Protesters gathered at Senate offices across the country to voice their anger over the Republican healthcare bill. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Jun 28, 2017
Protesters descended on Republican Senators' offices all over the country on Wednesday, demanding that their elected officials vote against the Senate healthcare bill--which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this week would take away health coverage from 22 million Americans.
As of late Wednesday afternoon, a group of disability rights activists had been assembled at a sit-in at Senator Cory Gardner's office in Denver for about 32 hours. After being threatened with arrest, they told Gardner's staff that they refused to leave until Gardner agreed to vote against the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), also known as Trumpcare. Gardner is one of the 13 Republicans who wrote the bill in closed-door sessions in recent weeks.
\u201cHoly hell THEY ARE STILL THERE \u2014 22.5 hours (!) after arriving, ADAPT activists keep up sit-in @ Sen. Gardner's Denver office over TrumpCare\u201d— Jeff Stein (@Jeff Stein) 1498618531
\u201c#ADAPTandRESIST ! Hear the cheer, follow the cheer. CAN YOU HEAR IT @SenCoryGardner??? They ain't leavin till you got NO on #trumpcare\u201d— John Deans (@John Deans) 1498614728
The group of nine protesters were with the disability rights organization ADAPT. The national group also staged demonstrations this week at the offices of Ted Cruz of Texas, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Tom Cotton of Arkansas.
\u201cADAPT in Houston want to know that their senator, @SenTedCruz will not vote on any bill that cuts Medicaid\n\n #ADAPTandRESIST\u201d— American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (@American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today) 1498681561
\u201cKati being cuffed and taken out of the Capitol by police. All 11 protesters arrested, many w/ Indivisible Ozark\u201d— Jeff Stein (@Jeff Stein) 1498672241
Capitol police in Washington, DC arrested 40 healthcare protesters by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, according to reports. Demonstrators, including some with serious illnesses who would lose coverage for their medical care needs should the bill pass, staged sit-ins at the Senate offices of Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Rob Portman of Ohio, Marco Rubio of Florida, and others. Many chanted, "Kill the bill, don't kill me."
\u201cTen protesters outside of Sen. Toomey's office, several arrested: "Kill the bill, don't kill me."\u201d— Vaughn Hillyard (@Vaughn Hillyard) 1498670329
The Republicans' proposed bill would do away with a provision of the Affordable Healthcare Act, also called Obamacare, which requires insurance companies to cover critical care and prescription drugs for those with serious health conditions, or "pre-existing conditions."
Without the requirement, Americans with disabilities and chronic illnesses could be forced into financial ruin paying out-of-pocket for necessary treatment. A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine also found that about 29,000 Americans would die each year as a result of not having health insurance.
ADAPT was joined by several other groups in anti-Trumpcare protests. Housing Works, Planned Parenthood, and NARAL staged actions on Wednesday, with more demonstrations planned for Thursday.
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Protesters descended on Republican Senators' offices all over the country on Wednesday, demanding that their elected officials vote against the Senate healthcare bill--which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this week would take away health coverage from 22 million Americans.
As of late Wednesday afternoon, a group of disability rights activists had been assembled at a sit-in at Senator Cory Gardner's office in Denver for about 32 hours. After being threatened with arrest, they told Gardner's staff that they refused to leave until Gardner agreed to vote against the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), also known as Trumpcare. Gardner is one of the 13 Republicans who wrote the bill in closed-door sessions in recent weeks.
\u201cHoly hell THEY ARE STILL THERE \u2014 22.5 hours (!) after arriving, ADAPT activists keep up sit-in @ Sen. Gardner's Denver office over TrumpCare\u201d— Jeff Stein (@Jeff Stein) 1498618531
\u201c#ADAPTandRESIST ! Hear the cheer, follow the cheer. CAN YOU HEAR IT @SenCoryGardner??? They ain't leavin till you got NO on #trumpcare\u201d— John Deans (@John Deans) 1498614728
The group of nine protesters were with the disability rights organization ADAPT. The national group also staged demonstrations this week at the offices of Ted Cruz of Texas, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Tom Cotton of Arkansas.
\u201cADAPT in Houston want to know that their senator, @SenTedCruz will not vote on any bill that cuts Medicaid\n\n #ADAPTandRESIST\u201d— American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (@American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today) 1498681561
\u201cKati being cuffed and taken out of the Capitol by police. All 11 protesters arrested, many w/ Indivisible Ozark\u201d— Jeff Stein (@Jeff Stein) 1498672241
Capitol police in Washington, DC arrested 40 healthcare protesters by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, according to reports. Demonstrators, including some with serious illnesses who would lose coverage for their medical care needs should the bill pass, staged sit-ins at the Senate offices of Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Rob Portman of Ohio, Marco Rubio of Florida, and others. Many chanted, "Kill the bill, don't kill me."
\u201cTen protesters outside of Sen. Toomey's office, several arrested: "Kill the bill, don't kill me."\u201d— Vaughn Hillyard (@Vaughn Hillyard) 1498670329
The Republicans' proposed bill would do away with a provision of the Affordable Healthcare Act, also called Obamacare, which requires insurance companies to cover critical care and prescription drugs for those with serious health conditions, or "pre-existing conditions."
Without the requirement, Americans with disabilities and chronic illnesses could be forced into financial ruin paying out-of-pocket for necessary treatment. A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine also found that about 29,000 Americans would die each year as a result of not having health insurance.
ADAPT was joined by several other groups in anti-Trumpcare protests. Housing Works, Planned Parenthood, and NARAL staged actions on Wednesday, with more demonstrations planned for Thursday.
Protesters descended on Republican Senators' offices all over the country on Wednesday, demanding that their elected officials vote against the Senate healthcare bill--which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this week would take away health coverage from 22 million Americans.
As of late Wednesday afternoon, a group of disability rights activists had been assembled at a sit-in at Senator Cory Gardner's office in Denver for about 32 hours. After being threatened with arrest, they told Gardner's staff that they refused to leave until Gardner agreed to vote against the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), also known as Trumpcare. Gardner is one of the 13 Republicans who wrote the bill in closed-door sessions in recent weeks.
\u201cHoly hell THEY ARE STILL THERE \u2014 22.5 hours (!) after arriving, ADAPT activists keep up sit-in @ Sen. Gardner's Denver office over TrumpCare\u201d— Jeff Stein (@Jeff Stein) 1498618531
\u201c#ADAPTandRESIST ! Hear the cheer, follow the cheer. CAN YOU HEAR IT @SenCoryGardner??? They ain't leavin till you got NO on #trumpcare\u201d— John Deans (@John Deans) 1498614728
The group of nine protesters were with the disability rights organization ADAPT. The national group also staged demonstrations this week at the offices of Ted Cruz of Texas, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Tom Cotton of Arkansas.
\u201cADAPT in Houston want to know that their senator, @SenTedCruz will not vote on any bill that cuts Medicaid\n\n #ADAPTandRESIST\u201d— American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (@American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today) 1498681561
\u201cKati being cuffed and taken out of the Capitol by police. All 11 protesters arrested, many w/ Indivisible Ozark\u201d— Jeff Stein (@Jeff Stein) 1498672241
Capitol police in Washington, DC arrested 40 healthcare protesters by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, according to reports. Demonstrators, including some with serious illnesses who would lose coverage for their medical care needs should the bill pass, staged sit-ins at the Senate offices of Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Rob Portman of Ohio, Marco Rubio of Florida, and others. Many chanted, "Kill the bill, don't kill me."
\u201cTen protesters outside of Sen. Toomey's office, several arrested: "Kill the bill, don't kill me."\u201d— Vaughn Hillyard (@Vaughn Hillyard) 1498670329
The Republicans' proposed bill would do away with a provision of the Affordable Healthcare Act, also called Obamacare, which requires insurance companies to cover critical care and prescription drugs for those with serious health conditions, or "pre-existing conditions."
Without the requirement, Americans with disabilities and chronic illnesses could be forced into financial ruin paying out-of-pocket for necessary treatment. A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine also found that about 29,000 Americans would die each year as a result of not having health insurance.
ADAPT was joined by several other groups in anti-Trumpcare protests. Housing Works, Planned Parenthood, and NARAL staged actions on Wednesday, with more demonstrations planned for Thursday.
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