Be a #SaveMedicaid Ally
The most effective thing you can do is to call or meet with your Senators and Representative. Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-
But here are some other advocacy options:
Stories and photos have major power. Print out this #SaveMedicaid Poster and use the blank space to write how cuts and caps to Medicaid will affect you. Take a selfie while holding your sign and post it to social media, tagging #SaveMedicaid and your Member of Congress (find your Members of Congress and their twitter account here).
Here are some helpful tweets, pre-written for you to copy/paste into a tweet:
- Cutting and capping Medicaid is dangerous for PWD #SaveMedicaid
- Innovation needs funding. Cutting Medicaid isn’t the answer. #SaveMedicaid
- Medicaid helps PWD live lives like everyone else #SaveMedicaid
- We want to live in our homes, not nursing homes! #SaveMedicaid #NoCutsNoCaps
- Federal cuts and caps will shift costs onto PWD & families – People who are already struggling #SaveMedicaid
- Less money means LESS flexibility for states #SaveMedicaid #NoCutsNoCaps
- Less money means fewer disability services for the people who need it most! #SaveMedicaid
- Medicaid helps PWD get and keep jobs so they can be taxpaying citizens & full members of their communities #SaveMedicaid
- Medicaid helps support kids with disabilities so they can get the free, appropriate education they deserve #SaveMedicaid
- Unpaid caregivers (like parents) save taxpayers $450 billion a year. Cutting their support hurts everyone. #SaveMedicaid
- Waiting lists are already years long. Medicaid cuts & caps would make them even longer. #SaveMedicaid #NoCutsNoCaps
- Direct support workers are overworked & underpaid. Cutting & capping Medicaid makes the situation worse. #SaveMedicaid
- Medicaid expansion has saved thousands of lives. Don’t turn back the clock! #SaveMedicaid
- People with less shouldn’t have to pay more for basic care. #SaveMedicaid
- Medicaid expansion funds Community First Choice, which helps PWD live at home instead of nursing homes & institutions #SaveMedicaid
- Medicaid pays for necessary #SpecEd services that students with disabilities need to succeed #SaveMedicaid
- Don’t be fooled: Caps ARE cuts. #SaveMedicaid #NoCutsNoCaps
- Medicaid caps = Robin Hood in reverse. #SaveMedicaid
- Timely access to care is a life or death matter. #SaveMedicaid
- We need more Medicaid funding, not less, to improve choices and quality of care. #SaveMedicaid
- Medicaid is my lifeline. #SaveMedicaid
- Without federal funding, states will have to choose which people to cover and which to let die. #SaveMedicaid
- Medicaid is the nation’s largest health insurer for kids w/ disabilities & special health care needs, covering 43% of them #SaveMedicaid #SaveOurKids
- Slashing funds to state Medicaid prgms puts tax cuts for the wealthy ahead of children and their futures. #SaveMedicaid
- Nearly half of Medicaid beneficiaries are children: 30+million low‐income kids rely on benefits to live. #SaveMedicaid
- Medicaid is currently the gold standard for children’s health care, including #EPSDT. Don’t force states to cut benefits. #SaveMedicaid
- Medicaid covers foster children and children with disabilities. #SaveMedicaid so these kids stay safe & healthy.
- Kids with disabilities should be in their own homes, not nursing homes. #SaveMedicaid
- Medicaid is the largest source of funding nationwide for maternity care. #SaveMedicaid
- 1in7 seniors rely on Medicaid for care as they age. #SaveMedicaid
- Medicaid cuts and caps put our seniors in danger. #SaveMedicaid
- “Flexibility” shouldn’t mean fewer, lower quality options for people with disabilities and families #SaveMedicaid
originally posted here: http://www.meriahnichols.com/medicaid/
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