Dear Health Advocates,

We want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who participated in last Thursday’s Medicaid Day of Action! Hundreds of advocates sent emails through Families USA’s form urging Congress to protect Medicaid and not cut the program, engaged with social media posts and used the call-in line to get in touch with their Members of Congress.

We saw dozens of state and national organizations share their own calls to action, social media and letter-writing forms, multiplying this impact across the health care advocacy network.

This day, along with the consistent drumbeat we are collectively keeping up, has had an impact: on the heels of the Day of Action, all Senate Democrats signed onto a letter urging their Republican colleagues to prevent Medicaid cuts that would pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. In addition, we heard from key Committee staff that calls, emails and actions are working to keep Medicaid in the conversation. The letter can be found here: [link removed].

Medicaid Theme Weeks
Building on this momentum, Families USA will be pioneering theme weeks related to Medicaid defense. This week, in honor of Valentine’s Day, we are featuring #LoveandCherishMedicaid week, social media content, template letters to the editor, and more. We encourage our partners to share the love for Medicaid!

There will also be more opportunities in the coming weeks that center on several fact sheets that we will be releasing on how to defend and protect Medicaid, including topics such as federal matching for states (FMAP), work requirements, provider taxes and rural health – all with accompanying communications tools.

Action Items
• URGENT! Families USA Email Writing Campaign: Protect and Defend Medicaid
• URGENT! Tell your representative to take action right now by using our letter-writing tool on Families USA Action's Same Service Same Price Website.
• URGENT! Families USA Email Writing Campaign: Urge Congress to Take Action on Advanced Premium Tax Credits!
• TAKE ACTION: Submit your patient story on hospital pricing abuses to [email protected]
• TAKE ACTION: Join Our Health Justice Now Network
New Resources
• NEW! Families USA Policy Agenda: Achieving Transparency, Accountability and Quality in Medicaid Managed Care: A State and Federal Policy Agenda
FUSA in the News
• NEW! Inside Health Policy quotes Anthony Wright, Executive Director, on the ramifications of potential Medicaid cuts, Stakeholders Cling Onto Trump’s Medicaid ‘Love’ Statement In Bid To Quash GOP Cuts
• NEW! Rogan’s List, a Substack blog promoting actions that help save our democracy, mentions the recent Hands Off Medicaid Digital Day of Action and links to Families USA’s Medicaid Matters publication, Last chance on Vought, day of action to protect Medicaid, stepping up for immigrants in the states, and more!
Health Care Value
• Families USA Affordability Agenda: Making Health Care Affordable: Reining In Health Industry Abuses To Lower People’s Costs and Generate Budget Savings
• Families USA Fact Sheet: Stop Big Health Care Corporations from Keeping Workers and Small Businesses Under Water
• Families USA Comments: 30 Organizations Send Letter to Alabama Governor Ivey on Expanding Access to Continuous Glucose Monitors
Health Coverage
• Medicaid 101 Fact Sheet and Handout: Medicaid Matters: To People, Our Economy and the Health Care System
• Families USA Press Release: Strong Open Enrollment Numbers Signal the Need to Pass the Health Care Affordability Act
• Families USA Press Release: More Than 300 Organizations Urge New Congress to Protect and Strengthen Medicaid

Thank you for your tireless advocacy as we continue fighting for the best health and health care for all of America's families. To connect on shared advocacy efforts or let us know what you would like featured in upcoming Resource Roundups, please respond to this email or reach out at [email protected]!

Have a great week,

Nate Keller

Partnerships Mobilization Associate

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