04/10/2026
๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ง: ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ
Last year, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Actโcutting at least $1 trillion from Medicaid and hundreds of millions from programs like SNAP. Now, there are strong signals from Washington, D.C. that additional reconciliation billsโaimed at offsetting increased military and ICE spendingโcould further threaten Medicaid, including home and community-based services (HCBS) people rely on to avoid costly institutional care.
Whatโs at stake is real:
โข 8.4 million older adults and people with disabilities rely on Medicaid for support with daily needs
โข Home and community-based services allow people to live at homeโnot in institutions
โข This is both less costly and what people actually want: 90%+ of voters across parties support maintaining or increasing HCBS funding
Equip for Equality has signed on to a national letterโled by the Disability and Aging Collaborative and the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilitiesโopposing further cuts to Medicaid. You can read it here - https://docs.google.com/document/d/15vZKoy3au-zkgHROWUmf5Oqdo0Cr0BBXPu20foIxKIQ/edit?usp=sharing)
Now we need you to act.
โก๏ธ Contact your members of Congress and urge them to reject Medicaid cuts in any form. You can find your representatives by entering your address at https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member. Suggested script:
๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ.
โก๏ธShare with your networks and encourage others to act by Monday, April 13th!
HCBS programs are already at risk from under-funding and the One Big Beautiful Bill Actโs Medicaid cutsโwe cannot afford more cuts to these programs that save taxpayer dollars. Your voice matters. Thank you for taking action along side us.
