***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22***
RFK Jr.’s Nomination for HHS Secretary puts American Lives at Risk and Threatens the Future of Health Care
Today, medical professionals and activists will join Protect Our Care in Maine and California 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.
MAINE
WHO:
Dr. Patricia Hymanson, former Maine Representative and HHS Committee chair
Austin Vaughn, medical student
Barbara Shaw, health care attorney
Mark Gallagher, Protect Our Care
WHAT: Press Conference
WHEN: Friday, November 22, 2024 at 1 PM ET
WHERE: Portland City Hall, 389 Congress Street
CALIFORNIA
WHO:
Chris Noble, Health Access California
Dr. Jerry Abraham, President, Los Angeles County Medical Association
Dr. Diana Dayal, ER resident physician
Matthew Herdman, Protect Our Care California
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference
WHEN: Friday, November 22, 2024, at 10 AM PT // 1 PM ET
WHERE: Register for the virtual event here (Registration required)