--- title: Health Care Protests: Police Arrest 80 in Washington, D.C. description: Police on Monday said they arrested 80 people protesting the Senate Republicans’ health care bill in Washington, D.C canonical: https://time.com/4852328/80-health-care-protesters-arrested-washington-dc/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-10T22:06:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:22:36.915Z article:section: Politics og:title: Capitol Police Arrest 80 People Protesting Against the GOP Health Care Bill og:description: Many told personal stories of how the health care bill would affect them og:url: https://time.com/4852328/80-health-care-protesters-arrested-washington-dc/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb4b9c36298b0063/6988d51b0b72e3259f6ee929/healthcare-protesters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Healthcare activists protest to stop the Republican health care bill at Russell Senate Office Building in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Capitol Police Arrest 80 People Protesting Against the GOP Health Care Bill twitter:description: Many told personal stories of how the health care bill would affect them twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb4b9c36298b0063/6988d51b0b72e3259f6ee929/healthcare-protesters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Capitol Police Arrest 80 People Protesting Against the GOP Health Care Bill > Sponsored content. 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Police on Monday said they arrested 80 people protesting the Senate Republicans’ health care bill in Washington, D.C._ by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Jul 10, 2017 10:06 PM UTC Police on Monday said they arrested 80 people protesting the Senate Republicans’ health care bill in Washington, D.C. by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Jul 10, 2017 10:06 PM UTC Police on Monday said they arrested 80 people protesting the Senate Republicans’ [health care bill](http://time.com/4827508/health-care-bill-senate-provisions/) in Washington, D.C. Activists around the country have been flocking to the offices of their elected representatives to express their dismay at the bill, which proposes significant [cuts to Medicaid](http://time.com/4828156/what-the-senate-health-care-bill-means/?xid=homepage) and which the Congressional Budget Office said would result in an additional [22 million people losing insurance](http://time.com/4832809/health-care-bill-cbo-score-uninsured/?iid=sr-link1) by 2026. On Monday, an estimated [100 protestors](https://twitter.com/meganjanetsky/status/884464726700371972) showed up at the Capitol to demonstrate at the offices of various legislators. Protesters visited the offices of Republicans like Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake and Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, where they shouted chants against the bill and told personal stories of how the health care changes would affect them. > [](https://twitter.com/JessicaASmith8/status/884483772812595202) > [](https://twitter.com/JStein%5FVox/status/884468608033751042) The Capitol Police [said](https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/capitol-police-arrest-80-demonstrators) they received reports of “demonstration activity” at 13 locations in the House and Senate office buildings and arrived on the scene around 2 p.m. Monday. Demonstrators who refused to stop protesting were arrested and charged with “crowding, obstructing or incommoding,” according to the police statement. A total of 21 protesters were arrested in the House of Representatives office building, and 59 people were arrested in the Senate building, according to the police. As some protesters were taken away in handcuffs, videos shared on social media showed them yelling: “You are killing people! You are systematically killing people!” and “Health care is a human right!” > [](https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/884481772947427328) The intense fight over the nation’s health care has sparked many who will be most affected — often chronically sick or disabled people — to protest against the Republicans’ proposed changes. In the past few weeks, police have [forcibly removed](http://time.com/4831386/disability-advocate-protest-gop-health-care-bill/?iid=sr-link3) disability advocates from the U.S. Capitol and from other legislative buildings in states across the country. ## Transcript [00:00] [ NOISE ] Shame, shame, shame, shame, shame, shame, [00:02] shame on proof. Human right that is why we fight, [00:06] fight, fight. How fair is our human right? That is [00:11] why we fight, fight, fight. How fair is our human [00:15] right? [ INAUDIBLE ] We need Medicare. We need access. [00:18] We need access. We need Medicare. We need Medicare. 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