via AAPD (6.10.11):
National Call-In Days: June 14, 15, 16!
SAVING MEDICAID FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITES!
NO CUTS!
Call 1-866-922-4970 to reach the U.S. Senate and then ask for your Senator.
With both the House and Senate in session THIS WEEK, we expect the debate about how to reduce the deficit to be front and center. Only with you and others calling in to your U.S. Senators and your House Representative can we hope to stop the cuts.
Here is your simple 1-2-3 message:
1. DON'T CUT MEDICAID. "Cuts to this vital program will only shift costs to states and transfer the burden onto people with disabilities, children and their families.”
2. Remind Members of Congress of any of the following points:
- Medicaid is critical for the health care of 8 million people with disabilities.
- Medicaid pays for wheelchairs and prosthetic devices for people with disabilities such as spinal chord injury, cerebral palsy and other disabilities.
- Medicaid pays for prescription drugs for persons with mental illnesses and epilepsy and other medical conditions.
- Medicaid pays for programs to enable people with intellectual disabilities to live and work in the community.
- Medicaid’s Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis & Treatment program helps identify children’s disabilities early and gets them the care they need.
3. If you or someone you know with a disability benefits from Medicaid directly, be sure to mention that in your phone call. Tell them “I am a registered voter.”
If they don’t hear from you – and hundreds of others -- next week, how will they know what we all think?
Action Steps!
a. To find your U.S. House of Representatives Member: Go to the official site at https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml. To find out your U.S. Congressional Representative’s phone numbers, go to http://www.house.gov/
b. To Find Your Two Senators’ phone numbers: Go to website at http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
c. If you are not a registered voter, go to your state election website at http://tinyurl.com/29x7g5a and register today!
FYI. The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights just issued this brief on Medicaid cuts and impact on communities of color
http://www.protectcivilrights.org/pdf/healthcare/ryan-medicaid-proposal-impact-on-communities-of-color.pdf
Posted by: Jenifer Simpson | June 10, 2011 at 03:08 PM
It has indeed made a lot of impact to many.
Posted by: trace minerals research | June 15, 2011 at 05:08 AM
There is something terribly wrong in this government of ares! I have worked and payed my taxes for over 30 YEARS! Know I do have the right for this ENTITLEMENT! I've
payed into it! That's the problem! I have with this GOVERNMENT OF OURS! I don't care if your DEMO! Or REPUB! There are PLENTY of others out there with disabilities! That have worked hard! An payed into the system! YOU! Congress PEOPLE have been USING A CREDIT CARD! To keep your lavish lifestyles! An know! You want to attack the poor! An the Disabiabled as ALWAYS! BULLSHIT! ENOUGH!!
Posted by: Richard John Cortez | June 15, 2011 at 07:22 PM
I can't believe I've been going for years wthiuot knowing that.
Posted by: Tessa | July 21, 2011 at 01:08 PM