Loading....

Congress: Cut corporate giveaways, not Medicaid!

Congress is considering significant cuts to Medicaid, a crucial public health program that serves as a lifeline for millions of Americans.

Use the form below to contact your representative and senators. Urge them to reject Medicaid cuts and instead tackle an actual source of waste: $140 billion of annual overpayments to corporate health insurers like Cigna, Aetna, and UnitedHealthcare.

We have provided the text of an email, but feel free to modify it (e.g. by adding details of your own experiences or the importance of Medicaid in your community).

To learn more about overpayments to corporate health insurers, visit pnhp.org/MAReport.

We just need few pieces of information to connect you with your representatives.

First Name*

Last Name*

Email Address*

Address, line 1*

City*

State*

Zip Code*

I'd like to receive updates from this organization

Take Action

Congress: Cut corporate giveaways, not Medicaid!

Members of the U.S. House

Subject: Don’t cut Medicaid. Cut subsidies to corporate health insurance instead.

Message:

I am writing to you as a constituent who is concerned about the future of Medicare and Medicaid. I am especially concerned by reports that Congress is considering significant cuts to Medicaid in order to pay for an additional round of tax cuts. This crucial public health program has been a lifeline for low-income Americans for decades, and states that have chosen to expand the program in recent years have seen gains in both population health relative to non-expansion states and financial stability for their safety net hospitals and clinics. When the Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010, the federal government promised to fully fund Medicaid expansion for the first 10 years and to fund 90% of Medicaid expansion thereafter. This is a promise that must be kept. To do otherwise—to reduce federal funding to 70%, 50%, or even lower—would starve an already cash-strapped program. Reimbursement rates would fall, fewer doctors and hospitals would accept Medicaid patients, and your constituents would suffer needlessly as a result. If Congress is really determined to root out waste, fraud, and abuse you and your colleagues should spare the Medicaid program and take a hard look at the so-called “Medicare Advantage” program instead. For more than 20 years, corporations like UnitedHealthcare have been invited to administer Medicare benefits, with disastrous results. These firms overcharge taxpayers by up to $140 billion per year, while delaying and denying care for seniors and imposing harsh restrictions that are unheard of in the traditional Medicare program. By ending the overcharging of Medicare by corporate health insurers, Congress could recoup billions of taxpayer dollars that could be used to add dental, vision, and hearing coverage; a fully funded prescription drug benefit; and a sorely needed out-of-pocket maximum for each and every senior in the program. Your constituents on Medicaid cannot afford cuts to their benefits. On the other hand, health insurance giants are practically swimming in profits. I urge you to take Medicaid cuts off the table and instead take aim at corporate profiteering.

Characters remaining:

Members of the U.S. Senate

Subject: Don’t cut Medicaid. Cut subsidies to corporate health insurance instead.

Message:

Characters remaining:

Congress: Cut corporate giveaways, not Medicaid!

We just need few pieces of information to connect you with your representatives.

Congress: Cut corporate giveaways, not Medicaid!

Sorry, we can't seem to find your representative!

Thank You!