***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDS, MARCH 11 @ 10 AM***
Since Taking Office, the Trump Administration Has Launched an All-Out Assault on Access to Health Care
As Donald Trump visits Ohio today, Ohio doctors, health care advocates, and leaders will join Protect Our Care Ohio to discuss a new report kicking off Protect Our Care’s March Madness campaign. The report highlights how Donald Trump and his allies in Congress are turning their backs on the American people and gutting health care to give the ultra-wealthy another tax break. In the first year of his second term, the Trump administration has skyrocketed premiums, raised out-of-pocket costs, and slashed Medicaid funding, forcing working families to choose between health care and other basic necessities.
Speakers will address how health care cuts harm Ohioans and hold Trump and his allies accountable for gutting vital, popular health care programs that Americans across the political spectrum depend on.
WHO:
- Thomas West, former state Rep and President of the Urban League of Canton
- Dr. Chris Brown, Columbus physician
- Rebecca Smith, Ohio resident on Medicaid
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference
WHEN: Wednesday, March 11 at 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Register to join the Zoom event (registration required)
BACKGROUND:
- Thanks to GOP premium hikes, 22 million Americans, including 107,000 Ohioans, will lose their health care coverage entirely this year alone, including small business owners, farmers, and older adults.
- In the wake of the Big, Ugly Bill, Ohio hospitals alone are expected to lose nearly $1 billion annually.
- Due to Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill, 29 Ohio hospitals and clinics are closing, have already announced cuts, or are at risk of closure.
- As a direct result of the Trump administration’s attacks on health care, more than 110,000 Ohioans have lost their Affordable Care Act coverage during this year’s open enrollment period.
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