***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR MAY 21, 2025***
Protect Our Care Holds Events In Five States Featuring Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5), Wesley Bell (MO-1), Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis (PA), And Advocates
Today, Protect Our Care is holding events across the country to call out Republicans’ budget bill which slashes billions from Medicaid and the ACA. The bill rips health care away from millions of Americans, so Trump and the GOP can fund tax breaks for the wealthy and large corporations. Right now, the Rules Committee is debating the legislation with amendments expected to make the devastation of our health care system even worse. Republicans’ Medicaid cuts will take lifesaving care away from children, seniors, people fighting addiction or cancer, and so many more. At the same time, they’re targeting key provisions of the Affordable Care Act and taking away tax credits, which will cause premiums to skyrocket for middle-class families. Republicans’ bill will throw millions of Americans off their health care, raise costs, force hospitals to close, push seniors out of nursing homes, and make health care unaffordable and inaccessible for millions of working families – all so Trump and his Republican allies can give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations.
PENNSYLVANIA
WHO:
Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis
Former Rep. Conor Lamb
Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans
Pennsylvanians affected by Medicaid cuts
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference
WHERE: RSVP here (Registration required)
WHEN: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 10:30 AM ET
VIRGINIA
WHO:
Cardboard Kiggans
Affordable Virginia
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia
Protect Our Care Virginia
SEIU Virginia 512
Virginia Organizing
Impacted Constituents
WHAT: Protect Medicaid Rally
WHERE: 283 Constitution Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23462
WHEN: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 11 AM ET
MISSOURI
WHO:
Representative Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5)
Representative Wesley Bell (MO-1)
McClain Bryant Macklin, Vice President, Policy and Impact, Health Forward Foundation
Dan Cranshaw, Executive Director, KC Health Collaborative
Wil Franklin, CEO, KC Care Health Center
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference
WHERE: RSVP Here (Registration required)
WHEN: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 10:30 AM CT // 11:30 AM ET
IOWA
WHO:
Abby Butler, SEIU leader and nurse
Nancy Halls, cancer survivor
Dr. Tim Blair, a retired rural physician
Anne Discher, Common Good Iowa Executive Director
Amy Adams, Protect Our Care Iowa Director
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference
WHERE: RSVP Here (Registration required)
WHEN: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 11 AM CT // 12 PM ET
ALASKA
WHO:
Alaska health care advocates, patients, families, and concerned community members
WHAT: Protect Medicaid Rally
WHERE: Office of Representative Nick Begich, 1016 W. 6th Ave, Anchorage
WHEN: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 4 PM AKT // 8 PM ET
RSVP: Here