Alert from Common Good Iowa (from our email)
| Congress is finalizing its budget plans, and leaders want to slash Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the powerful and wealthy. They’ve been trying to move fast before we can stand up opposition to their unpopular ideas. But our pressure is catching up to them.
Let’s keep it up. |
| Contact your U.S. Representative RIGHT NOW and tell them to protect Medicaid. |
| Key points:
Cutting Medicaid will hurt Iowans Cutting federal Medicaid dollars means Iowa children won’t be able to get the preventive care they need to thrive, pregnant women won’t have access to maternal care, and seniors will be unable to afford nursing homes and long-term care at home. We will all pay the price for Medicaid cuts The sheer size of the proposed Medicaid cuts will ripple across our health care system, placing serious strain on hospitals and nursing homes and driving up uncompensated care. Facilities in rural Iowa, where larger shares of people rely on Medicaid for health insurance, would take the brunt of the damage. Medicaid is not a piggy bank to raid to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy The vast majority of voters across political parties view Medicaid favorably. Even President Trump has signaled he wants to protect Medicaid from massive funding cuts. |
| We’ve created an easy way for you to tell your U.S. House member to stand up against the most extreme members of their caucus. Click below send a message. |
| Contact your Representative now |
Iowa Delegation with Washington DC Phone OR you can call the Capital switchboard at 202-224-3121
Randy Feenstra – (202) 225-4426
Zach Nunn – (202) 225-5476
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (202) 225-6576
Ashley Hinson (202) 225-2911
Chuck Grassley (202) 224-3744
Joni Ernst (202) 224-3254
BTW – pressuring lawmakers does work! Grassley held back the nomination vote on Kash Patel no doubt because of the huge amount of calls to Senatorial offices and the amazing marches on February 5th! Keep it up!
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