Tell Congress:
Fight For Medicaid!
Federal cuts to Medicaid would devastate our communities and put hundreds of thousands of healthcare jobs at risk.
Almost 80 million people across our country depend on Medicaid for affordable healthcare. Tell Congress to keep their hands off Medicaid.
Medicaid is a fundamental source of health and economic security for almost 80 million Americans. Besides providing health insurance, Medicaid is a key funding pillar for hospitals, clinics, community health centers, and long-term care facilities. It is the only source of public funding for the home and community-based services that allow people to remain in their homes and communities. Many safety-net and rural hospitals rely on Medicaid to keep their doors open. Federal Medicaid cuts would slash these critical services and the jobs providing them, leading to massive layoffs. Cuts would force pediatricians to turn away low-income children, create dangerously long waits for care, and fuel the growing mental health crisis that is overwhelming our hospitals and putting communities at risk.
Take action today! — Tell your member of Congress:
NO to federal cuts to Medicaid.
Congress is considering cutting trillions of dollars for Medicaid, which could effectively end the program as we know it. Medicaid is the largest payer of behavioral health services, such as mental health and substance use disorder care. By slashing critical funding, Medicaid cuts would threaten these and other services that keep our communities safe.
Slashing Critical Services
By cutting Medicaid funding from the federal budget, states would lose access to the funds they need to support healthcare and long term care services. Funding for wage increases, overtime pay, and promotions for healthcare and homecare workers could disappear and there would likely be large scale layoffs. For these and other reasons, the vast majority of Americans across all divisions strongly support Medicaid and oppose any cuts.
Stripping Funding for Healthcare Workers
TELL CONGRESS: HANDS OFF MEDICAID!
Protect the health insurance that tens of millions of children, seniors, mothers and people with disabilities depend on, and that supports millions of healthcare jobs.
Federal Medicaid cuts would exacerbate the understaffing crisis in hospitals and nursing homes across the state, especially for those serving our most vulnerable neighbors. They would result in longer wait times, reduced access to care, and higher out-of-pocket costs for everyone, regardless of whether or not they are a Medicaid enrollee.
Exacerbating the Understaffing Crisis
Over 4 million seniors and people with disabilities can live independently at home with the support of paid caregivers thanks to Medicaid. There is already a care crisis, with too many home care workers unable to stay in the profession because of inadequate wages and benefits. These dramatic Medicaid cuts will lead to service and wage cuts, severely reducing access to lifesaving home care services and forcing people from their homes.
Devastating Home Care Services
Healthcare Workers Action is a national grassroots advocacy project on behalf of America’s frontline healthcare workers and safety net hospitals led by the Healthcare Education Project, a joint initiative of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and the Greater New York Hospital Association.
