Dear Health Advocates,

This week, we await language from the Senate on their version of the reconciliation bill, with many health care-related pieces expected by early next week, if not sooner. Senate leadership has echoed their House colleagues in maintaining a tight timeline to pass the bill, with Senate Leader Thune's goal being to get it to the President's desk by July 4th.

Conversations among Senators have been behind closed doors as policy changes gets ironed out. This moment requires continued public pressure and advocacy on our part to inform these negotiations, raise concerns about what is in the bill, and remind Senators — and Representatives too — that they have the power to pull back on this massive, rushed piece of legislation. Their delay in finalizing language means this process hasn't been simple and they are still working to get agreement. 

The next few weeks are critical in our ability to draw attention to the harmful provisions in this legislation. We will continue with our strong 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 has a 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.

You can see Sophia Tripoli, Senior Director of Health Policy at Families USA, discuss the impact of the Republican budget bill on Medicaid and health care programs on a June 8 Washington Journal appearance!

• Report: Medicaid is a Critical Support for the Early Childhood Education Workforce,  Georgetown CCF.

• Blog: Proposed Medicaid Cuts Could Jeopardize Health Care Access for 3 in 10 Young Adults, Urban Institute.

• Blog: Nearly 5.6 Million Community Health Center Patients Could Lose Medicaid Coverage Under New Work Requirements, with Revenue Losses Up to $32 Billion, The Commonwealth Fund.

• Article: How Medicaid Cuts Will Hurt Health Care for Everyone, Center for Economic and Policy Research.

• Analysis: House Reconciliation Bill Proposes Deepest SNAP Cut in History, Would Take Food Assistance Away From Millions of Low-Income Families, CBPP.

• 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.

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

• 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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