John,

Congressional Republicans are attempting to make massive cuts to programs that millions of lower-income and disabled Americans depend on every day—including $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid and threats to the Affordable Care Act.

As budget negotiations continue in the House and Senate, right now is the time to keep pushing back against planned cuts to healthcare. Some Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration have signaled that they may be susceptible to pressure from the public in support of Medicaid.

2.6 million Michiganders benefit from Medicaid coverage. If these attempts to gut Medicaid go forward, 36,000 residents of my Congressional district who receive coverage under the Affordable Care Act would see increases in their insurance premium payments. In my district alone, nearly 260,000 people who are on Medicaid and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) would be at risk of losing their healthcare—including 100,000 children under 19 years old and 22,000 seniors over 65 years old.

I’m working alongside allies in our communities and in Congress to stop these dangerous cuts. Join me in demanding the leaders of our federal government get their Hands Off Medicaid!

This Republican budget asks the poorest families to pay with their health, and even their lives, to enrich the wealthiest among us.

One recent study shows that when Congress expanded Medicaid to millions of low- and no-income households between 2014 and 2022, 27,400 lives were saved.¹ If the right-wing follows through on their threat to cut at least $880 billion from Medicaid, tens of millions would lose their health coverage, risking thousands of lives.

Healthcare is a human right—not a commodity. And, as a country, we have the resources to ensure everyone has the healthcare they need and deserve. But instead, congressional Republicans are seeking to cut $880 billion from Medicaid to pay for Trump’s tax scam for billionaires and to pay for another $325 billion to the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security to further enable Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

Please add your name now to tell Congress and the White House: Hands Off Medicaid!

Thank you for demanding the government we all deserve.

We must keep pushing—not only against attacks, but also for the world we need. That's why I'm fighting to end medical debt and to ensure quality healthcare for all.

In solidarity,

Rashida

¹ Saved by Medicaid: New Evidence on Health Insurance and Mortality from the Universe of Low-Income Adults∗