Mayors to Senators: Start Over and Work With Us to

WASHINGTON, DC, July 18, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Tuesday, July 18 ^th at 12pm ET, a group of mayors representing the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) will hold a telephone press conference to, given the imperiled fate of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), discuss a way forward through a Senate partnership with mayors across the country in creating a bipartisan and more effective health care bill, rather than move forward with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plan to completely repeal the existing law. 

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, will lead the call, and will be joined by Dayton, OH Mayor Nan Whaley; Reno, NV Mayor Hillary Schieve; Bangor, ME Mayor Joe Baldacci and Columbia, SC Mayor Stephen Benjamin in calling for Senators from their respective states to consider the impact a repeal bill – with no replacement – would have on millions of Americans - and make a local and national case for a way forward with input from bipartisan mayors across the country, and without Washington politics. Mayors will discuss how any Senate bill must ensure coverage and treatment for Americans with addiction, avoid cuts to Medicaid that would put our country’s most vulnerable at increased risk and devastate community health and municipal budgets.

TUESDAY, JULY 18 ^TH

WHO:

Mayor Mitch Landrieu, New Orleans, President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors

Mayor Steve Benjamin, Columbia (SC), Vice President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors

Mayor Nan Whaley, Dayton (OH)

Mayor Hillary Schieve, Reno (NV)

Mayor Joe Baldacci, Bangor (ME)

Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director, U.S. Conference of Mayors

WHAT:

Mayors’ Press Conference Call on the Senate Revised Healthcare Bill

WHEN:       

Tuesday, July 18, 2017 | 12:00 pm ET to 12:45 pm ET

HOW:     

Conference Call Number 1 (866) 868-1282 or 1 (847) 413-2405 | Passcode: 7208 318#   

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About The United States Conference of Mayors --   The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are nearly 1,400 such cities in the country today, and each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor. Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/usmayors , or follow us on Twitter at  twitter.com/usmayors .

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Elena Temple The U.S. Conference of Mayors 202-286-1100 etemple@usmayors.org Sara Durr Durr Communications 202-215-1811 sara@durrcommunications.com