I'll call Capito again in the morning regarding this (Manchin too, but he's not wavering is he?). I also posted something on FB. I live in a tri-state area that includes WV and OH, so hopefully it will help.
Awesome! Some of the resources in my post at the bottom of the second page also apply to WV, which, as I'm sure you know, is a state that has a lot to lose in terms of addressing the opioid crisis if Medicaid expansion ends and the Medicaid program overall experiences additional massive cuts.
There is no such thing as a soft landing for Medicaid cuts or an expansion phase-out. Starting the cut sooner but cutting over a longer period of time gets us to the same place as cutting more quickly and sharply. There's nothing states could do to prepare save for a massive increase in state taxes which we know they won't do. All it does is allow Senators (and governors in some cases) to dodge the consequences of their actions by postponing the worst effects until after the next two major elections.
seeyalater52, do you have any other links to similar reports like the first one for other states? I would love to review and send to friends in GA. I would assume calls to our GA senator would help?
There are some GA reports but not as in-depth as the one I linked for OH. A really good GA group is slated to release a similar report hopefully next week and I'll post it here once it's live. Georgia Budget and Policy Insititute.
Let me see if I can grab some GA state reports give me a sec.
ETA: calls to Purdue but especially to Isakson are helpful. Also vets since that's an issue Isakson cares about.
Recent report on veterans and Medicaid. If you scroll to the bottom you can see that GA has 50k veterans who are enrolled in Medicaid and is one of only a couple of non expansion states that has seen a sharp increase in veterans covered by Medicaid since the ACA was passed: familiesusa.org/product/cutting-medicaid-would-hurt-veterans
Seriously everyone can use that info from the CAP report and if you don't have Republican Senators but you live in a GOP House district (or have friends and family who do) now is also a good time to call House members and remind them how much this stupid bill sucks and how much they stand to lose in the next election if they move forward with it. They can deliver your message straight to the Senators in their state delegation and the report has district specific numbers.
Recent report on veterans and Medicaid. If you scroll to the bottom you can see that GA has 50k veterans who are enrolled in Medicaid and is one of only a couple of non expansion states that has seen a sharp increase in veterans covered by Medicaid since the ACA was passed: familiesusa.org/product/cutting-medicaid-would-hurt-veterans
Seriously everyone can use that info from the CAP report and if you don't have Republican Senators but you live in a GOP House district (or have friends and family who do) now is also a good time to call House members and remind them how much this stupid bill sucks and how much they stand to lose in the next election if they move forward with it. They can deliver your message straight to the Senators in their state delegation and the report has district specific numbers.
Thanks very much seeyalater52 and thanks for all that you do to help foil the Republicans.
seeyalater52 I have a friend who gets Medicaid benefits for personal care assistant and she reports that she was just informed that her PCA allowance was cut. Apparently some states are cutting already because they think by the time appeals go through the ACA will be gone?
seeyalater52 I have a friend who gets Medicaid benefits for personal care assistant and she reports that she was just informed that her PCA allowance was cut. Apparently some states are cutting already because they think by the time appeals go through the ACA will be gone?
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. I definitely think some states are seeing the writing on the wall and either making cuts to save a buck or trying to push to see how much they can get away with in this new political era. Sadly the cuts to Medicaid in the AHCA are going to lead to massive massive cuts to home and personal care services for older adults and people with disabilities, not to mention the corresponding loss of jobs in that sector. Heartbreaking in so many fronts, not to mention it could possibly open up the state to lawsuits on behalf of people who are supposed to be entitled to services or who have rights about being able to receive services in the least restrictive setting. It seems pretty clear to me that this will revive the unnecessaryinstitutionalization of people with disabilities, battles that were hard fought and won.
If anyone thinks this message would be compelling to their particular Senators I can float some recent/upcoming papers on this topic that have more info.
(Yes my friends at CBPP are getting a lot of play in here!)
Thank you.
Holy shit those sneakly little fuckers. I am going to start a new post to highlight this article.
Anyway I can find out total households impacted in each range?
They link to the urban institute numbers they're using for the analysis, maybe it's buried in there someplace? I'm admittedly not the best on the finer details of data points on the wealth transfers since it's pretty outside of my professional scope.
seeyalater52 I have a friend who gets Medicaid benefits for personal care assistant and she reports that she was just informed that her PCA allowance was cut. Apparently some states are cutting already because they think by the time appeals go through the ACA will be gone?
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. I definitely think some states are seeing the writing on the wall and either making cuts to save a buck or trying to push to see how much they can get away with in this new political era. Sadly the cuts to Medicaid in the AHCA are going to lead to massive massive cuts to home and personal care services for older adults and people with disabilities, not to mention the corresponding loss of jobs in that sector. Heartbreaking in so many fronts, not to mention it could possibly open up the state to lawsuits on behalf of people who are supposed to be entitled to services or who have rights about being able to receive services in the least restrictive setting. It seems pretty clear to me that this will revive the unnecessaryinstitutionalization of people with disabilities, battles that were hard fought and won.
If anyone thinks this message would be compelling to their particular Senators I can float some recent/upcoming papers on this topic that have more info.
We're in a blue state, too. Sigh. She's putting together a list of people for her friends to call. She's a former colleague and her PCA makes it possible for her to work in a job where she makes a difference every day for youth.
Post by seeyalater52 on Jun 8, 2017 22:49:16 GMT -5
If your state has any R House members it's worth having folks call them too. Or if your Senators are Dems even getting in touch with their offices if she hasn't already and offering to tell her story at an event if they're doing one or suggesting they use it on the Senate floor during some of the pre-vote procedural dialogue and speaking time if it comes to that. Some offices are soliciting compelling stories.
Hey seeyalater52 - first, THANKS!! Second, Cory FUCKING Gardner is my Senator, who as you know is a member of the White Dude Wealthcare Coven. I laugh when I see AARP ads urging me to call CFG and tell him to vote NO! He's in the fucking coven; he's writing the fucking thing! What can I and other Coloradoans say to him? I know we're a Medicaid expenansion state, but I personally have no story to tell in that regard. I'm already hounding him on "women's" health, to no apparent avail.
Alternatively, what message should we send to Bennett? Today's PSA suggested that we urge Ds to filibuster everything; drag out ordinary business and a healthcare vote until they are forced to face their constituents on break. What do you think of this strategy?
Hey seeyalater52 - first, THANKS!! Second, Cory FUCKING Gardner is my Senator, who as you know is a member of the White Dude Wealthcare Coven. I laugh when I see AARP ads urging me to call CFG and tell him to vote NO! He's in the fucking coven; he's writing the fucking thing! What can I and other Coloradoans say to him? I know we're a Medicaid expenansion state, but I personally have no story to tell in that regard. I'm already hounding him on "women's" health, to no apparent avail.
Alternatively, what message should we send to Bennett? Today's PSA suggested that we urge Ds to filibuster everything; drag out ordinary business and a healthcare vote until they are forced to face their constituents on break. What do you think of this strategy?
I know having Gardner be a target is a weird thing. We are definitely urging calls to him. In some ways even though he may he unreachable, it is incredibly important to emphasize that his constituents SEE him out there selling them and their neighbors out to cowtow to party leadership. Hiiiiiii Cory and hope you don't like being a Senator too much becauae we are coming for you in 2020. He is probably most moveable on Medicaid (although women's health isn't a terrible message for him) and my best advice for the calls is to focus on the loss of expansion and stating clearly that a longer phase-out leaves your state in the same place in the end - with a balance to pay on Medicaid that it can't afford. If you don't have a personal Medicaid story focusing on budget impacts is really key. He and Portman were the idiots who started this "glide landing" bullshit on the more gradual expansion phase out. There is a Colorado group that will be doing a big report on those impacts probably next week so I'll try to remember to tag you once it is out.
The advice about Dems is spot on. Ask them to make more public statements opposing repeal and directly calling out their Repiblican colleagues, which is especially powerful in split delegation states. Ask him to get out there publicly and headline a rally or organize a press conference and just FIGHT. Those asks are coming to them from the Dem caucus and our lobbyists too but reinforcing it is good. Our number 1 goal is to keep extending the timeline past July 4th recess. There's an expiration date on this thing between the August recess and the reconciliation instructions expiring but we have to get past July for that to work in our favor. The longer it goes the more likely it will ultimately fail.