***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR MONDAY NOVEMBER 25 AT 11 AM ET***
RFK Jr.’s Nomination for HHS Secretary puts American Lives at Risk and Threatens the Future of Health Care
Today, Monday, November 25 at 11 AM ET, Ohio leaders will join Protect Our Care Ohio 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 Ohioan 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 Ohioans healthy. Ohioans 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 Ohioan, as he will prioritize his own interests and bolster efforts to increase health care costs by slashing Medicaid, repealing the ACA, and banning Medicare from negotiating lower drug prices.
PRESS CALL
WHO:
State Rep. Elgin Rogers
State Rep. Michele Grim
State Rep. Terrence Upchurch
Dr. John Ross, President of the Board, Toledo Lucas County Health Department; former president of Physicians for a National Health Program
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference
WHEN: Monday, November 25 at 11 AM ET
WHERE: Register for the virtual event here (Registration required)