***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2026***
Events are Headlined By U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA-08), Sanford Bishop (D-GA-02), Judy Chu (D-CA-28), and Dave Min (D-CA-47)
Today, Protect Our Care is holding events in Virginia, New Hampshire, Georgia, California, and Arizona, featuring lawmakers, health care leaders and advocates who will launch the “Sick of It! Fix Health Care Now” campaign, a multi-month effort giving voice to the millions of Americans rightfully sick of Trump and Republicans in Congress gutting our health care. Lawmakers, community leaders, providers, and patients are demanding action and calling for solutions to lower costs, lower barriers to care, and fix our broken health care system.
Americans 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 tax credits to bankroll tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Since then, more than eight million people have lost the coverage they relied on to see a doctor when they’re sick, while costs have skyrocketed for millions more. Over 1,000 hospitals, nursing homes, maternity wards, and other providers are closing, cutting essential services, or facing the risk of closure or cuts. Read more about the damage and harm Republican health care cuts are causing families here.
VIRGINIA
WHO:
Congressman Don Beyer
Senator Barbara Favola, Chair of the Virginia Senate Education and Health Committee
Matt de Ferranti, Chair of the Arlington County Board of Supervisors
SEIU Virginia State Council
Katie Baker, Protect Our Care Virginia
WHEN: Friday, July 17, 2026 at 10:30am ET
WHERE: Central Library: 1015 N Quincy St, Quincy Room, Arlington, VA 22201
GEORGIA
WHO:
U.S. Representative Sanford Bishop
Tonza Thomas, Executive Director, Georgia NAACP
Dr. Karen Kinsell
Liz Ernst, Protect Our Care Georgia
WHEN: Friday, July 17, 2026 at 11am ET
WHERE: Zoom Registration Link
NEW HAMPSHIRE
WHO:
State Rep. Jessica LaMontagne
Lisa Beaudoin, Founder of Strategies for Disability Equity
Mark Gallagher, Protect Our Care New Hampshire
WHEN: Friday, July 17, 2026 at 11am ET
WHERE: Arms Park, 10 Arms St., Manchester, NH
CALIFORNIA
WHO:
U.S. Representative Judy Chu (CA-28)
U.S. Representative Dave Min (CA-47)
Matt Herdman, Protect Our Care California
WHEN: Friday, July 17 at 10am PT/1pm ET
WHERE: Zoom Registration Link
ARIZONA
WHO:
Arizona Representative Aaron Márquez
Ricardo Reyes, Vets Forward
Abigail Jackson, Progress AZ
Linda Somo, President, Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans
Jenn Dunn, Arizona mom and advocate, Reproductive Freedom for All
Morgan Finkelstein, Protect Our Care Arizona
WHEN: Friday, July 17, 2026 at 11am AZ/2pm ET
WHERE: The McKinley Club, 734 W Polk St, Phoenix, AZ