View full video of the press call here. MIAMI, FL — After Trump held a crowded, mostly maskless rally in Sanford, FL, Monday, and announced another rally on Friday in Ocala, physicians from across Florida today called on him to immediately cancel Ocala’s rally, and halt future rallies in the state and across the country.…
View full video of the press call HERE. LANSING, Mich. — Michigan physicians today encouraged voters to stay safe from COVID-19 while casting their ballots for the General Election by choosing a safe voting option, which could include voting early in person at local clerk’s offices, sending their absentee ballot as soon as possible via…
View full video of the press call here. PHOENIX, Ariz. — Arizona physicians today called on Sen. Martha McSally to publicly reject Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett for confirmation, citing the threat Barrett represents to healthcare for Arizona families. McSally tweeted an early endorsement of Barrett’s nomination. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation…
View full video of the press call here. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina physicians today called on state legislators to expand Medicaid, potentially helping hundreds of thousands of working but uninsured North Carolinians, as well as thousands of laid-off people who lost their employer-provided healthcare in the COVID-19 recession. “As physicians, we urge legislators to…
View full video of the press call here. LANSING, Mich. — Michigan physicians today applauded Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for keeping science and data as driving forces of the state’s COVID19 response and called on Republican legislative leaders to support safeguards that protect public health, which a state health department order affirmed Monday. The physicians’ appeal…
View full video of the press call here. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Pennsylvania physicians today called on Pennsylvania’s Republican legislators to put aside partisan differences and urgently pass measures to provide more PPE for frontline workers instead of rushing partisan attacks on the state’s election system. The doctors, also members of the Committee to Protect Medicare,…
View full video of the press call here. MIAMI, Fla. — Two weeks before early in-person voting begins in many Florida counties, physicians urged voters to, if possible, make a plan to safely vote early in person. The call came as Florida saw massive increases in COVID-19 cases just days after Gov. Ron DeSantis allowed…
View full video of the press call here. MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin physicians today urged President Trump to cancel his visit to the state and scrub two rallies that he has planned for Saturday as the state experiences the worst surge of COVID-19 cases since the deadly pandemic began in February. The physicians’ appeal comes…
TO: Interested Parties FROM: Committee to Protect Medicare and ALG Research DATE: September 29, 2020 RE: NEW POLL: Michigan Voters Blame Trump for Nursing Home Deaths, Trust Whitmer on Handling of Nursing Homes, Pandemic more than Trump and Legislative Republicans New statewide polling shows voters are largely distrustful of President Trump when it comes…
View full video of the press call HERE MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin physicians today urged the Trump Administration to stop sabotaging health care as COVID-19 cases surged past 100,000 in the state and positivity rates climbed this week to among the highest in the nation. The physicians’ appeal came as Vice President Mike Pence visited…