Dear Health Advocates,

Late last week, House Republicans passed their reconciliation budget package by a vote of 215-214, with all Democrats opposed. The bill now moves on to the Senate. This bill will slash $800 Billion in funding for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, cause 15 million Americans to lose their health coverage and become uninsured, and raise costs for millions more, all to fund tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations.
 
You can find a statement from Families USA Executive Director Anthony Wright here.
 
House Republicans jammed this bill through in the dark of night, only 10 days after its introduction and mere hours after massive changes were made to the text. Instead of working to lower costs or improve the health care system for all of us, House Republicans voted to shred the safety net in one fell swoop, which will have disastrous consequences. 
 
But health, consumer, and community advocates and the millions of Americans we represent will remember this vote. Now we turn our attention to the Senate with the same message: No Cuts to Medicaid, the ACA or other vital health programs!

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

• Call to Action
  • Join Families USA and other health advocates in telling your Senator - Hands Off Medicaid and the ACA!
• Updated FUSA Analyses
  • One Big Beautiful Bill section-by-section breakdown
  • One Big Beautiful Bill summary: Harmful Impacts of Proposed House Budget Bill the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” on Medicaid, Affordable Care Act, and Medicare
• 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.

• Report: Medicaid Expansion Reduces Maternal Mortality: Medicaid Cuts Would Be Deadly for Mothers and Babies, Families USA.

• 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.

• 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

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