An Urgent Call to Action: Help Protect Medicaid!!!

Last Thursday, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives passed their version of the budget reconciliation bill, dubbed the “big beautiful bill” by the President. It passed by one vote, with intense opposition from House Democrats. Among many other things, the bill calls for deep cuts to Medicaid and adds stringent work requirements. This law will “make America hungrier, poorer and sicker”, said Rep. Angie Craig.

The bill now goes to the Senate, where GOP lawmakers are expected to rewrite much of it. Then, it will go back to the House to hammer out a compromise – a process likely to stretch well into the summer.

This gives us time to organize our opposition. Under the leadership of Pam Ryder, a Health Justice Medicaid Workgroup has been formed. Contact the team at ProtecMedicaid@gmail.com to express your interest in helping to protect this critical safety net program.

Note: This is NOT a website;  it puts you on a special email list where we’ll send out action alerts only about the current critical Medicaid issue.