Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) Will Headline “Sick of It! Fix Health Care Now” Events Across Three States
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Washington, D.C. — This week, Protect Our Care’s “Sick of It! Fix Health Care Now” bus tour continues on as “Care Force One” makes ten stops across three 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 over 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 Colorado, California, and Arizona.
MONDAY
WARREN, MICHIGAN:
WHO:
Michigan Sen. Kevin Hertel, chair of the Senate Health Policy Committee
Kathleen Gerus-Darbison, Macomb County educator and patient
Michelle Leona Cecil, Oakland County resident and patient
Laura Packard, Michigan native, cancer survivor and healthcare advocate
WHERE: UAW Region 1, 27899 George Merrelli Dr., Warren.
WHEN: Monday, October 19, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET
FLINT, MICHIGAN:
WHO:
Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-08)
Kristen Young, Flint substance use disorder and mental health professional
Eric Schneidewind, Michigan retiree and former AARP president
Laura Packard, Michigan native, cancer survivor and healthcare advocate
WHERE: Flint Farmer’s Market, 300 E 1st St, Flint, MI 48502
WHEN: Monday, October 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET
TUESDAY
LANSING, MICHIGAN:
WHO:
Michigan Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou
Dr. Michael Zaroukian, MD
Maren McCue, parent who cares for a disabled adult child and is on Medicaid
Cynthia Burton, Mid-Michigan resident on Medicaid
Eric Schneidewind, Michigan retiree and former AARP president
Laura Packard, Michigan native, cancer survivor and healthcare advocate
WHERE: Michigan State Capitol, east side along Allegan Street, downtown Lansing
WHEN: Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN:
WHO:
Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI)
Michigan State Sen. Sean McCann
Michigan State Rep. Julie Rogers
Dr. Isaac Johnson, MD
Eric Schneidewind, Michigan retiree and former AARP president
WHERE: Bronson Park: 241 W South Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (across from Kalamazoo City Hall)
WHEN: Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET
WEDNESDAY
MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WISCONSIN:
WHO:
U.S. Representative Gwen Moore
Mitchell Berman, emergency room nurse
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
WHERE: Oak Creek, WI [rsvp to [email protected] for address]
WHEN: Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 10:30 AM CT
MADISON, WISCONSIN:
WHO:
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
WHERE: Madison, WI [rsvp to [email protected] for address]
WHEN: Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM CT
THURSDAY
LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN:
WHO:
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin
Rebecca Cooke, health care storyteller
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
WHERE: La Crosse, WI [rsvp to [email protected] for address]
WHEN: Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 10:30 AM CT
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA:
WHO:
Iowa State Senator Molly Donahue
Iowa State Rep. Elizabeth Wilson
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
WHERE: NewBo Market
WHEN: Thursday, October 22, 2026, TBA
FRIDAY
DAVENPORT, IOWA:
WHO:
Iowa State Sen. Mike Zimmer
Iowa State Sen. Cindy Winkler
Jenn Mariman
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
WHERE: TBA
WHEN: Friday, October 23, 2026, TBA
DES MOINES, IOWA:
WHO:
Iowa State Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott
Iowa State Rep. Rob Johnson
Jill Kordick, storyteller
Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate
WHERE: Crowles Commons
WHEN: Friday, October 23, 2026, TBA