A service of Salisbury University and University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Protest Outside Harris Congressional Office Over Health Care

Don Rush

Around a dozen or so protesters stood outside the offices of Congressman Andy Harris in downtown Salisbury as the Senate Republicans work out a measure to replace the Affordable Care Act.

Progressive Maryland sponsored the protest opposing the House measure and calling for a single payer system instead.

The group says research shows that 56 percent of Maryland residents oppose the American Health Care Act already approved by the House.

Michael Feldman with Progressive Maryland and chair of Lower Shore Progressive Caucus says, “There’s been a lot of lack of transparency in the Senate. And, we want to know what’s in the bill. How it is different if at all it is different than the AHCA passed in the House, and what they plan to do about health care.”

He says that the House measure would leave 950-thousand Marylanders without health care – 50 percent of which are children.

Feldman said he did meet with Harris’ community liaison to express his concerns.  

Harris supported House bill and has emphasized high risk pools to deal with those who have conditions that make getting insurance more difficult.         

The protest was just one of many in some twenty states around the country against the GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.