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[ [link removed] ]USA Today: I’m a nurse. If Congress cuts Medicaid and Social Security,
my patients will die. The current administration is not trying to find
‘waste’ in the government. They are trying to undermine our public
services so they can say, ‘Look they don’t work. We need to privatize
them.’

Nancy Hagans, RN, president of the New York State Nurses Association
(NYSNA) and National Nurses United (NNU), wrote [ [link removed] ]an op-ed for USA Today
sharing her perspective on the GOP’s potential Medicaid and Social
Security cuts.

As an ICU nurse of more than 30 years who works at a safety net hospital
in Brooklyn, New York, Nancy knows what is at stake if Republicans in
Congress move forward with slashing these critical programs to pay for tax
cuts for the rich.

84% of all admitted patients at her hospital are on Medicaid or Medicare.
If Medicaid is slashed by nearly $1 trillion, Nancy says:

“My patients will be forced to forgo lifesaving care, and they will die.
My hospital could face closure entirely or the shuttering of units or
services. When patients need open heart surgery, will our facility be able
to afford the ECMO machines to keep their hearts and lungs functioning?
Every second counts for our trauma patients who won’t survive transfer.
The same is true across the country, especially in rural and other
underserved communities, where hospitals are already struggling to stay
open.”

We recognize that we’ve been reaching out with many requests to call
Congress lately, but that’s because this issue is so important, and time
is running out.

With Congress finalizing its budget reconciliation bill as we speak, it’s
now or never. More than one call to your member of Congress will further
build the pressure to reject these devastating cuts.

Please, even if you’ve called already, make a call to your representative
now using our hotline (202-978-5357) and urge them to vote against ANY
cuts to Medicaid! Feel free to follow our suggested script:

Hi, my name is _______. I am a constituent and I’m a nurse/other health
care worker/patient/Medicaid recipient/ally from [ZIP]. I’m calling today
to urge you to oppose any cuts to Medicaid. Cuts to Medicaid would take
away people’s health care and lead to hospital closures, especially in
rural areas, hurting entire communities. This is unacceptable and
inhumane. I urge you to vote no on the budget reconciliation bill if it
includes any cuts to Medicaid.

This is one of our final chances to say hands off Medicaid, so let’s make
it count!

In solidarity,

Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All



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