***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY NOVEMBER 26***
U.S. Reps. Dan Goldman, Wiley Nickel, State Lawmakers, Health Care Advocates Headline Events in New York and North Carolina
Today, U.S. Representatives Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Wiley Nickel (NC-13), state lawmakers, health care professionals, and advocates will join Protect Our Care in five states 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 American 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 Americans healthy. America deserves 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 person across the country, 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.
NEW YORK
WHO:
Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10)
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine
Amelia Bittel, Syracuse health care advocate
Jennie Spector, Brooklyn health care advocate
Raziya Hill, Buffalo advocate
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference
WHEN: Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 9 AM ET
WHERE: Register for the virtual event here (Registration required)
NORTH CAROLINA
WHO:
Congressman Wiley Nickel (NC-13)
Stacy Staggs, Little Lobbyists
Haywood Watson, health care storyteller
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference
WHEN: Tuesday, November 26th at 10 AM ET
WHERE: Register for the virtual event here (Registration required)
PENNSYLVANIA
WHO:
Rep. Arvind Venkat, MD
Rebecca Parks, Protect Our Care Research Director
Michael Berman, Protect Our Care Pennsylvania Director
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference
WHEN: Tuesday, November 26th at 11 AM ET
WHERE: Register for the virtual event here (Registration required)
ARIZONA
WHO:
Dr. Larry DeLuca
Ashley Chambers, Arizona Families for Vaccines
Bridget Sharpe, HRC Arizona
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference
WHEN: Tuesday, November 26th at 10 AM MST // 12 PM ET
WHERE: Register for the virtual event here (Registration required)
ALASKA
WHO:
Senator Elvi Gray-Jackson
AFL-CIO President Joelle Hall
Alaska Caretaker’s Union Senior Political and Advocacy Advisor Judy Jessen
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference
WHEN: Tuesday, November 26th at 5:30 PM AKST // 9:30 PM ET
WHERE: Register for the virtual event here (Registration required)