Protect Our Care’s Nationwide Bus Tour Celebrates The Inflation Reduction Act’s Historic Measures to Drive Down Health Care Costs for Ohioans
CLEVELAND, OH — Today, Protect Our Care’s Care Force One bus arrived in Cleveland and was joined by U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Congresswoman Shontel Brown (D-OH-11) to highlight how the Inflation Reduction Act’s health care measures will increase access and lower costs, reduce racial inequities, strengthen families, and save lives. During the event, Sen. Brown, Rep. Brown, and Cleveland community leaders, health care advocates, and seniors discussed how the bill will lower prescription drug prices, lower premiums, and increase access to health care.
“Because of the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act – we’re making sure hardworking families are getting the help they need,” said Sen. Brown. “We’re making health care more affordable, we’re helping to curb the cost of prescription drugs and we’re finally taking on the drug companies to lower drug prices. We know prescription drugs are some of the most overpriced goods many Ohioans are forced to pay for each month.”
“We are capping costs and putting money back into people’s pockets,” said Rep. Brown, who outlined how the law will help families in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District. “No one in the wealthiest country in the world should have to choose between putting food on the table and affording their medications to survive. We are fighting to take care of Americans and making sure they have a better quality of life. We have the Inflation Reduction Act to thank, along with the Biden-Harris Administration and Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate.”
“Thanks to President Biden, Democrats in Congress, and the leadership of Congresswoman Shontel Brown – who happens to be my Congresswoman – and with the leadership of the best Senator in the United States, Sherrod Brown, many Americans will get much needed relief with this act,” said Steve Lieber, a Cleveland senior, former organized labor leader and retiree. “And this all happened with no help from Republicans, who stood with Big Pharma.”
“The Affordable Care Act saved my life,” said Laura Packard. “Five years ago I walked into the doctor’s office with a nagging cough and walked out with a stage four cancer diagnosis — but I was lucky. I had good insurance through the ACA that paid for the chemotherapy and radiation that I needed. Now, the Inflation Reduction Act has made health insurance more affordable for millions of Americans like me. Through this landmark legislation, President Biden and Democrats in Congress capped premiums at 8.5 percent of our income and lowered prescription drug costs, paving the way for more affordable health care for years to come.”
In addition to Sen. Brown, Rep. Brown, Lieber and Packard, the event featured Yvonka Hall, the Executive Director of the Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition. A recording of the event is available here.
For more information on the “Lower Costs, Better Care” tour, please visit protectourcare.org/bus-tour/.
Protect Our Care’s Care Force One is making stops in:
Bangor, Maine on Monday, October 3, 2022
Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Monday, October 3, 2022
Concord, New Hampshire on Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Hartford, Connecticut on Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Scranton, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, October 5, 2022
New Brunswick, New Jersey on Thursday, October 6, 2022
Marlton, New Jersey on Thursday, October 6, 2022
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Friday, October 7, 2022
Morgantown, West Virginia on Friday, October 7, 2022
Columbus, Ohio on Monday, October 10, 2022
Cleveland, Ohio on Monday, October 10, 2022
Flint, Michigan on Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Lansing, Michigan on Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Green Bay, Wisconsin on Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Thursday, October 13, 2022
St. Paul, Minnesota on Thursday, October 13, 2022
Des Moines, Iowa on Friday, October 14, 2022
Kansas City, Missouri on Friday, October 14, 2022
Reno, Nevada on Monday, October 17, 2022
Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Flagstaff, Arizona on Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Tucson, Arizona on Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Albuquerque, New Mexico on Thursday, October 20, 2022
Boulder/Fort Collins, Colorado on Thursday, October 20, 2022
Denver, Colorado on Friday, October 21, 2022
Richmond, Virginia on Monday, October 24, 2022
Raleigh, North Carolina on Monday, October 24, 2022
Charlotte, North Carolina on Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Augusta, Georgia on Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Atlanta, Georgia on Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Savannah, Georgia on Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Orlando, Florida on Thursday, October 27, 2022
Tampa, Florida on Thursday, October 27, 2022
Miami, Florida on Friday, October 28, 2022
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