What actions can you take throughout June for our Medicaid campaign?
1. Have you met with your lawmaker and/or their staff this year?
Utilize our one-pager documents to support your story and request around Mediciad.
Document 1: Medicaid Cuts & the Workforce
This document explains that Medicaid is health insurance for low-wage workers who aren't offered coverage through their job and can't afford private health insurance. The document lists out several ways Medicaid is a resource to workers as well as how Medicaid cuts will eliminate jobs and halt economic growth.
Document 2: The Real Cost of Cutting Medicaid
This document explains that rushing cuts to Medicaid will hurt those who can least aford care and won't do anything to lower health care costs.
Document 3: Medicaid work requirements jeopardize access to care for cancer patients and survivors
Each one-pager touches on work requirements, but this document exclusively explains how work requirements create unreasonable barriers to care making it harder for cancer patients and survivors to recover and stay health enough to work. 92% of workign age individuals with Medicaid coverage are either workers, caregivers, students or unable to work due to illness.
This one-pager details issues with work requirements, cost sharing and explains why we oppose reductions to retroactive coverage.
2. Take our petition to an event:
Are you tabling at an event? Utilize our one-pager/scan to take action
3. Take to social media. Below are messages you can post weekly to your Facebook, X or Instagram accounts. Need a graphic? Ask your Grassroots Manager.
X, Facebook, Instagram:
· Did you know? #Medicaid covers:
1 in 10 adults with a history of cancer
1 in 3 children diagnosed with cancer
Cancer patients and their families need access to affordable health care. Like and share if you agree! #ProtectMedicaid https://www.fightcancer.org/policy-resources/facts-about-medicaid-and-ca...
[For Instagram, add the link to your bio.]
· Only [number]% of working [State-ians] can get health insurance through their employer. Access to #Medicaid allows people to work AND receive access to affordable health coverage. Let's #ProtectMedicaid to keep [State-ians] healthy and help our economy grow.
· Health care can often be out of reach for people living in rural communities. Protecting Medicaid would help rural hospitals in [State] stay open and make potentially lifesaving health care more accessible. Join us and help #ProtectMedicaid: [insert link to state action alert]
[For Instagram, add the link to your bio.]
· The cost of health coverage is out of reach for many [State-ians], which could lead them to delay or skip the care they need.
Protecting #Medicaid for [State-ians] would help eliminate barriers and allow our neighbors to access affordable, essential care. #ProtectMedicaid