***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR MONDAY JUNE 2ND AT 3 PM ET***
It’s Up to Senate Republicans to Put a Stop to Unprecedented Cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act
Washington, D.C. — On Monday, June 2nd at 3 PM ET, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) will join Protect Our Care and former Medicaid Director Daniel Tsai to call on Republicans in the Senate to put people over politics and reject the House spending bill. The bill includes the largest Medicaid cuts in history, guts key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and eliminates premium tax credits. The call comes after Joni Ernst (R-IA) brazenly dismissed concerns about the devastating cuts to health care, stating “we all are going to die.”
As the largest health care provider in the country, Medicaid provides health care to more than 70 million Americans. According to analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, between the drastic cuts to Medicaid and the harmful ACA marketplace cuts in this bill, more than 13 million Americans will lose health care coverage and millions more will see their health care costs soar. Not only will hardworking families lose access to care, rural hospitals will shut down, seniors will be forced to leave their nursing homes, and people fighting cancer or addiction will lose lifesaving care. Read more about the damage these unprecedented health care cuts will cause here.
PRESS CALL:
WHO:
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Daniel Tsai, Former Medicaid Director for the Biden-Harris administration
Leslie Dach, Chair, Protect Our Care
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference
WHERE: Register for the Event Here.
WHEN: Monday, June 2nd at 3 PM ET