Two Palm Springs councilmembers will join health care advocates at an event Thursday hosted by the nonprofit “Protect Our Care.”
Councilmembers Lisa Middleton and Christy Holstege will be present on day 25 of the organization’s “Lower Costs, Better Care” bus tour. The event begins 3 p.m. Thursday in Ruth Hardy Park, at 700 Tamarisk Road.
Other notable figures joining Middleton and Holstege include Paulina Angel of the Trans Advocacy Center, Melissa Cedillo of Health Access California and Shirley Coates of Small Business Majority.
Organizers said in a statement that the event is intended to highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s passing of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, which included healthcare benefits such as relief to independent insurance purchases, capping the monthly cost of insulin and allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices.
During each stop on the tour, officials, health care advocates and storytellers have also been “sounding the alarm about the threat Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans pose to American health care,” according to the statement.
The six-week, 17-state tour will cover almost 12,000 miles and make more than 50 stops, organizers said. Tour vehicle “Care Force One” is scheduled for its next stop in Orange County on Friday.