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TODAY: Patients Join Women’s Group to Hold Vigils Outside Senators’ Offices Across the Country, Urging Them Reject the Health Care Repeal Bill

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Tuesday, June 27, 2017
CONTACT: Jordan Wilhelmi | jordan@unbendablemedia.com | 612.281.2310

TODAY: Patients Join Women’s Group to Hold Vigils Outside Senators’ Offices Across the Country, Urging Them Reject the Health Care Repeal Bill

Today, June 27, patients covered by the Affordable Care Act will join UltraViolet, a women’s advocacy organization, in holding vigils outside the local offices of Senators Lisa Murkowski (AK), Shelley Capito (WV), Rob Portman (OH), Susan Collins (ME), Bill Cassidy (LA), Tom Cotton (AR), Dean Heller (NV), Cory Gardner (CO), and Jeff Flake (AZ), urging their state’s respective Senator to reject and vote against the Republican health care plan. The vigils will feature flowers, candles, photos and stories of people who will suffer if the ACA is repealed.

The events will detail the sheer volume of people who have benefitted from Medicaid expansion in each state, rely on Planned Parenthood for life-saving cancer screenings and access to birth control and emergency contraception, and who live with pre-existing conditions.

Health Care Vigil Outside Sen. Collins’ Portland Office

  • WHERE: One Canal Plaza, Portland, ME 04101
  • WHEN: Today, June 27, 12:00 PM Local Time
  • LOCAL CONTACT: April Humphrey, 207.200.6810
  • OTHER LOCAL GROUPS: Mainers for Accountable Leadership

Health Care Vigil Outside Sen. Capito’s Morgantown Office

  • WHERE: 48 Donley Street, Morgantown, WV 26501
  • WHEN: Today, June 27, 12:00 PM Local Time
  • LOCAL CONTACT: Shane Assadzandi, Mountaineers for Progress, 724.986.6161
  • PARTICIPATING GROUPS INCLUDE: Mountaineers for Progress

Health Care Vigil Outside Sen. Murkowski’s Anchorage Office

  • WHERE: 510 L Street, Anchorage, AK 99501
  • WHEN: Today, June 27, 12:00 PM Local Time
  • LOCAL CONTACT: Shoshanah Stone, 907.360.6302

Health Care Vigil Outside Sen. Portman’s Cleveland Office

  • WHERE: Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building, 1240 E 9th St, Cleveland, OH 44114
  • WHEN: Today, June 27, 12:00 PM Local Time
  • LOCAL CONTACT: Rachel Sosnowchik, 402.651.0238

Health Care Action  Outside Sen. Cassidy’s Metairie Office

  • WHERE: 3421 N Causeway Blvd, Metairie, LA 70002
  • WHEN: Today, June 27, 4:00 PM Local Time
  • LOCAL CONTACT: Amy Irvin, executive director, New Orleans Abortion Fund, 504.914.7539
  • OTHER LOCAL GROUPS: New Orleans Abortion Fund, Delta Clinic of Baton Rouge, Doctors for America Louisiana, Lift Louisiana, Louisiana National Organization for Women, National Organization for Women – Baton Rouge, National Organization for Women – New Orleans, Women’s Health Care Center, Megan Snider, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast

Health Care Vigil Outside Sen. Cotton’s Little Rock Office

  • WHERE: 1401 W Capitol Ave, Little Rock, AR 72201
  • WHEN: Today, June 27, 12:00 PM Local Time
  • LOCAL CONTACT: TBA

Health Care Vigil Outside Sen. Heller’s Reno Office

  • WHERE: Bruce R. Thompson Federal Building, 400 S Virginia St, Reno, NV 89501
  • WHEN: Today, June 27, 10:00 AM Local Time
  • LOCAL CONTACT: Autumn Zemke, Northern Nevada Working Families Party, 206.218.9435
  • OTHER LOCAL GROUPS:Northern Nevada Working Families Party, and PDA-Reno along with other members of the Northern Nevada Progressive Coalition

Health Care Vigil Outside Sen. Gardner’s  Denver Office

  • WHERE: 1125 17th Street, Denver, CO 80202
  • WHEN: Today, June 27, 12:00 PM Local Time
  • LOCAL CONTACT: TBA

Health Care Vigil Outside Sen. Flake’s Phoenix Office

  • WHERE: 2200 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85016
  • WHEN: Today, June 27, 12:00 PM Local Time
  • LOCAL CONTACT: TBA

On Thursday, June 22nd, the long-awaited text of the Senate health care repeal bill—legislation devised in secret by 13 male GOP members—was revealed. It will give massive tax breaks to the rich, strip Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood clinics and make even deeper cuts to Medicaid than the House bill. The bill could be voted on as early as this week—ahead of the July 4th recess—without any committee hearings or public input.

See stories from UltraViolet members who rely on the Affordable Care Act for health insurance coverage at http://cantaffordtolose.com. Each storyteller is available to talk to media about their stories and why the Republican health care plan would be devastating for their futures.

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