Action Alert: Protect Our Care
Start now! Stand with millions of Americans in saying cuts and caps to Medicaid
would be devastating to people with disabilities, seniors, women and children, and
low-income Americans. Attend as many events as possible, flood social media, call
your members of congress starting today!
Monday September 25
CCD National Call-in Day
o Everyone needs to participate; spread the word and share the Facebook
event!
Finance Committee hearing at 2 pm EST
o If you are in DC please attend in person: 215 Dirksen
Wear t-shirts, pins, stickers, make signs, etc. about protecting
Medicaid
o In DC or not, use this email to submit testimony for the hearing:
GCHcomments@finance.senate.gov. This is where groups and
individuals can send letters, testimony, video links, photos, stories, etc.
Deadline for submission is Monday at 1 pm EST. Format: Written
comments need to be typewritten, single-spaced, not exceeding 10
pages in length. On the first page include title and date of the hearing,
and the full name and address of the individual or organization.
If you are in DC, please join Senator Schumer’s nighttime vigil
o Location and time TBD
Tuesday September 26
If you are in DC, please attend press conference sponsored by Senator Casey
including Sens. Wyden and Hassan and many others advocates
o 11:30am EST on East Capitol Lawn
Ongoing
Plan a State Rally
o Hold a rally in your state. Here is a list of key states:
Top Priority: Collins (Maine), Murkowski (Alaska), Capito (West
VA), Portman (Ohio), McCain (Arizona), Cassidy (Louisiana)
High Priority: Flake (Arizona), Gardner (Colorado), Moran (Kansas),
Tillis and Burr (N. Carolina), Grassley and Ernst (Iowa), Young
(Indiana), Rounds (S. Dakota), Hoeven (N. Dakota), Alexander and
Corker (Tennessee)
Attend town hall meetings and events
o Through Monday Sept 25, your Senators and Representative are in their
home state. You can find public appearances listed on their websites, at
TownHallProject.com, and here
Make an appointment
o Schedule in person meetings with your Members of Congress to talk to
them about the importance of Medicaid to you and the lives of people
you care about.
o Not sure how to make an appointment? Call the Capitol switchboard at
(202) 224-3121. A switchboard operator will connect you directly with
the Senate office where you can schedule an appointment.
o Find your Members of Congress. All you need is your zip code.
If you can’t meet in person, call
o Call multiple times throughout the day! You can call the Capitol switchboard
at 202-224- 3121 use the SEIU toll-free number 866-426- 2631 to be
connected directly with your Senator or Representative who is a target
o Not sure what to say? You can make your own scripts or use ours:
My name is [your name], and I live in [your town]. I’m [calling] to ask
[Senator Name] to vote NO on the Graham-Cassidy bill, or any other
bills that would repeal the Affordable Care Act, cut Medicaid funding,
and leave millions of people with no health insurance. Instead, work
in a bipartisan manner to provide access to affordable, accessible
health and long term services.
o Also see factsheet about calling your elected officials made by ASAN
Share your story
o Tweet, Facebook, write letters, and send short videos to your Members of
Congress with stories of how cuts to Medicaid will have severe impacts to
people with disabilities, seniors, women and children, and low-income
Americans. See a list of sample messages below, and find your Members of
Congress here.
o Use the list of suggested tweets below, and tag your member of Congress:
Good: Start the tweet with their twitter name: a semi-private
conversation. This directs the tweet to the person, but restricts the
number of people who see it. The person will get a notification that
you’ve tweeted them, but only the people who follow both you and
the person will see the tweet.
Example: @[mysenator]: cutting and capping Medicaid is dangerous for
PWD. #SaveMedicaid
Better: Put their twitter name somewhere else in the tweet: A public
statement. All your followers and all the person’s followers will see
the tweet, and the person will get a notification that they’ve been
mentioned in your tweet.
Example: Cutting and capping Medicaid is dangerous for PWD.
@[mysenator] #SaveMedicaid
Change your Twitter and Facebook Images
o Declare your support by changing your Twitter and Facebook cover images
and frame in support of #SaveMedicaid. Download these customized images
from https://www.flickr.com/gp/aucd/m491v4
o While logged in to Facebook:
1. Go to the profile picture frame feature
2. Click on the menu to the left of your profile picture
3. Select the frame you would like to add
4. Click Use as Profile Picture to save
would be devastating to people with disabilities, seniors, women and children, and
low-income Americans. Attend as many events as possible, flood social media, call
your members of congress starting today!
Monday September 25
CCD National Call-in Day
o Everyone needs to participate; spread the word and share the Facebook
event!
Finance Committee hearing at 2 pm EST
o If you are in DC please attend in person: 215 Dirksen
Wear t-shirts, pins, stickers, make signs, etc. about protecting
Medicaid
o In DC or not, use this email to submit testimony for the hearing:
GCHcomments@finance.senate.gov. This is where groups and
individuals can send letters, testimony, video links, photos, stories, etc.
Deadline for submission is Monday at 1 pm EST. Format: Written
comments need to be typewritten, single-spaced, not exceeding 10
pages in length. On the first page include title and date of the hearing,
and the full name and address of the individual or organization.
If you are in DC, please join Senator Schumer’s nighttime vigil
o Location and time TBD
Tuesday September 26
If you are in DC, please attend press conference sponsored by Senator Casey
including Sens. Wyden and Hassan and many others advocates
o 11:30am EST on East Capitol Lawn
Ongoing
Plan a State Rally
o Hold a rally in your state. Here is a list of key states:
Top Priority: Collins (Maine), Murkowski (Alaska), Capito (West
VA), Portman (Ohio), McCain (Arizona), Cassidy (Louisiana)
High Priority: Flake (Arizona), Gardner (Colorado), Moran (Kansas),
Tillis and Burr (N. Carolina), Grassley and Ernst (Iowa), Young
(Indiana), Rounds (S. Dakota), Hoeven (N. Dakota), Alexander and
Corker (Tennessee)
Attend town hall meetings and events
o Through Monday Sept 25, your Senators and Representative are in their
home state. You can find public appearances listed on their websites, at
TownHallProject.com, and here
Make an appointment
o Schedule in person meetings with your Members of Congress to talk to
them about the importance of Medicaid to you and the lives of people
you care about.
o Not sure how to make an appointment? Call the Capitol switchboard at
(202) 224-3121. A switchboard operator will connect you directly with
the Senate office where you can schedule an appointment.
o Find your Members of Congress. All you need is your zip code.
If you can’t meet in person, call
o Call multiple times throughout the day! You can call the Capitol switchboard
at 202-224- 3121 use the SEIU toll-free number 866-426- 2631 to be
connected directly with your Senator or Representative who is a target
o Not sure what to say? You can make your own scripts or use ours:
My name is [your name], and I live in [your town]. I’m [calling] to ask
[Senator Name] to vote NO on the Graham-Cassidy bill, or any other
bills that would repeal the Affordable Care Act, cut Medicaid funding,
and leave millions of people with no health insurance. Instead, work
in a bipartisan manner to provide access to affordable, accessible
health and long term services.
o Also see factsheet about calling your elected officials made by ASAN
Share your story
o Tweet, Facebook, write letters, and send short videos to your Members of
Congress with stories of how cuts to Medicaid will have severe impacts to
people with disabilities, seniors, women and children, and low-income
Americans. See a list of sample messages below, and find your Members of
Congress here.
o Use the list of suggested tweets below, and tag your member of Congress:
Good: Start the tweet with their twitter name: a semi-private
conversation. This directs the tweet to the person, but restricts the
number of people who see it. The person will get a notification that
you’ve tweeted them, but only the people who follow both you and
the person will see the tweet.
Example: @[mysenator]: cutting and capping Medicaid is dangerous for
PWD. #SaveMedicaid
Better: Put their twitter name somewhere else in the tweet: A public
statement. All your followers and all the person’s followers will see
the tweet, and the person will get a notification that they’ve been
mentioned in your tweet.
Example: Cutting and capping Medicaid is dangerous for PWD.
@[mysenator] #SaveMedicaid
Change your Twitter and Facebook Images
o Declare your support by changing your Twitter and Facebook cover images
and frame in support of #SaveMedicaid. Download these customized images
from https://www.flickr.com/gp/aucd/m491v4
o While logged in to Facebook:
1. Go to the profile picture frame feature
2. Click on the menu to the left of your profile picture
3. Select the frame you would like to add
4. Click Use as Profile Picture to save
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