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***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2024***
Care Force One Rolls into Arizona and California as it Travels Across 17+ States, Makes Over 50 Stops, and Covers Nearly 12,000 Miles
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On day 29 of Protect Our Care’s “Lower Costs, Better Care” bus tour, Care Force One rolls into Phoenix, Arizona, and Palm Springs, California, with U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) joining health care advocates and Protect Our Care for an event in Phoenix to make sure Arizonians understand that our health care is at stake. By passing the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden-Harris administration and Democrats in Congress lowered premium costs, capped the monthly cost of insulin, and gave Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices. While we celebrate this progress, Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are fighting to go backwards, raise costs, take away protections for pre-existing conditions, and leave millions of people without critical coverage. MAGA Republicans want us to go back to the days when insurance companies made the rules and could deny people coverage.
Health care is a top issue for people across the country. During each stop, national and local elected officials, health care advocates, and storytellers are sounding the alarm about the threat Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans pose to American health care and celebrating the historic steps the Biden-Harris administration has taken to provide working families the quality, affordable care they need to stay healthy. Next week, the tour continues in Arizona. Over six weeks, Care Force One will travel to more than 17 states, make more than 50 stops, and travel nearly 12,000 miles.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA:
WHO:
U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE)
Dr. Amish Shah
Daniel Valenzuela
Doug Hart
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
WHERE: Arizona Capitol, 1700 W Washington St, Phoenix, AZ 85007
WHEN: Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 9 AM MST // 12 PM ET
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA:
WHO:
Lisa Middleton, Palm Springs Councilmember
Christy Holstege, former Palm Springs Mayor
Paulina Angel, Trans Advocacy Center
Melissa Cedillo, Health Access California
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
WHERE: Ruth Hardy Park: 700 Tamarisk Rd, Palm Springs, CA 92262
WHEN: Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 3 PM PT // 6 PM ET