Protect Our Care Bus Tour — Protect Our Care

Protect Our Care's Lower Costs, Better Care 2023 Bus Tour

From New Hampshire to California, elected officials, storytellers, and health care advocates came together to demonstrate how recent victories by President Biden and Democrats in Congress are already “Driving Down Health Care Costs” by thousands of dollars a year — with even more savings on the way.

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Protect Our Care launched its fifth nationwide bus tour: Lower Costs, Better Care. From New Hampshire to California, elected officials, storytellers, and health care advocates demonstrated how recent victories by President Biden and Democrats in Congress are already “Driving Down Health Care Costs” by thousands of dollars a year — with even more savings on the way. The tour officially kicked off on July 31, 2023 with Care Force One rolling into districts and states for events to educate Americans about how the Inflation Reduction Act and other health care measures will improve care and lower costs for the American people. Over four weeks, Care Force One traveled to more than 16 states, made more than 30 stops, and traveled nearly 8,000 miles.

Protect Our Care’s bus tour took place just as Republicans are ramping up their war on health care. After spending more than $100 million to kill the Inflation Reduction Act, Big Pharma and their Republican allies in Congress are hard at work sabotaging this monumental progress in order to put profits over people. Right now, big drug companies are suing in court to try to take away Medicare’s power to negotiate, and Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to repeal all of the Inflation Reduction Act drug pricing measures. Republican lawmakers are also considering legislation to slash vital health care programs and recently passed a bill to promote junk plans that can discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions.

The “Lower Costs, Better Care” four-week tour helped promote the work of lawmakers who are fighting tirelessly to improve health care and held Republicans accountable for trying to roll back this progress and hike costs and rip away protections from the American people.

During the summer of 2023, President Biden and Congressional Democrats celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act. Between lowering premium costs by 151 percent on average, capping insulin costs, and stopping Big Pharma’s egregious price hikes, the new legislation is already working for the American people. Soon, seniors’ drug costs will be capped at $2,000 annually, and Medicare will finally be able to negotiate lower drug prices — no thanks to Republicans who unanimously voted to maintain the status quo and keep health care costs high.

The Inflation Reduction Act By the Numbers

13 million Americans are saving on their health insurance premiums keeping over 2 million Americans insured and saving an average of $2,400 per family.
52 million Medicare beneficiaries will no longer face Big Pharma’s outrageous price hikes that outpace inflation.
$35 insulin copays per prescription for Medicare beneficiaries
19 million people with Medicare will save an average of $400 thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act’s $2,000 annual cost caps
80 of the most expensive prescription drugs will have lower prices because of Medicare negotiations by 2030.

Protect Our Care’s Care Force One will make stops in:

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Manchester and Keane, New Hampshire
Syracuse, New York
Kingston, New York
Valhalla, New York
New York, New York
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Youngstown, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Detroit, Michigan
Lansing, Michigan
Green Bay, Wisconsin
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Duluth, Georgia
Macon, Georgia
Charlotte, North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
Norfolk, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Allentown, Pennsylvania

Protect Our Care's Lower Costs, Better Care 2023 Bus Tour

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The Inflation Reduction Act By the Numbers

Protect Our Care’s Care Force One will make stops in:

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