***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2022***
Care Force One Rolls into Atlanta and Columbus on Wednesday to Celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act’s Health Care Measures
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Atlanta, GA – On Wednesday, October 26, U.S. Representative Sanford Bishop (D-GA-02) and Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-07) will join health care advocates and local residents as part of Protect Our Care’s nationwide bus tour to celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act’s measures to drive down health care costs for millions of working families and seniors. At Wednesday’s events, speakers will discuss how the bill lowers premiums for 13 million Americans, gives Medicare the power to negotiate for lower drug prices for seniors, delivers relief to people with disabilities, people of color, and rural Americans. Speakers will also let Georgians know how and when they can access these new benefits.
The “Lower Costs, Better Care” five-week tour will thank lawmakers who fought tirelessly to pass this historic bill and call out Republicans in Congress for rejecting measures to lower costs for millions of working families and seniors and addressing deep inequities in our health care system. Lawmakers have long worked to lower health costs and rein in high drug prices — but President Biden and Democrats in Congress actually got the job done— with help on the way in just a matter of months. Read more about the Inflation Reduction Act’s health care provisions here.
ATLANTA, GA
WHO:
Congressmember Carolyn Bourdeaux
Laura Packard, Executive Director, Health Care Voices
Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, Atlanta-based oncologist and internist
Sarah Cherry, Medicare beneficiary reliant on insulin
Concerned Georgians
WHERE: Care Force One, Gas South Arena, Lot A parking lot, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway Duluth, Georgia 30097
WHEN: Wednesday, October 26 at 9:00 AM ET
COLUMBUS, GA
WHO:
Congressmember Sanford Bishop
Laura Packard, Executive Director, Health Care Voices
Bobby L. Fuse, Jr., Chairman, Housing Authority of Americus, retired school system administrator
Saundra Ellison, retired Muscogee County educator, Medicare beneficiary reliant on insulin
Concerned community leaders
WHERE: Care Force One, 2429 Norris Road, Columbus, GA 31907
WHEN: Wednesday, October 26 at 1:00 PM ET