Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-02), PA Lt. Gov. Austin Davis
Will Headline “Sick of It! Fix Health Care Now” Events in Five States
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Washington, D.C. — Next week, Protect Our Care’s “Sick of It! Fix Health Care Now” bus tour kicks off as “Care Force One” makes eight stops across five states. Members of Congress, local elected officials, health care advocates, and storytellers will join together to call out Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress for taking a wrecking ball to our health care system, giving voice to the millions of Americans who are rightfully sick of it. Across the country, hard-working families are fed up with the growing health care crisis after Trump and Republicans slashed more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and gutted Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits to bankroll tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations.
Care Force One is making nearly 40 stops across four weeks, taking the fight directly to communities where families are hit hardest by rising health care costs and coverage losses. Every stop will feature real stories of people impacted by Republican cuts to health care, and speakers will call on lawmakers to enact commonsense health care solutions, including restoring tax credits to lower insurance premiums, reversing devastating Medicaid cuts, expanding Medicare’s power to negotiate lower prices for more drugs and extending those lower prices to all Americans with insurance, penalizing drug companies that raise prices faster than inflation, and protecting patients from high costs by extending the annual $2,000 out-of-pocket cap and the $35 insulin co-pay cap to people with private coverage. Next week, the tour continues in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Ohio.
MONDAY
BANGOR, MAINE:
WHO:
Matthew Dunlap, Maine State Auditor
State Rep. Ambureen Rana
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
Toby McGrath, Protect Our Care Maine
WHERE: Cascade Park, 600 State St, Bangor, ME 04401
WHEN: Monday, October 05, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE:
WHO:
MacKenzie Nicholson, Senior Director, MomsRising New Hampshire
Emmett Soldati, small business owner
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
Allison A. Lantagne, representing Sen. Hassan
Jayme Simões, Protect Our Care New Hampshire
WHERE: Rochester Common, 139 S Main St, Rochester, NH 03867 (across from St. Charles School)
WHEN: Monday, October 05, 2026 at 3:30 PM ET
TUESDAY
CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE:
WHO:
Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-02)
Cinde Warmington, health care attorney
New Hampshire State Senator Cindy Rosenwald
James McKim, President, NAACP Manchester Branch
Jen Foley, storyteller
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
Jayme Simões, Protect Our Care New Hampshire
WHERE: New Hampshire State House, 107 N Main St, Concord, NH 03301
WHEN: Tuesday, October 06, 2026 at 9:00 AM ET
TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK:
WHO:
State Senator Shelley Mayer
Assemblymember Dana Levenberg (District 95)
Assemblymember Chris Burdick (District 93)
Assemblymember Patrick Carroll (District 96)
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
Chris Duyos, Protect Our Care New York
WHERE: Pierson Park, 238 W Main St, Tarrytown, NY 10591
WHEN: Tuesday, October 06, 2026 AT 3:00 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA:
WHO:
Lt Gov. Austin Davis
Ann Leffler, Pennsylvania State Education Association
Kim Keener, Nurse, SEIU
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
Michael Berman, Protect Our Care Pennsylvania
WHERE: Pennsylvania State Capitol, Commonwealth Ave, Harrisburg, PA 17125, Spots 61 & 62
WHEN: Wednesday, October 07, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET
THURSDAY
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA:
WHO:
Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
Michael Berman, Protect Our Care Pennsylvania
WHERE: Lackawanna County Courthouse, Biden St, Scranton PA 18503
WHEN: Thursday, October 08, 2026 at 10:30 AM ET
BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA:
WHO:
Firefighter Union Pres. Bob Brooks
County Executive Tara Zrinski
April Nyberg, small business owner
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
Michael Berman, Protect Our Care Pennsylvania
WHERE: Payrow Plaza, 10 E. Church Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018
WHEN: Thursday, October 08, 2026 at 2:30 PM ET
FRIDAY
WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY:
WHO:
Rebecca Bennett, health care executive
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
WHERE: Westfield Train Station, 300 South Ave W, Westfield, NJ 07090
WHEN: Friday, October 09, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET