PI Action alerts & updates ... 2005

TAKE ACTION ON MEDICAID!

Tell Your Representatives To Support The Senate Medicaid Plan

Medicaid is helping vulnerable people living with HIV/AIDS all over America—but it’s under attack in Washington, DC.

Right now, Congressional negotiators are working out a final compromise between the Senate and House Medicaid “reform” proposals, and there’s a big difference between them.

The Senate’s plan avoids serious harm to low-income Medicaid beneficiaries—and it will actually help those in need and improve public health by funding a demonstration program that allows states to provide Medicaid coverage to low-income people with HIV infection before becoming disabled by AIDS.

By contrast, the House Medicaid reconciliation package, if implemented, would hurt low-income people with HIV/AIDS and other people who rely on Medicaid. Co-sharing and co-payments amounts would increase, and health care providers would for the first time be able to refuse services to those unable to pay.

TAKE ACTION ON MEDICAID!
Call your two U.S. Senators and your House Representative toll-free at 1-888-802-1207. Tell whoever answers the phone that you want the Senator/Representative to reject the House Medicaid package and support the Senate plan.

Contact information:
To find out who represents you in Congress, punch in your zip code at www.congress.org.