| Friend, More than 15 million people in California depend on Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program, for their healthcare.(1) Seventy percent of Medi-Cal is funded by the federal government -- and that funding is on Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chopping block.(2) Medicaid is a lifeline for coverage and a foundational source of economic and health security for 80 million Americans, and a key funding pillar for the doctors and hospitals on which we all rely. The Medicaid program is under threat this Congress, which is why we have joined with a coalition of California healthcare advocates to flood our representatives' phones for a Medicaid Day of Action TODAY! Click here to call your member of Congress to say, "Hands off Medicaid!"
One in four people living in California depend on Medi-Cal, and it's a lifeline of coverage and care for so many: children and low-wage working families, veterans, people working to overcome substance use disorder, vulnerable seniors and people with disabilities. Medicaid is how hospitals in rural and other underfunded areas stay open! Since 2010, 74% of rural hospital closures have been in states that did not extend Medicaid coverage to all low-income adults. Since 2014, 41 states and D.C. have opted to extend Medicaid to low-income adults (including 21 states won by Trump and 20 states won by Harris). Since 2022, 47 states and D.C. have expanded Medicaid coverage to pregnant women for up to 12 months postpartum to help address our nation’s maternal health crisis. In 2023, Congress passed a bipartisan bill to allow children to remain continuously enrolled in Medicaid for a full 12 months. That's why it is so important that our representatives hear from as many constituents as possible today! We need our legislators to take a stand against Elon Musk and DOGE's draconion cuts. Will you call today? Call your member of Congress and tell them to do everything they can to protect Medicaid! Thank you for being with us. –Irene, along with Annie, Angela, Isidra, Cecilia, Jen, and Lindsay (the Courage team)
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