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Washington, D.C. — Today, on the first week of Protect Our Care’s 8,000-mile “Lower Costs, Better Care” bus tour, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins will join health care advocates and “Care Force One” in Westchester and New York City to demonstrate how recent victories by President Biden and Democrats in Congress are already “Driving Down Health Care Costs” by thousands of dollars a year — with even more savings on the way. During the events, speakers will discuss how the Inflation Reduction Act and other health care measures will improve care and lower costs for the American people. Over four weeks, Care Force One will travel to more than 16 states, make more than 30 stops, and travel nearly 8,000 miles.
The “Lower Costs, Better Care” tour promotes the work of lawmakers who are fighting tirelessly to improve health care and hold Republicans accountable for trying to roll back this progress, hike costs, and rip away protections from the American people. Drug companies and Republican lawmakers are doing everything in their power to roll back this progress to put profits over people. August marks the first anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act and the savings it continues to deliver.
WESTCHESTER, NEW YORK:
WHO:
Andrea Stewart-Cousins, New York State Senate Majority Leader
Mondaire Jones, Former U.S. Representative
Gustavo Rivera, New York State Senator
Ken Jenkins, Westchester Deputy County Executive
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
WHERE: SUNY Westchester Community College, Parking Lot 11, Greenburgh, NY 10603
WHEN: Wednesday, August 02, 2023, at 10:30 AM EDT
NEW YORK, NEW YORK:
WHO:
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Nicole Frith, 1199 The National Health Care Workers’ Union Representative, LPN
Dara Kass, Regional Director for Region 2 of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service
Regina McBride, storyteller
Pastor Shaun Wills, storyteller
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
WHERE: 780 Third Ave, NY, NY 10017
WHEN: Wednesday, August 02, 2023, at 2:00 PM EDT
Protect Our Care’s Care Force One will make stops in:
Manchester, New Hampshire on Monday, July 31, 2023
Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Monday, July 31, 2023
Syracuse, New York on Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Kingston, New York on Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Westchester, New York on Wednesday, August 2, 2023
New York City, New York on Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Thursday, August 3, 2023
Uniontown, Pennsylvania on Friday, August 4, 2023
Youngstown, Ohio on Monday, August 7, 2023
Toledo, Ohio on Monday, August 7, 2023
Detroit, Michigan on Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Lansing, Michigan on Tuesday, August 8, 2023
La Crosse, Wisconsin on Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Green Bay, Wisconsin on Thursday, August 10, 2023
St. Paul, Minnesota on Friday, August 11, 2023
Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday, August 14, 2023
Bakersfield, California on Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Los Angeles, California on Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Orange County, California on Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Palm Springs, California on Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Phoenix, Arizona on Thursday, August 17, 2023
Tucson, Arizona on Thursday, August 17, 2023
Albuquerque, New Mexico on Friday, August 18, 2023
Atlanta, Georgia on Monday, August 21, 2023
Macon, Georgia on Monday, August 21, 2023
Charlotte, North Carolina on Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Greensboro, North Carolina on Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Raleigh, North Carolina on Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Norfolk, Virginia on Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Richmond, Virginia on Thursday, August 24, 2023
Wilmington, Delaware on Thursday, August 24, 2023
Mansfield Twp, New Jersey on Friday, August 25, 2023
For more information on Protect Our Care’s “Lower Cost, Better Care” tour, click here.