views of the American people including Trump’s own supporters. Medicaid provides vital affordable health care for millions of people, touching nearly every community and most households in the country, but the Republican health care agenda isn’t about families or everyday Americans — it’s about Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthy, no matter who pays the price.”
Digital Ads
Links to each of the ads can be found below:
North Carolina – Thom Tillis
Iowa – Chuck Grassley/Joni Ernst
West Virginia – Jim Justice/Shelley Moore Capito
Wisconsin – Ron Johnson/Rep. Derrick Van Orden
Sample Ad Script for North Carolina:
Narrator: Your senator in Congress, Thom Tillis, just voted to slash our health care to help pay for massive tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.
Over 70 million Americans count on Medicaid for their health care. And putting seniors, children with disabilities, working families, and rural hospitals at risk to provide another tax break for the wealthiest Americans is just plain wrong.
Call Thom Tillis and tell him – Hands off Medicaid.
Kiosks
Links to each of the kiosk ads can be found below:
Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ-1)
Rep. Young Kim (R-CA-40)
Rep. David Valadao (R-CA-22)
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA-41)
Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO-8)
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1)
Rep. John James (R-MI-10)
Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-NJ-7)
Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY-1)
Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-2)
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY-17)
Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7)
Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA-8)
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4)
April 24 Events
NORTH CAROLINA
WHO:
State Rep. Sarah Crawford
Shannon Dingle, Little Lobbyists
Eric Schneidewind, former AARP National President
WHERE: 301 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC Conference Room. Register by emailing Vanessa Watson ([email protected]).
WHEN: Thursday, April 24th at 2 PM ET
CALIFORNIA
WHO:
SEIU and California health care advocates
WHERE: 2700 M Street, Bakersfield, CA, Event Sign-Up
WHEN: Thursday, April 24th at 11:30 AM PST
IOWA
WHO:
Dr. Andrea Greiner
Mandi Remington
Pat Kearns
Evelyn Irving
Mike Owen
Ed Esbeck
WHERE: Gerdin Conference Center, 520 W Cherry Street, North Liberty, IA 52317
WHEN: Thursday, April 24th at 6 PM CT
ARIZONA
WHO:
Arizona State Senator Analise Ortiz
Healthcare Rising Arizona (SEIU)
Planned Parenthood Arizona
Morgan Finkelstein, Protect Our Care Arizona
WHERE: Arizona State Capitol Building, Phoenix, AZ
WHEN: Thursday, April 24th at 12 PM AZT
WEST VIRGINIA
WHO:
Lynette Maselli, Protect Our Care West Virginia
Delegate John Williams, Morgantown
Ellen Allen, West Virginians for Affordable Health Care
Laura Jones, Milan Puskar Health Right
G.N. Janes, Valley Community Services
WHERE: Milan Puskar Health Right, 341 Spruce Street, Morgantown, WV 26505
WHEN: Thursday, April 24th at 11 AM ET
MAINE
WHO:
Maine Representative Drew Gattine
Anne Woloson, Consumers for Affordable Health Care
Toby McGrath, Protect Our Care Maine
Dr. Jessica Faraci, Maine Medical Association
WHERE: Maine State House Welcome Center, Augusta, ME
WHEN: Thursday, April 24th at 12 PM ET
April is Medicaid Awareness Month, and Protect Our Care is continuing its “Hands Off Medicaid” campaign with paid ads, new research, and nationwide events to underscore the importance of Medicaid across the country. Alongside partners, lawmakers, and other advocates, Protect Our Care is working to defend Medicaid from the Republican-led plan to slash funding to pay for another round of tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations.