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Raphael Warnock Wants to Talk About Healthcare

July 9th-Savannah


Amidst the noise in Washington or the latest culture war battle. Raphael Warnock has kept talking about one thing. Healthcare. He's just his latest "Healthcare Roundtable" here in his town in Savannah, and that wasn't the first. He's held similar events in Atlanta, Buckhead, Athens, Columbus, Dalton, and Fitzgerald. In the empty gymnasium, Senator Warnock sat down with about 40 locals on a long table to discuss healthcare. The chairs were slightly spaced, a lingering reminder of the COVID-19 pandemic. He led with brief remarks on the public option bill co-sponsored by Tim Kaine, Michael Bennet, and himself, along with several others. "While politicians chatter on the latest news item, people are out there suffering, they're suffering and they're still taking 200 dollars out of their pocket for insulin each month, and 2,000 dollars a year in premiums. Politicians need to realize this can't continue. Georgians know this, Americans know it. We have to change it." Folks around the table told their healthcare stories, a woman told a story on how she still has 40,000 dollars in medical debt, another women talked about her daughters diabetes, one man talked about an accident at a local factory to a friend of his without insurance. Warnock talked with them for about an hour in half. Ultimately he returned to one theme. "Politicians have a duty to help our people, and we've got to pass this bill. Senate rules from a hundred years ago can't get in the way of helping our people. That's what I'm gonna keep fighting for in the Senate." As Senator Warnock was leaving some reporters asked him about ongoing debate over the Green New Deal in the national discussion, Warnock simply said "brother, I'm just here to talk about healthcare" and walked off to talk with other locals.

All photos are Wikimedia Commons

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Warnock July Schedule

• July 1-6: July 4th Vacation, Celebrations in Atlanta
• July 7-11: Healthcare Roundtables
• July 12-21: Senate Work, speech on Healthcare goes Viral on progressive social media, "the suffering ends now"
• July 22-25: Constituent Service
• July 25-29: Fundraising
• July 30: Instagram Live with Bernie Sanders on Public Option
• July 31: Appearance on CNN to Promote Public Option

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