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From: "Kristie Hadden" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Cc:
Sent: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:01:09 -0600
Subject: Re: Urgent: Calls Needed Now on Medicaid


> You can also send emails to your senators and reps through Easter
> Seals' website...
> https://secure2.convio.net/es/site/Advocacy?JServSessionIdr001=zwf7ywn
> wc1.ap p26b&page=UserAction&cmd=display&id=147
> (make sure that all of that stays on the same line of hypertext to
> click, or past it into your browser) Kristie Hadden
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Augmentative Communication Online Users Group
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Laura Glozier Sent:
> Sunday, March 13, 2005 4:13 PM To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: FW: Urgent: Calls Needed Now on Medicaid
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:owner-micasa-
> [log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of ADAPT Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 3:49
> PM To: micasa-list Subject: Fw: Urgent: Calls Needed Now on Medicaid
>
>
> Forward within your own state....
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 2:06 PM
> Subject: Urgent: Calls Needed Now on Medicaid
>
>
> Dear Advocates:
>
> URGENT ACTION NEEDED BY ADVOCATES!
> (SEE FAMILIES USA ALERT BELOW)
>
> LARGE MEDICAID CUTS IN CONGRESS WILL DEVASTATE THE STATES ABILITY
> TO PROVIDE GROWING MEDICAID SERVICES TO WOMEN, CHILDREN, PERSONS
> WITH DISABILITIES AND OLDER AMERICANS.  THIS MEANS POTENTIAL CUTS
> IN NEEDED HEALTH SERVICES FOR POOR FAMILIES AND LONGER WAITING
> LISTS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
>
> UNDER THE THREAT OF THESE CUTS GOVERNORS MAY ACCEPT THE
> ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSALS TO GUT MEDICAID PROTECTIONS AND LEAD TO
> BLOCK GRANT TYPE SERVICES. (CAPPED SERVICES WITH WAITING LISTS)
>
> PLEASE CALL THE TOLL FREE NUMBER BELOW.  1-800-828-0498 YOU WILL
> GET THE CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD. ASK FOR YOUR 2 SENATORS' OFFICES.
>
> TELL THEM TO VOTE YES ON THE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD STOP THE CUTS TO
> MEDICAID AND CREATE A MEDICAID COMMISSION TO REVIEW REFORMING
> MEDICAID.
>
> YOU NEED TO DO THIS TODAY, MONDAY, MARCH 14TH.
>
> THANK YOU
>
> THE ADAPT COMMUNITY
>
>
> Dear Advocates,
>
> The Medicaid budget battle has reached a critical stage-and we
> really need your help! There are Medicaid cuts of at least $15
> billion in both
> the House and Senate budget resolutions. Our only hope of
> minimizing Medicaid
> cuts in the federal budget this year now rests with an amendment
> that Senators
> Smith and Bingaman will offer to strike Medicaid cuts from the
> Senate budget resolution. The vote on that amendment-the Medicaid
> vote of our times-could happen as early as next Tuesday.
> (Background information on the congressional budget process below.)
>
> WE NEED AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT on behalf of this amendment.
>
> WHAT YOU CAN DO:
>
> a.. Call your Senators NOW-Toll-Free: It is critical to get as many
> people as you can to call your Senators this week. Urge them to
> support the Smith-Bingaman amendment to strike the Medicaid cuts.
> To make that call as
> easy as possible, we've set up a toll-free line that goes directly
> to the Capitol switchboard. Here's the number: 1-800-828-0498
>
> a.. After you've called your Senators, click here to forward this
> message to as many people as possible-we need as many calls to go
> to Senators as we can get! The number will remain active through
> the vote-which could happen as early as Tuesday, March 15.
> b.. Write a letter to the editor. You can find tips for writing
> letters to the editor on our Medicaid Action Center. Thank you for
> all your hard work during this fight!
>
> Ron
>
> HELP US SPREAD THE WORD: To forward this message to a friend or
> colleague, click here.
>
> BACKGROUND: This week, the Senate and House Budget Committees
> passed budget resolution bills with substantial cuts in federal
> Medicaid funding. These cuts were even larger than those proposed
> by the President last
> month. (To learn more about the proposed Senate and House Medicaid
> budget cuts, click here.)
>
> Next, the budget resolutions will go to the Senate and House floors
> for a vote. (The floor votes could come as early as next Tuesday,
> March
> 15-two working days from today.) When the full Senate votes on the
> budget resolution, Senator Smith (R-OR) and Senator Bingaman (D-NM)
> will offer an amendment to strike the Medicaid cuts. (Click here to
> see the press release announcing Senator Smith's intentions to
> offer this amendment.) Since there's
> little hope for the House resolution, we have to make sure the
> Senate version
> has the smallest possible cut. That is why the expected Senate
> amendment striking down the cuts is so important. If the Smith-
> Bingaman amendment does not pass, we will have at least $15 billion
> in Medicaid cuts over the next five years. Our only hope of
> eliminating or reducing these cuts is to pass this amendment!
>
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