ICYMI: Representative Tran Stands with Planned Parenthood to Defend Affordable Health Care

Westminster, CA - In case you missed it, U.S. Representative Derek Tran (CA-45), joined by Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties (PPOSBC) and Garden Grove City Councilmember Ariana Arestegui, hosted a press conference to highlight the devastating local impacts of Republican health care cuts.

WATCH HERE

Representative Tran delivers remarks in defense of health care.

As a direct result of the "Defund PP" provision in H.R. 1, PPOSBC has been forced to eliminate their primary health care service line, Melody Health, which serves approximately 13,000 patients in the region, over the next two months. More than 77 Planned Parenthood jobs in Southern California will also be terminated come mid-December due to funding losses.

"To pay for their billionaire tax cuts, [Congressional Republicans] sold out essential health care providers, especially Planned Parenthood. Just in Southern California, Planned Parenthood will be forced to lay off 77 staff members. Leaving 13,000 people without critical access to primary care. Nationwide, more than 1.1 million people will have nowhere to turn for services like prenatal care, cancer screenings, birth control, and primary care," said Representative Tran in his remarks. "More Medicaid cuts and bureaucratic red tape will make life even harder and more expensive. This is why I've been in Washington every week, fighting so hard to protect your health care. I'll work with anyone, Democrat or Republican. I'll sit down anytime, anywhere to make a deal that protects our community."

Click HEREto view the full press conference.

Representative Tran stands with Garden Grove City Councilmember Ariana Arestegui, PPOSBC Founder and CEO Krista Hollinger, and La Palma City Councilmember Janet Conklin.

Representative Tran remains committed to lowering the cost of essential health care for hardworking families in CA-45. He voted against H.R. 5371,the partisan government funding package that guts affordable health care through the Affordable Care Act. Tran signed a letterto House Leadership urging the permanent extension of premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, and cosponsored H.R. 4849, the Protecting Healthcare and Lowering Costs Act,to codify those tax credits in law. Tran voted againstdismantling access to affordable health care and signed a discharge petition in the House to bring H.R. 2753, the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act, to the House floor for a vote. He also introduced H.R. 4317, the bipartisan PBM Reform Act, alongside Representative Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-01), to encourage transparency and accountability in pharmacy benefit managers' (PBM) practices and lower the cost of prescription medication for hard-working families. Tran co-leads H.R. 4641, the Keep Kids Covered Act,with Representative Kathy Castor (FL-14), which would reduce the cost of healthcare for parents by ensuring continuous healthcare coverage for all children enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

###

Congressman Derek Tran represents California's 45th Congressional District. Serving his first term in Congress, Congressman Tran is a member of the House Armed Services Committee and House Small Business Committee, where he is Ranking Member of the Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations Subcommittee. Congressman Tran is the son of Vietnamese refugees, a Veteran, and fought for consumers as an attorney before entering Congress.