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Dear Health Advocates,
Congress is back from their recess and they are turning to marking up their reconciliation package. The House Energy and Commerce Committee is scheduled to meet next Wednesday, May 7, where they will lay out, for the first time, the specific cuts they will make to Medicaid to achieve their $880 billion goal. Speaker Johnson's goal remains to have the House vote on a reconciliation bill by Memorial Day. As of now, we do not expect there to be a parallel Senate process to the House process; according to staff, Congressional Republicans are working behind the scenes to agree on a package.
The past two weeks of recess activities were inspiring and effective! Thank you all for your continued efforts to call on Congress to reject cuts to Medicaid. As Congress returns and begins the march to cutting Medicaid and other critical safety net programs, we need to keep the pressure on and stay strong on our messages: Medicaid matters to millions, Medicaid supports state budgets and the economy, and Medicaid is popular across the board [[link removed]] -- no cuts to Medicaid!
Families USA and our partners have numerous ways for you to engage, including this week as we mark the first 100 days of the Trump administration. This includes the 100 Voices, 100 Reasons campaign [[link removed]] being hosted by the Center for Popular Democracy, and multiple webinars from our friends at Feeding America, Protecting Immigrant Families, NILC, Georgetown CCF, and CLASP, among others. You can find more details on these webinars below!
* Health Action Resource List
* * As a reminder, Families USA's Health Action Resources List can be found on our website, where we compile resources from our partners for all of you to access in one place. You can find that page here [[link removed]] .


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* NEW! Day of Action hosted by May Day Strong: Trump and his billionaire profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom—on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself. This May Day we are fighting back. We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes—public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, prosperity over free market politics. More information can be found here [MayDayStrong.org] .
* Email Writing Campaign: Tell Your Member of Congress - No Cuts to Medicaid! [[link removed]] Families USA.
* Email Writing Campaign: Tell Congress: Reject Medicaid cuts that will pay for more tax cuts for the rich. [[link removed]] Coalition on Human Needs.
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* NEW! Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet: Republicans Are Working to Gut Medicaid, a Lifeline for People With Mental Health Conditions and Opioid Addiction [[link removed]] , Protect Our Care.
* NEW! Fact Sheet: Medicaid & Family Planning [[link removed]] , [[link removed]] Power to Decide.
* NEW! Article: ‘Limit Save Grow’ Medicaid Work Mandate Legislation: The Worst Way To Operationalize A Bad Policy [[link removed]] , Health Affairs.
* NEW! Resource: Article and State Data Table on Medicaid cuts to elderly and disabled Americans [[link removed]] , Milken Institute.
* NEW! Fact Sheet: Medicaid Matters to America [[link removed]] . Modern Medicaid Alliance.
* NEW! Article: How Federal Funding Cuts Could Unravel Medicaid Expansion in 12 States [[link removed]] , Center for American Progress.
* NEW! Webinar Recording: The Health Wonk Shop: Understanding Fraud and Abuse in Medicaid [[link removed]] , KFF
* NEW! Issue Brief: A Medicaid Per Capita Cap on the ACA Expansion Population: State by State Estimates [[link removed]] , KFF
* NEW! Issue Brief: 5 Key Facts About Medicaid Expansion [[link removed]] , KFF
* Video: 90 Seconds or Less Policy Explainers. [[link removed]] Families USA.
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* TODAY! Big Tent Call: Biweekly Big Tent Meeting [[email protected]] [[link removed]] [[link removed]] , Occurs every two weeks; Next week's call at 4:30 PM ET, Families USA (email to join).
* Medicaid Defense Call: Please join Community Catalyst, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), Families USA, and NHeLP on Thursday, May 1 at 1-2 pm ET to share the latest developments around the budget reconciliation process, and to discuss activities and next steps for Medicaid defense advocacy, with a focus on the week of May 5th. Register here [[link removed]] .
* Webinar: Join Feeding America to talk about Polling- Voter Attitudes Towards Proposed Budget Cuts to Nutrition and Health Programs with Perry Undem, about recent polling regarding how to talk about proposed cuts to SNAP and Medicaid; Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET. Register here [[link removed]] .
* Webinar: Join the Center for Democracy & Technology and The Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil Rights and Technology for a webinar on DOGE and Government Data Privacy. Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM ET. Details here [[link removed]*5rym5t*_gcl_au*ODQ2OTE4NDUzLjE3Mzg4NzI4OTA.*_ga*MTk1OTE3NTg1OS4xNzQ0OTIxNTQw*_ga_L8TBF28DDX*MTc0NDkyMTU0MC4xLjEuMTc0NDkyMjIwOC4wLjAuMA..#/registration] .
* Webinar: Join Protecting Immigrant Families and their partners for a webinar on the Trump administrations war on immigrants, policy changes, and threats and help you to understand key themes of the administration’s actions; Thursday, May 1 at 2:30 PM ET. Register here [[link removed]] .
* Webinar: Join Georgetown Center for Children and Families and CLASP for a conversation about how Medicaid supports the child care workforce; Thursday, May 1 at 3:00pm ET. Register here [[link removed]] .
* Advocates Meeting: Wednesday Advocates Meeting Zoom call [[link removed]] , Coalition on Human Needs hosting on Wednesday, April 23 at 9:30 AM ET.
* Shared Advocacy Calendar: Coalition on Human Needs. Check out weeks of action and upcoming events!
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National Resources
* NEW! Blog: New Poll: Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Cutting Medicaid to Pay for Tax Cuts – An Unpopular Move with Swing Voters, Republican Base [[link removed]] , Modern Medicaid Alliance.
* Insights Blog: The Latest Trump Executive Order and the Reality of Prescription Drug Prices: Actions Speak Louder than Words [[link removed]] , Families USA.


* Resource Page: Medicaid Research Resources [[link removed]] , Families USA.
* Social Graphics: Medicaid Awareness Month [[link removed]] , Families USA.
State Resources
* NEW! State Research: How Work Requirements Would Affect Medicaid Coverage in Each Expansion State [[link removed]] , Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
* NEW! Toolkit: Analyzing the Impact of Potential Medicaid Cuts: A Toolkit for States [[link removed]] , State Health and Value Strategies.
* Fact Sheets: Medicaid Mental Health Fact Sheets for All 50 States and DC [[link removed]] , NAMI.
* Fact Sheets: Medicaid and Its Role for Older Adults in All 50 States and DC [[link removed]] , AARP.
Medicaid Defense
* NEW! Article: Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Under Consideration by Congress Put People with Disabilities, Cancer, and Those Impacted by the Opioid Crisis at Risk [[link removed]] , Georgetown Center for Children and Families.
* Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet: Republicans Are Working to Gut Medicaid, a Lifeline for People With Mental Health Conditions and Opioid Addiction [[link removed]] , Protect Our Care.


* Insights Blog: Work Reporting Requirements Don’t Work: An in-depth look as Idaho moves closer to adding costly red tape to Medicaid, [[link removed]] Families USA.


* Medicaid Work Requirements Fact Sheet: Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: Bureaucratic Burdens That Threaten Working Families, Providers and Local Economies, [[link removed]] Families USA.
Other Resources
* Press Release: Families USA Appoints Visionary Health Care Leader Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to its Board of Directors [[link removed]] , Families USA.


* Insights Blog: The Seven Biggest Threats to the ACA as it Turns 15 [[link removed]] , Families USA. [[link removed]]
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Have a great week,
Nate Keller
Senior Associate, Organizing and Mobilization
Families USA
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