Dear Health Advocates,

In yet another middle of the night meeting, on Sunday House Republicans moved a full budget bill out of the Budget Committee. While the version of the bill the committee passed will slash Medicaid, target the ACA marketplace, and strip coverage from more than 13.7 million Americans, some Republicans are pushing for deeper cuts to health care. Next up is the Rules Committee, which plans to begin markup of this bill tonight, starting at 1:00 AM ET, once again pushing historic and harmful cuts to Medicaid through the House in the dark of night.  

Speaker Johnson's goal remains to have the House vote on a final reconciliation bill by the end of this week, though opposition from hard-liners and conversations with Representatives focused on state and local taxes (SALT) could slow this process.

Families USA and our partners have numerous ways for you to get involved and make your voice heard this week, including:

• New Report: Medicaid Expansion Reduces Maternal Mortality: Medicaid Cuts Would Be Deadly for Mothers and Babies, which shows that Medicaid coverage is critical to the health of moms and babies, and the states that have expanded Medicaid coverage to more people see lower maternal death rates than those that haven’t. The findings reinforce the urgent need to protect and strengthen Medicaid as a vital tool in promoting maternal health and preventing avoidable deaths.
• Days of Action
  • Join Families USA, Community Catalyst, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and hundreds of national and state partners on Monday, May 19 - Wednesday, May 23 in speaking directly to Congress and tell them to keep their “Hands Off Medicaid.” Take action here!
• Call In Day
  • Public Citizen and Americans for Tax Fairness: National Call-In Day to Sink the Reconciliation Bill - Tuesday, May 20
• Phonebank
  • SEIU Medicaid Saves Lives: Make Calls to Stop Cuts!
• 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.
• Defending Medicaid Landing Page
  • Families USA recently launched our new Defending Medicaid landing page! You can find district fact sheets, state-specific resources, and any other resources you may need for your advocacy in protecting and defending Medicaid.

• Fact Sheet: On the Chopping Block: How Medicaid Cuts Will Impact Mental Health, CLASP.

• Article: The House Republican SNAP Cuts Would Take Food From Hungry Families, Center for American Progress.
• Insights Blog: As Medicaid Popularity Soars, State Legislatures Try to Undermine the Program in Secret, Families USA

• Fact Sheet Graphics: Congressional Medicaid Fact Sheet Social Graphics, Families USA.
• Fact Sheets: Congressional Medicaid Fact Sheets, Families USA.

• Resource: Article and State Data Table on Medicaid cuts to elderly and disabled Americans, Milken Institute

• State Research: How Work Requirements Would Affect Medicaid Coverage in Each Expansion State, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 
• State Maps and Commentary: States in the Bull’s-Eye of Medicaid Cuts, The Century Foundation.
• Toolkit: Analyzing the Impact of Potential Medicaid Cuts: A Toolkit for States, State Health and Value Strategies.
• Fact Sheets: Medicaid Mental Health Fact Sheets for All 50 States and DC, NAMI.
• Fact Sheets: Medicaid and Its Role for Older Adults in All 50 States and DC, AARP.

• Article: Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Under Consideration by Congress Put People with Disabilities, Cancer, and Those Impacted by the Opioid Crisis at Risk, 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, 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, Families USA.

• Medicaid Work Requirements Fact Sheet: Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: Bureaucratic Burdens That Threaten Working Families, Providers and Local Economies, Families USA.

• Press Coverage
  • State media coverage of Families USA’s May 12 press call on the reconciliation bill text appeared in the following publications 
    • NJ.com - Here’s how the proposed deep cuts to Medicaid would affect N.J.
    • Michigan Public Radio - Critics: House GOP budget plan’s Medicaid cuts will burden Michigan health system.
• Press Release: Health Advocates Launch Campaign to Share Stories of Americans Impacted by Devastating Health Care Cuts, Families USA.

Have a great week,

Nate Keller

Senior Associate, Organizing and Mobilization

Families USA

Copyright © 2022 Families USA, All rights reserved.

Our mailing address is:
Families USA
1225 New York Ave NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC xxxxxx
United States 

If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe.