Activism alert on Medicaid cuts
27 April 2025
If your member of Congress is a Republican, please click here to sign and send him or her a letter asking for no cuts to Medicaid or food stamps to pay for extending tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy. Note: all Democrats oppose these cuts so your letter to them is unnecessary. But check out the Activism guide at the bottom for suggestions on what you can do.
Find your member of Congress by clicking here.
For Medicaid, these cuts could come through a combination of work reporting requirements, which will kick 36 million eligible people off of their healthcare by ensnaring them in red tape; a reduction in Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, which previously added 20 million people to Medicaid; or a cap on federal Medicaid aid for states, which could result in tens of millions of people losing healthcare coverage.
Additionally, a recent study found that when Congress expanded Medicaid to cover millions of poor people between 2014 – 2022, it saved 27,400 lives. This means that a vote to kick millions of people off of their healthcare coverage could result in the death of thousands of people.
At a time of rising food prices, and when 41 million people received SNAP benefits in 2024, these cuts will force families to go hungry just to pay for more tax cuts for the rich.
Please take action if you can.
Activism guide:
Blogs to read and subscribe to: Abortion Every Day, Chris Bowers, Heather Cox Richardson, Robert Reich, Scott Dworkin, The Contrarian
Events to attend or support: 50501, Hands Off!, Indivisible, Mobilize, Move On, Planned Parenthood, Scott Dworkin, Tesla takedown, The People’s Union
My essays for other ideas - click here, then look under Activism - what you can do
The index to my prior essays (mostly post 5 November 2024) is here.
I have another blog on Cancer and Medicine.
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