***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 12 AT 1 PM CT // 2 PM ET***
As Second Anniversary of Inflation Reduction Act Nears, Speakers will Highlight Walz’s Leadership Amidst MAGA Republicans’ Threats to Take Away Health Care from Thousands of Minnesotans
MINNEAPOLIS – On Monday, August 12 at 1 PM CT // 2 PM ET, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Nicole Smith-Holt, Dr. Kelly Morrison and advocate Nancy Florence will join Protect Our Care Minnesota to highlight how Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) has championed better health care and lower costs for Minnesotans. Gov. Tim Walz is a health care champion with a demonstrated record of fighting to ensure that his constituents have access to affordable, high-quality health care. While in Congress he helped pass the Affordable Care Act, and he has since worked to safeguard and build on its success. Walz has fought to protect Medicaid and Medicare, lower prescription drug costs, and protect access to reproductive health care.
As the second anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act nears, speakers will share that because of the Biden-Harris administration and Democrats, more Americans than ever before have health insurance, the cost of insulin is capped at $35 dollars, seniors are protected from drug company price hikes, and seniors’ prescription drug costs will be capped at $2,000 dollars annually starting next year. For the first time in history, Medicare is negotiating prescription drug prices with pharmaceutical companies to lower costs for seniors. These provisions add up to big savings for Minnesotans, giving families more breathing room to get by and keeping people healthy.
At the same time, Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick Senator JD Vance support extreme policies that threaten to raise costs, throw people off their coverage, and decimate the historic accomplishments of the Biden-Harris administration. If MAGA Republicans get their way, they’ll slash critical funding for Medicare and Medicaid, repeal the Inflation Reduction Act and the Affordable Care Act, erode access to reproductive health care, and put drug and insurance companies back in control, letting them charge outrageous prices for prescriptions Minnesotans need to stay healthy.
PRESS CALL:
WHO:
Attorney General Keith Ellison
Dr. Kelly Morrison, OBGYN and former legislator
Nicole Smith-Holt, Insulin for All advocate
Nancy Florence, RN, home health care nurse
WHAT: Press Conference
WHEN: Monday, August 12, 2024 at 1 PM CT // 2 PM ET