ADVOCACY & COMMUNITY ORGANIZING Keep Fighting Bad Legislation!

History just repeats itself with good legislation and bad legislation! The recent passage of a national tax plan by the House and then by the Senate, is now awaiting reconciliation, and legislators already have declared they will now go after entitlements like Medicaid, Medicare, Welfare and Social Security to pay for the 1.5 trillion dollar deficit resulting from their proposed budgets!

The Tax Bill under reconciliation will mean over 13 million people will hose healthcare by the repeal of the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act, increased premiums for others by 10%, and decreased funds for home and community-based long-term services and supports! Medicaid is the funding lifeblood of services and supports for people with I/DD, from funding for Medicaid Waivers allowing people to live and work in their communities to funding for Special Education in our schools.

If you haven’t called, you need to call Now! The Capitol Switchboard in Washington, D.C. is (202) 224-3121. Encourage others to call. Use your social media to share with your contacts the impact of these cuts!

Please keep advocating as if millions of people’s lives depend on it, they do!