John,

Proposed cuts to Medicaid would impact the health care coverage of millions of people with low incomes. But they would also impact aging adults and people with disabilities.

Home and community-based care services are a critical component of Medicaid, and there is already a cap in each state as to how many people can receive these services.

Join CHN and our national allies in writing to your senators and representative right now to demand Congress invest in our care economy, to provide more care and improve conditions for care workers who are overworked and underpaid.

In the face of attempts to cut critical programs for those most in need, we’re fighting back to demand investments in people, families, and vulnerable communities.

Thank you,

Nicolai Haddal
Field and Events Manager, Coalition on Human Needs

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John,

In addition to the struggles of millions of families who seek quality, affordable child care, a lack of investment in our care economy has left aging adults and people with disabilities without the ability to remain in their homes and stay active in their communities.

And while care is incredibly expensive for those who need services, jobs in the care economy don’t pay a fair wage to the Black, Latina, Asian, and immigrant women who make up 90% of its workforce. Care workers have been excluded from worker protections for decades -- they didn’t even have federal minimum wage protections until six years ago.

We must provide high-quality care for our nation’s parents, grandparents, and people with disabilities and create good-paying, union jobs for home care workers. Congress must act now to fix the coverage gaps and wage exploitation that exist in the care system, which affect millions of people and their families.

Click here to send a direct message to Congress now to strengthen and expand access to Medicaid home- and community-based care services, and provide better pay and benefits for the direct care workforce.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, large coverage gaps existed in home care for older adults and people with disabilities, with each state setting a cap on the number of individuals who can receive these critical services through Medicaid’s Home and Community Based Services program. This resulted in millions of people not receiving the care they needed and millions of care workers overworked and grossly underpaid.

In the richest country in the world, we can afford to invest in our care economy, provide dignity to seniors and people with disabilities, keep people active in their communities, and ensure better pay and economic stability for some of our lowest-paid but essential workers.

Click here to send a message to Congress to support our care economy.

Thank you for all you do to support caregivers and the people they serve,

Deborah Weinstein
Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs