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The Arc Action Alert: How Important is Medicaid to You?FYI

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Ellen Garber Bronfeld

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The Arc Action Alert: How Important is Medicaid to You?

How Important is Medicaid to You? Take Action!

Then get involved in the fight to preserve it

Do you or someone you know:

* receive home and community based services from your state

developmental disability agency?

* rely on Medicaid to pay for doctor's visits and other health care?

Unless we mobilize to support the Medicaid program, these critical

services could disappear for many people. The House of Representatives has

already voted to:

a.. cut Medicaid by 20% (or about $770 billion over 10 years)

b.. cap the amount the federal goverment spends on it. The

funding would not keep up with health care inflation.

c.. block grant it to the states. This means that states can

spend the money almost any way they like and can just cut out groups of people

or services. They could even return to placing people in institutions.

Take Action

Call your Senators today and ask them to speak up and support us in

this fight. Here is what to say:

a.. Medicaid is a lifeline for people with I/DD and we need you to

be our champion;

b.. Please oppose block grants or caps for Medicaid that would

hurt programs that help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

live in the community; and

c.. Don’t risk the health and safety of people with I/DD by

slashing funding for Medicaid.

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