We may have less time than we thought to save Medicaid from enormous cuts. The President has told the Senate and the House he wants the budget reconciliation bill that cuts Medicaid to be passed by July 4th. The Senate released bill text last week. The Senate is making changes to the bill now, and is close to releasing a final bill. They may vote as soon as Sunday. If the bill passes the Senate, the House could vote next week! We need to act now!

It’s more urgent than ever that we all take action, and we can’t stop until they take Medicaid cuts off the table. Your Senators and Representative need to be hearing from you nonstop about how important Medicaid is for our community. Their offices should be getting so many calls that they can’t spend time on anything but answering the phone. Your calls have already made some members of Congress nervous. They have started talking about how cuts to Medicaid will hurt people! If they’re going to vote against the cuts, we need to be louder than ever before. Check out the email below to learn more about what’s going on in Congress, and how you can act now to save Medicaid!

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From: Autistic Self Advocacy Network < [email protected] [[email protected]] >
Date: Wed, June 18, 2025
Subject: 6/18 UPDATE: Protecting Medicaid in the Federal Budget

The House passed a budget reconciliation bill that has the biggest cuts to Medicaid in history. The bill also has new rules that would stop Medicaid and some other kinds of insurance from paying for gender affirming care.

Now, we need to tell the Senate to take these Medicaid cuts out of their version of the budget reconciliation bill. To learn more about Medicaid, the budget process, and all the most recent updates, read our full plain language guide about Medicaid in the budget. [[link removed]]

Republican Senators who are not sure about Medicaid cuts need to hear from their constituents. We need everyone to tell their Senators that we do not want cuts to Medicaid. We may only have the next three weeks to talk to Senators before the vote. We need to tell them to take Medicaid cuts out of the budget reconciliation bill. We need to tell Senators right now: No cuts to Medicaid.

After the budget reconciliation bill passes the Senate, the House needs to vote on the bill again. Some Representatives who voted for the budget reconciliation bill do not like that the bill would make cuts to Medicaid. We need to tell Representatives:

* We are upset Representatives passed a budget reconciliation bill with cuts to Medicaid.
* We do not want Representatives to vote “yes” on a bill that has cuts to Medicaid. If the bill has Medicaid cuts, they should vote “no” for the budget reconciliation bill.

We need to call Representatives and Senators and tell them to vote NO on a budget reconciliation bill that has cuts to Medicaid. You can find out who your Representatives and Senators are and how to call them here [[link removed]]. If you need some help knowing what to expect during your call, check out this resource [[link removed]]. If you can’t make phone calls due to a disability, you can use our proxy caller system [[link removed]]!

You can find phone call scripts, talking points, and more information about contacting your Representatives and Senators here. [[link removed]]

Thank you for taking action to protect health care for disabled people, older adults, low-income folks, and children across the country!


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