{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcbath.house.gov/press-releases?ID=5C6FB9B8-F26F-40EC-BD2A-F7C560919969", "McBath Joins Protect Our Care \u201cLower Costs, Better Care\u201d Tour in Georgia", "2022-11-04", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "GA", "Lucy McBath", "M001208", "mcbath.house.gov", "mcbath", "https://mcbath.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Johns Creek, GA \u2014 Today, Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA) joined Protect Our Care and local leaders for the Johns Creek stop of the \u201cLower Costs, Better Care\u201d Tour celebrating historic progress in the Inflation Reduction Act passed earlier this year. Joining the event were State Senator Dr. Michelle Au, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Region 4 Director Antrell Tyson; Sara Cherry, a Medicare beneficiary reliant on insulin; and Liz Ernst of Protect Our Care Georgia.\n\n\u201cHealth care costs have been far too high for far too long. The American people work hard and deserve access to quality, affordable care for their families. As a two-time breast cancer survivor, I know how harrowing it can be to receive difficult news from your own doctor and how important it is to have access to high-quality care. That is why we fought so hard in Congress and with President Biden to make a change and deliver a bill that helps the American people,\u201d said McBath. \u201cWith the Inflation Reduction Act, we are putting the needs of our communities, our families, and our future generations first. We are giving power back to families in America. And we are protecting care so that when a loved one is sick, no parent or family has to choose between keeping the lights on or paying for life-saving medication.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs a legislator working in a hyperpartisan environment, I quickly learned that the pace of change we can expect to see, and the amount of good we can expect to do at any one time, is often incremental at best, and frustratingly slow at baseline. It is with this understanding that I say this ?the Biden Administration\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act is transformative. It is transformative for my patients. It is transformative for the healthcare providers who care for them. And it is transformative for the state of Georgia,\u201d said State Senator Dr. Michelle Au.\n\n\u201cUnlike what some may have heard in the Georgia senatorial debate, without insulin it would be a matter of months, weeks or possibly days before I would sink into a coma and die. It actually wouldn\u2019t have mattered how I ate or what I ate\u2026 I was simply on a road to sure death,\u201d said Sara Cherry, an Atlanta Medicare beneficiary with diabetes. \u201cDiabetes has no political leanings. It doesn\u2019t care if you\u2019re a Democrat or a Republican. The Inflation Reduction Act, although worked on and passed solely by Democrats, will benefit millions of Americans who might be struggling to afford proper healthcare. The IRA is nothing short of miraculous for so many Americans.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Inflation Reduction Act will lower health care costs for the more than 63 million people across the country with Medicare coverage. And people covered under the Affordable Care Act Health Care Marketplaces save hundreds per year on their health insurance,\u201d said Antrell Tyson, HHS Regional Director, Region 4. \u201cHHS is ready to implement the law. We will meet deadlines, work collaboratively, and deliver on the tremendous responsibility and opportunity to implement critical reforms to lower drug prices for the American people.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Affordable Care Act saved my life,\u201dsaid Laura Packard, executive director of Health Care Voices. \u201cFive years ago I walked into the doctor\u2019s office with a nagging cough and walked out with a stage four cancer diagnosis \u2014 but I was lucky. I had good insurance through the ACA that paid for the chemotherapy and radiation that I needed. Now, the Inflation Reduction Act has made health insurance more affordable for millions of Americans like me. Through this landmark legislation, President Biden and Democrats in Congress capped premiums at 8.5 percent of our income and lowered prescription drug costs, paving the way for more affordable health care for years to come.\u201d\n\nDrug Prices in Georgia\n\nGeorgians spend $13.8 billion on prescription drugs annually.\n\nOver 7 million Georgians experienced health care affordability burdens in the last twelve months.\n\nAround 38 percent of Georgians have stopped or skipped taking a medication due to cost and 55 percent are concerned about the rising price of drugs\n\nHelp Is On The Way - The Inflation Reduction Act By the Numbers", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mcbath.house.gov/press-releases?ID=5C6FB9B8-F26F-40EC-BD2A-F7C560919969"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9476069826632738, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}