Medicaid Fightback

The Threat

The Threat

Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans have a plan to rip away our healthcare and our jobs, in order to give tax breaks to greedy billionaire bosses like Elon Musk.

Medicaid is popular and in order to take it away they’re going to try to divide us by race, gender, language, or anything else they think will help get them tax breaks.

Medicaid is a jointly funded federal-state health insurance program.

Our Jobs: If you’re an SEIU Healthcare member working in a hospital, nursing home, or you provide home care, Medicaid funds your job.

Healthcare For Our Families and Communities: Medicaid provides healthcare to nearly 80 million people. That amounts to one in five Americans! Medicaid funds care for vital care for kids, moms, seniors, rural communities, and people with disabilities.

Stories

Jessica’s Story

Part 1

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On left: woman in car smiling. She is Jessica Bolmer, Home care worker, Olney, IL.

On Right.

"I left college after receiving a call telling me my dad was very sick. I came home to provide the home care he needed before he passed away. Without Medicaid, my dad wouldn’t have been able to have home care.

A few years later, I found out I was very sick as well. I had to choose between the roof over my head and my treatments, and I ended up sleeping in my car for a year and a half. I was finally able to get back on my feet once I got help with my healthcare from Medicaid."

#SaveMedicaid

Part 2

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On left: woman in car smiling. She is Jessica Bolmer, Home care worker, Olney, IL.

On Right.
"Today, several of the seniors I care for rely on Medicaid so they can continue to live at home. Healthcare should be a human right for all, and until it is in this country, Medicaid is the best thing we have to get the care we deserve.

Call 1-866-426-2631
and tell Congress
how important Medicaid is to our communities."

#HandsOffMedicaid

Donna’s Story

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Left side. Blonde white women with glasses. She's Donna Peek a home care worker from McLeansboro, IL.

Left Side.
#SaveMedicaid

Quote:
"I recently attended a lobby day in Washington, DC to urge Congress to protect Medicaid from cuts and I’m keeping the fight going from McLeansboro where I live. This affects the health and well being of our families, our programs, our seniors, and pay for most of SEIU Healthcare members.

Medicaid affects everyone we care about and everything we do.

I urge you to call your Congressperson at 866-426-2631 and tell them to keep their
Hands Off Medicaid."

Shunda’s Story

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Left: Black women with glasses smiling. She is Shunda Whitfield, Nursing Home CNA, St. Louis, MO.

Right: #SaveMedicaid

"I’m in the fight to save Medicaid because cuts will affect children, seniors, people with disabilities, and caregivers in nursing homes, hospitals, and home care.

These attacks are real and
now is the time to stand up and fight back with us!

Call Congress at 866-426-2631 and tell them to save lives by saving Medicaid."

What Cuts Could Mean For Our Jobs and Those We Care For

What Cuts Could Mean For Our Jobs and Those We Care For

Home care hours cuts for seniors and people with disabilities
New eligibility restrictions and waitlists for receiving home and community-based services
Rollback of nursing home staffing requirements linked to cuts in nursing home funding
Elimination of special funding streams for safety net hospitals
Rolling back Medicaid eligibility would inundate safety net hospitals and other providers serving vulnerable communities with the newly uninsured, threatening the ability of safety net hospitals to stay open
Loss of health insurance coverage for low-income (ACA Medicaid expansion) adults
Because Medicaid funds over 40% births, a curtailment of these benefits could drive up infant and maternal mortality rates

Medicaid Funds Home Care, Hospital, and Nursing Home Care

Illinois HSP (DORS) home care – 100% Medicaid funded
Illinois CCP (private agency) home care – 78% Medicaid funded
Indiana home care – 99% Medicaid funded
Illinois nursing homes – 70% Medicaid funded
Illinois safety net hospitals – over 50% Medicaid funded
Missouri nursing homes – 66% Medicaid funded
Missouri safety net hospitals – 38% Medicaid funded
Missouri home care – 100% Medicaid funded

Medicaid Cuts Threaten State Services

Medicaid is a very large portion of the budget in every state, averaging 29% nationally.

30% of Illinois state budget
35% of Indiana state budget
34% of Missouri state budget
25% of Kansas state budget

If federal funding is cut, states will have extreme difficulty making up for those funds to adequately protect the health of their populations. The threatened cuts are intended to be so massive that states would not be able to limit the number of people affected or the danger to people’s health.

**Call or Email Your Congressperson**

Email Your Congressperson

Call Your Congressperson at 866-426-2631

Our healthcare and our jobs are under attack.

Call your Congressperson right away.

Here are things you might say on the phone:

Sample Script

Hi, I’m a constituent from [city or town you live in]. I’m asking the Congressperson to make sure there are No Cuts to Medicaid. Donald Trump is trying to divide us by race, gender, and immigration status so he can give tax breaks to his rich friends. Don’t take away our healthcare to give tax breaks to billionaires. Don’t take away our jobs either.

[if you or someone you know gets their health insurance through Medicaid, tell the person on the phone that and how important the program is to you.]

[If you’re a home care worker] I’m a home care worker and my [consumer/client] needs me. Don’t take their care away. I love my job. Don’t defund it.

[if you’re a hospital worker] I’m a hospital worker. We’re always working short-staffed. Don’t make our patients suffer. I love my job. Don’t defund it.

[if you’re a nursing home worker] I’m a nursing home worker. We’re always working short-staffed. Don’t make our seniors suffer. I love my job. Don’t defund it.

Would you like to take down my name and contact info?

Thank you for your time.

Medicaid Fact Sheets By Congressional District