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Dear Partners,


On January 30, CMS released its long-rumored guidance on Medicaid block grants ([link removed]) . This letter to state Medicaid directors invites states to restructure their Medicaid programs in a radical manner previously rejected by Congress, by capping federal funding at an artificially low level.

The administration’s guidance ignores the health care needs of millions and the state budget constraints of governors. Any state that agrees to this deeply misguided policy is putting state taxpayer dollars and constituents’ lives at risk.

Families USA invites state and national organizations to sign this letter ([link removed]) to CMS urging the administration to rescind this guidance that will surely lead to catastrophic implications for state budgets, and state Medicaid programs and the communities they serve.


** Please sign on by noon EST Wednesday, February 26. ([link removed])
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Please contact Jane Sheehan at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) with any questions you may have.

In solidarity,
Raven Gomez, Partnerships Coordinator

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