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Medicaid Cuts Jeopardizes Home Health Care - The Hill - April 16
How Medicaid cuts jeopardize the right to age at home, Geoff Gross, The Hill, April 16
If you or someone you love wants to age at home — and nearly 90 percent of older Americans do — there’s a number you should know: $2.3 trillion.
That’s how much could be cut from Medicaid under current budget proposals. And while headlines often focus on how these cuts would affect nursing homes, what’s less understood but equally devastating is what they would mean for home-based care.
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12 House Republicans Oppose Cuts to Medicaid - The Hill - April 16
Moderate Republicans draw red line on Medicaid cuts in Trump agenda bill, Emily Brooks, The Hill, April 16
Vulnerable and moderate House Republicans are warning House GOP leaders that they will not support the “one big, beautiful bill” encompassing President Trump’s legislative agenda if it includes cuts to Medicaid benefits.
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Medicare Rights Center - Congress Moves to Cut Medicaid - April 3
Congress Moves to Cut Medicaid, by Lindsey Copeland, Medicare Rights Center
Yesterday, Senate Republicans released a budget resolution that sets the stage for significant program cuts. The House and Senate are still negotiating policy specifics, but Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, and SNAP remain under threat.
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New Republic - Fighting Back - Ordinary People Have More Power Than They Know - March 27
Fighting Back: A Citizen's Guide to Resistance - by Timothy Noah, New Republic
"Democracy is not a spectator sport."
That truism has been repeated by notables from Gen. Jim Mattis to Barack Obama to George Shultz, Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state. But it’s fitting that the person credited with first saying it was a private citizen whom nobody particularly remembers.
Lotte Scharfman (1928–1970) was a Jewish refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria who became president of the Massachusetts chapter of the League of Women Voters. Her cause was an obscure one: She wanted to reduce the size of Massachusetts’s bloated House of Representatives from 240 members to 160. The measure failed on its first vote in the House in 1970, for the obvious reason that no representative wanted to risk losing their own seat. But after several House members were voted out later that year for opposing the reform measure, it cleared the state legislature, and in 1974 it won overwhelming approval from Massachusetts voters.
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NIH Cuts - A Blow to US Healthcare Innovation - March 27
The Trump administration recently cancelled billions of dollars in funding to the NIH. Healthcare experts say the funding cuts will delay the pace of medical research in the U.S. — which will not only hamper the commercialization of life-saving treatments, but could also hurt the country’s position as a global leader in healthcare and technology.
Michigan Doctors Protest Medicaid Cuts - March 21
Michigan Doctors Gather to Protest Recent Cuts to Medicaid. 13 on Your Side.
A group of physicians appeared at a hearing at the Michigan Statehouse to speak out against Medicaid cuts.
The Arc - Members of Congress need to hear from you! - March 18
Attend a Town Hall Event
Find an event near you by checking your members of Congress’ websites and social media. At the town hall, share why Medicaid matters to you or someone you know and why cuts would be harmful.
Act Now to Protect Medicaid
Send a message to Congress now and tell them to protect Medicaid for the millions of people with disabilities who rely on it for health care and more.
Connect With a Local Chapter
If you can’t find a town hall event near you, contact your state or local chapter of The Arc to find out if they have a meeting coming up with a member of Congress or their staff or other activities you can join.
Share Your Story
Use the resources in our storytelling toolkit to learn how to effectively share your story with elected officials to raise awareness about Medicaid.
Protect Our Care - Virtual Meeting March 5
Thank you for joining us yesterday for the Hands Off Medicaid virtual rally! With the stakes rising every day in this unprecedented time, all of us at Protect Our Care deeply appreciate your participation in this campaign. Critical health care coverage for millions of Americans is on the chopping block just so Trump and his Republican allies can hand out more tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy. As long as they’re working to gut Medicaid, we’ll be in the fight to preserve access to affordable health care. That’s why your continuous enthusiasm means so much in the fight to preserve and protect Medicaid.
How can I help?
- Call Congress. Republican Members of Congress torn between party commitments and the needs of their constituents are feeling the heat. Make sure your representatives hear how Medicaid cuts would harm their constituents. Follow our simple script or tell your health care story to keep up the pressure!
- Educate others. Protect Our Care’s new fact sheets outline how Medicaid is a lifeline for 70 million Americans across the country and how any cuts will have devastating consequences. Learn how cuts would affect your state, and make sure your friends and neighbors know what’s at stake locally.
- Stay informed. The GOP war on health care goes far beyond efforts to cut Medicaid. Keep up with the latest developments by following Protect Our Care’s sabotage tracker, where we will continue to monitor all of the ways Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are targeting health care.
Let’s keep it up!
Thank you again,
Team Protect Our Care
Critical Hearings on Medicaid Funding Coming Up in the State Legislature on February 26
The battle to preserve Medicaid is going on not only at the federal level but in the state legislatures as well. In Ohio 38% of all Medicaid funding comes from the state government. On February 26 four members of the Developmental Disabilities Budget Coalition will testify before the Health Committee and the Finance Committee of the Ohio Legislature regarding Medicaid funding for the next two years. They will follow Kim Hauck, Director of the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities. Speak up! Contact the your state representative on this page to preserve and expand Medicaid funding!
From ARC: "Tell Congress to Protect the Department of Education" - Feb. 20
Click on this link to find The Arc's call to action to protect the Department of Education.
"The Department of Education is crucial for students with disabilities."
From ARC: "Tell Congress: Medicaid Is a Lifeline for People with Disabilities!" - Feb. 20
Click on this link to find The Arc's call to action to protect Medicaid. "Medicaid is a lifeline for students with disabilities."
Go to https://action.thearc.org/MPAZgOs?_ga=2.140501108.672045571.1740078229-1656022859.1738186946