Sanford Bishop

Today, Congressman Sanford Bishop and storytellers launched Protect Our Care’s “Sick of It! Fix Health Care Now” campaign in Georgia, a multi-month effort giving voice to the millions of Americans sick of Trump and Republicans in Congress gutting our health care. Speakers demanded action from lawmakers and called for solutions to lower costs, lower barriers to care, and fix our broken health care system.

Georgians 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, including an estimated 266,972 Georgians, 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. These are critical providers like Flint River Community Hospital in Montezuma. Read more about the damage and harm Republican health care cuts are causing Georgia families here.