John,
The Senate budget would lock in trillions of dollars in tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans and corporate giants, while stripping Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act of the funding that keeps millions of people alive.
According to leading public health researchers, the scale of these budget cuts will result in more than 51,000 additional deaths every year.[1] And the damage will be structural as well as personal. Hundreds of rural hospitals are now at risk of closing, cutting off entire communities from emergency care, maternity services, and chronic disease treatment.[2]
It is no accident that these devastating cuts are meant to offset the cost of massive tax cuts for the billionaire donor class after just 100 billionaire families spent a record $2.6 billion on the 2024 elections. Now they’re looking for a return on their investment.[3]
The Senate is debating this budget bill right now and could vote as soon as this weekend. Call your Senators right now at (202) 224‑3121 and tell them to vote NO on the Senate budget that strips healthcare from millions, shutters rural hospitals, and slashes food assistance just to keep tax breaks flowing to the wealthiest Americans and powerful corporations. We’ve included a call script below so you know exactly what to say because this vote is too dangerous to leave to chance.
Suggested Call Script:
Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I live in [CITY/STATE].
I'm calling to urge the Senator to vote NO on the budget reconciliation bill.
This plan cuts Medicaid and the ACA, putting over 50,000 lives at risk every year. It will shutter hospitals, especially in rural areas, and leave millions without care, all to fund permanent tax breaks for billionaires.
This is unacceptable. Please vote no.
Thank you.
After you make one call, please call back to speak with your other Senator.
If you can’t call today, make a contribution to help us increase the pressure on key Senators, and stop this deadly budget from becoming law.
This budget’s main goal is to preserve billionaire privilege by protecting their political investments in dodging taxes. That is not reform. It’s a wholesale assault on working families.
It will result in the death of tens of thousands, the collapse of rural healthcare, and the permanent degradation of America’s public health infrastructure. Every Senator who votes for it is choosing to sacrifice lives to protect wealth.
Right now, the Senate is closely divided, which means that every call matters. The vote could come down to one or two voices. So please make sure yours is heard.
Let’s fight back with truth, organize with urgency, and show the Senate that Americans won’t trade lives for billionaire tax breaks.
John Foti
Legislative Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
[1] Research Memo: Projected Mortality Impacts of the Budget Reconciliation Bill
[2] Republicans Threaten a Hospital Apocalypse
[3] Billionaires Buying Elections: They’ve Come to Collect
-- David's email --
John,
The Senate plans to vote as early as Thursday on a budget that would gut Medicaid, slash Medicare, and cut funding for the Affordable Care Act. With at least 16 million people losing their health insurance, the results of this budget will be deadly.
Over 51,000 people a year could die because they were cut off from the care they need, and the death toll tells only part of the story.[1] Behind those numbers is a healthcare system buckling under the weight of neglect, with hundreds of rural hospitals expected to close if this budget becomes law.[2]
That means entire towns will be left without an emergency room. No trauma care. No OB-GYN. No help when seconds matter. People will die because politicians want to hand another round of tax breaks to their billionaire donors.
This is a calculated decision to sacrifice lives so billionaires can get richer. Every Senator who votes for this is signing off on mass suffering to please their wealthy donors. If we don’t stop them now, they will get away with it.
Can you pick up the phone and make a call that could help stop this? Call your Senators right now at (202) 224‑3121 and tell them to vote NO on the billionaire budget that slashes healthcare for millions while handing another round of massive tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy.
Suggested Call Script:
Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I live in [CITY/STATE].
I'm calling to urge the Senator to vote NO on the budget reconciliation bill.
This plan cuts Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, putting over 50,000 lives at risk every year. It will shutter hospitals, especially in rural areas, and leave millions without care, all to fund permanent tax breaks for billionaires.
This is unacceptable. Please vote no.
Thank you.
After you make one call, please call back to speak with your other Senator.
If you can’t make a call today, make a donation right now so we can keep organizing, exposing the truth, and turning up the pressure on Senators before they vote this week to take away healthcare from millions to bankroll another round of tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy.
This budget is the billionaire agenda turned into law. Tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. Brutal cuts to healthcare, food assistance, and basic services for working people.
And the Senate Finance Committee knows it. Instead of fixing the crisis, they’re proposing half-measures and lip service. The so-called “rural fix” for hospitals doesn’t come close to what’s needed. Even Republicans like Josh Hawley and Susan Collins admit the budget’s impact on rural care would be devastating.[3]
This vote is a test. Senators can side with the billionaires bankrolling their campaigns or with the working families who sent them to Washington. They can stand with rural hospitals fighting to stay open or with Wall Street executives who’ll never step foot in one. They can vote for policies that save lives, or policies that end them.
But they won’t do the right thing unless we make our voices heard now. Every call puts pressure on the Senate to reject this shameful, deadly budget. Let’s make sure they hear us loud and clear.
So call your Senators right now at (202) 224‑3121 and tell them to vote NO on the billionaire budget that takes healthcare from families and hands windfalls to the ultra-rich.
Together, we can defeat this budget and tax scam and protect the healthcare every family needs and deserves.
David Kass
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
[1] Research Memo: Projected Mortality Impacts of the Budget Reconciliation Bill
[2] Medicaid Cuts Would Threaten Rural Hospitals
[3] Republicans Threaten a Hospital Apocalypse
