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GOP Hot Seat Summer

During August, Protect Our Care took the fight directly to Republicans’ home districts as part of “GOP Hot Seat Summer,” a nationwide push within our multi-month “Sick of It! Fix Health Care Now” campaign. As members of Congress headed home for August recess, Protect Our Care and partners made sure Republicans could not hide from the consequences of their vote to rip $1 trillion from health care to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations.

đŸ“ș“Every Day That We Don’t Act, More Women Suffer”: Senator Booker & Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Joined Protect Our Care to Expose How Republican Health Care Cuts Have Deepened the Maternal Health Crisis
đŸ”„State-by-State Fact Sheets
đŸ”„Sick of It: Workers Everywhere Are Tired of Their Health Care Costs Going Up
đŸ”„Sick of It: Doctors, Nurses, and Hospital Leaders See How GOP Cuts Hurt Families Firsthand
đŸ”„In The News: Americans Are Already Sick of the GOP’s Medicaid Cuts – And the Worst is Yet to Come
đŸ”„Latest Polls: Americans Are Sick of Paying More and Getting Less. In November, They’ll Vote to Fix Health Care Now.
đŸ”„Sick of It Spotlights: Maternity Wards, Rural Health, Kids, Mental Health 

Sneak Peek:

🚌First reported in NOTUS, beginning in October, Protect Our Care is hitting the road with a nationwide bus tour calling out Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress for taking a wrecking ball to our health care system.

Rx Pricing

Big drug companies continue to line their pockets after cutting backroom deals with Trump as older Americans struggle to afford their prescriptions. After crying wolf that negotiated prices would mean fewer cures, drug company executives are now boasting about beating Wall Street expectations, raising their annual outlooks, and the promise of cures to come.

  • Greed Watch: Big Drug Companies’ Cries of Outrage Over Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Fail to Line Up With Reality As Democrats Deliver Real Savings to Seniors Nationwide
  • Greed Watch: Big Drug Companies Make Record-Breaking Sales While Seniors With Cancer Get Sold Out Thanks to Donald Trump
  • Side-By-Side: Trump vs. Democrats’ Record on Lowering Prescription Drug Costs

Other News


Public Health

🚹Poll Finds Trump’s Anti-Vax Executive Order Not Just Deadly To Kids, But to GOP’s Political Ambitions

Donald Trump and RFK Jr. took their anti-vaccine crusade to a dangerous new level with an executive order that puts kids’ lives on the line.

In a giant surprise to nobody, RFK Jr. is under fire yet again for lying to Congress during his confirmation hearings. 

Additionally:

  • Statement: Trump and RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vax Crusade Just Got Two Pennsylvanians Killed
  • Statement: Trump’s FDA Pick Comes Pre-Loaded With Anti-Vax Views
  • In The News: “Completely Preventable” Two Dead in PA After RFK Jr. Told Lancaster County That the Cure for Measles is ‘Chicken Soup and Vitamin A’