Date: July 29 at 3pm EST
Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b1faz2VoRtifnja7jxSXBw

The Cure Hepatitis C Act 2025 introduced by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) aims to establish a national program to eliminate hepatitis C in the United States. The bill focuses on expanding access to treatment, particularly for vulnerable populations like those in Medicaid, correctional facilities and the uninsured through an innovative model which allows the federal government to negotiate an agreement with 1 or 2 pharmaceutical companies for unlimited access to HCV medications for these populations in exchange for a fixed annual fee to the drug company.

As the bill moves through the legislative process, massive grassroots advocacy is needed to ensure that it gets the necessary co-sponsorships to pass. To this end, TAG is organizing this community webinar for community organizations and advocates to raise awareness about the bill, and prepare them to meet and engage with their Senators during the August recess in their district offices or Town Hall meetings to share their lived and living personal experiences and stories on HCV, and the need to ensure the bill passes.

Speakers

• Erika Miller: Will provide a deep dive into the key provisions of the bill and how each of these will expand and scale-up HCV testing among high-risk populations, link people to care and bring us closer to HCV elimination
• Daniel Raymond: Will describe the process the bill will follow; How communities can support the bill to ensure it passes, including by visiting district offices and joining town hall meetings in August; recommendations on what to tell your law makers and why they need to hear from constituents; and Key states.
• Ryan Clary: Using “Call to Action” as a tool
• Kendall Martinez-Wright: Facilitator