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URGENT! Save our Health Care and Community Services

March 24, 2017

Updated Action Steps for Today, Friday March 24

Thanks for all your work, but our work is not over. Please continue to contact your Members of Congress and tell them to "oppose the American Health Care Act because the caps on Medicaid funding will be extremely damaging to people with disabilities and many others and the essential benefits are just that - essential!"

Use any of the sample tweets below as talking points. Continue to tweet and Facebook and email any of the below messages, especially if lines are busy or voicemail is full (866-426-2631). Find your elected officials and email them through AUCD's Action Center.

Primary Hashtags: #ProtectOurCare, #AHCA, #SaveMedicaid, #KillTheBill

Updated Sample Tweets

Important: Look up and add your Members of Congress to each of the Tweets where it says "@YourCongressperson" replace with the correct handle.

  • Eliminating essential health benefits like maternity care would devastate our most vulnerable communities. Vote No on #AHCA @YourCongressperson
  • House bill will result in 24 million people losing coverage by 2026. Vote NO on #AHCA @YourCongressperson
  • Medicaid provides important services to students with disabilities #SaveMedicaid Please Vote NO #AHCA @CongresspersonGT
  • The changes get worse by the hour for individuals with disabilities and their families. Please vote NO on #AHCA @YourCongressperson
  • The latest #AHCA #Trumpcare returns to annual and lifetime caps #KillTheBill
  • The new #AHCA prioritizes tax cuts for the wealthy http://bit.ly/2mZeDmU. Please vote NO
  • Only 17% of Americans support your bill @SpeakerRyan. #ProtectOurCare
  • @HouseGOP vote NO on #ACHA: 855-981-7297 save health care
  • The GOP health bill will reduce mental health care @yourCongressperson it's time to #KilltheBill
  • "Flexibility" shouldn't mean fewer, lower quality options for people with disabilities and families #SaveMedicaid #MedicaidMatters http://bit.ly/2nEwyjm
  • Millions with mental or behavioral health conditions rely on Medicaid for needed services. #SaveMedicaid http://bit.ly/2nEwyjm
  • Do NOT allow restructuring and cuts to Medicaid to be part of an ACA replacement #SaveMedicaid http://bit.ly/2nEwyjm
  • Cutting Medicaid will cut jobs @YourCongressperson http://bit.ly/2nwbUoA
  • Medicaid is currently the gold standard for children's health care, including #EPSDT. #SaveMedicaid
  • Thank you @USRepRodney for voting NO to ending comprehensive health care #SaveMedicaid #ProtectOurCare