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Arc Action Alert Your Voice Matters

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Dear Ellen,

Your voice matters! Be heard in Washington DC!

During the next month, the Congressional Super

Committee (Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction) will be working on a

plan to achieve $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction above cuts already made. Cuts

to important disability-related programs, like Medicaid, could be proposed by

the Committee and enacted by Congress. This would severely harm people with

intellectual and developmental disabilities in your state. Through The Arc’s

“Don’t Cut Our Lifeline Campaign,†we must continue to fight to protect

federal programs that are vital to our community!

Your Senators and Representative can influence

what is going on by working with their colleagues on the Super Committee. And

all Members of Congress must ultimately vote on the Super Committee’s plan.

Your Senators and Representatives are in DC to be your voice during these

negotiations, and you have the right to be heard!

Nowis the time to contact your Representative and

Senators and let them know that Medicaid is an essential lifeline to you and

your family. Urge them to contact their colleagues on the Super Committee and

explain that Medicaid is vital to their constituents and that they will not

support any proposal that cuts Medicaid. You can make a difference in

Washington, DC by picking up the phone and explaining how Medicaid is your

family’s lifeline.

What should I say?

a.. The budget cannot be balanced on the backs

of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Medicaid and other

programs that serve the most vulnerable people must be exempt from deficit

reduction plans.

b.. Revenues must be a part of the solution.

c.. Please convey these important messages to

your colleagues who serve on the Super Committee, and let your colleagues know

that you won’t support a plan that harms programs vital to people with

intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

d.. Don’t Cut Our Lifeline!

Your voice matters, so make sure that you are

heard loud and clear!

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