04/04/2025
📣 NOW is the time to speak up!
Ohio’s proposed budget will directly impact Medicaid funding — and with it, the lives of real people across our state:
👶 Families.
🏥 County programs.
💼 Private businesses.
👩⚕️ Frontline workers.
📉 Local economies.
If you care about access to care, community stability, and jobs, now’s the time to act. Let’s flood their phones, email and mail. KEEP them on the phone and tell them your story.
📞 WHO TO CONTACT
Governor Mike DeWine (R)
🔗 [Contact Form](https://governor.ohio.gov/contact)
📍 Columbus Office: (614) 644-4357
Senator Jon Husted (R)
🔗 [Contact Form](https://www.husted.senate.gov/contact/)
📍 Washington, DC Office: (202) 224-3353
Senator Bernie Moreno (R)
🔗 [Contact Form](https://www.moreno.senate.gov/contact/)
📍 Washington, DC Office: (202) 224-2315
📍 Columbus Office: (614) 469-2083
📍 Cleveland Office: (216) 522-7272
📍 Cincinnati Office: (513) 684-1021
✉️ SAMPLE MESSAGES TO COPY & SEND
FROM A FAMILY RECEIVING MEDICAID
Dear Governor / Senator _____:
I’m a parent of a child who receives services through Ohio Medicaid. These supports help my child thrive — and help our family stay afloat.
If the state budget cuts Medicaid funding, families like mine will feel it immediately. We cannot afford to lose access to care.
Please protect Medicaid in the budget. This is about real lives, not just numbers.
Thank you,
[First Name], [ZIP or County]
FROM A MEDICAID RECIPIENT
Dear Governor / Senator _____:
I receive care through Ohio Medicaid, and it’s the reason I can live independently and safely.
Cutting funding would take away the stability I rely on. [EXPLAIN HOW!]
Please protect Medicaid in the state budget. People like me are counting on it.
Thank you,
[First Name], [ZIP Code]
FROM A STAFF MEMBER IN A MEDICAID-FUNDED ORGANIZATION
Dear Governor / Senator _____:
I work for an organization funded by Ohio Medicaid, and I see how critical these services are to families across our community.
If funding is reduced, the ripple effect will be massive — and I doubt the state is ready for the unemployment wave that will follow. We saw what happened during COVID. Please don’t let that happen again.
Protect Medicaid. Protect families. Protect jobs.
Sincerely,
[First Name], [Job Title or Organization (optional)], [ZIP Code]
ACTION STEP
Copy one of the messages above.
Call or email your leaders. KEEP THEM ON THE PHONE. TELL THEM YOUR STORY!
Share this post so others can do the same.
Because if we stay silent, the budget will speak *for* us — and not in our favor.
