[QUAD-L] Fwd: Medicaid & the Budget: The Next Phase CALL SENATORS 1-800 828 0498

[DAANOO]

FY I call your senators and write them at 1-800-828-0498 tell them to vote against anything that will hurt the Medicaid program and recipients.   find out how to your representatives vote on this issue! Dana

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Title: Medicaid & the Budget: The Next Phase

Dear Dana, After a long and heated debated, the House approved a budget reconciliation bill early this morning with deep cuts to Medicaid and other important social programs. The final vote was extremely close: 217-215. No Democrats voted for the bill, but 14 Republicans voted against it. Click here to see how your Representative voted. You can also thank your Representative (or scold them, depending on their vote) by sending an e-mail through our Web site. While we are disappointed at the outcome, we are pleased that so many moderate Republicans felt compelled to vote against this budget. It was largely due to your calls and e-mails—along with thousands from activists across the country—that made this such a difficult vote for the House leadership. We're deeply grateful for all your hard work. Now the process moves to the Conference Committee, where negotiators from the House and Senate will try to find a compromise between the two versions of the budget and send it to both houses for up-or-down votes. Because of the close votes (the Senate passed its version by 52-47) and the significant differences between the bills on Medicaid and other issues, we believe we have an opportunity to prevail in this phase of the Medicaid fight. Our best chance lies once again in the Senate. We need you to call your Senators and urge them to vote NO on any budget that hurts Medicaid recipients. Our toll-free number is still up and running: Call your Senators toll-free: 1-800-828-0498 The fight to save Medicaid isn’t over yet—it's just entered a new phase, and we can still prevail. With your help, we can do it! All of us here at Families USA wish you a happy and restful Thanksgiving holiday. Luis Hestres Web Content Associate, Families USA  Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this.  Tell-a-friend! If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Families USA. This message was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit your subscription management page to modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile. To stop receiving Health Action E-mails, click to unsubscribe. To stop ALL email from Families USA, click to remove yourself from our lists (or reply via email with "remove" in the subject line). -------- Families USA | 1201 New York Ave., NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005 www.familiesusa.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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