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Defend SNAP and Medicaid

The Senate is expected to vote on its version of the Big Brutal Bill this week and—like its House counterpart—it’s devastating for nutrition and health care programs for vulnerable communities.

The Senate proposal includes the largest cut to SNAP in history, as part of a budget package that guts basic needs programs.

The bill also contains the largest cuts to Medicaid in history, and will result in 16 million people losing their health insurance. A recent analysis of the House-passed bill found that because of the cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, and reduced staffing requirements at nursing homes, 51,000 people will die each year.

Additionally, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as many as 330 rural hospitals nationwide could close or reduce services as a result of this bill. And, new research shows that cuts to Medicaid along with SNAP will reduce jobs by 1.2 million nationwide, equivalent to about a 0.8% increase in the unemployment rate.

Cutting the heart out of basic needs programs including SNAP and Medicaid doesn’t save states or the federal government money—it denies care and creates bigger problems down the road, shifting the burden to service providers, local governments, and taxpayers. This will lead to higher costs and more strain on budgets—household and state budgets alike. And it will cost lives.

It’s not too late to change course. Now more than ever, it’s critical that the Senate act to protect health care, nutrition, and other essential services that help millions of families meet their basic needs. We should strengthen support for these programs—not take them away

Click here to send a message to Congress telling them to reject draconian cuts and to strengthen human needs programs.

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$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

December 15, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

An archive of this webinar is available here.

A special webinar with authors Kathryn Edin and Luke Shaefer, whose book $2 a Day describes in depth the lives of families living in extreme poverty in America.  $2.00 a Day has been included in theNew York Times Book Review list of 100 Notable Books of 2015.  When he reviewed the book in September, respected Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson wrote, “This essential book is a call to action, and one hopes it will accomplish what Michael Harrington’s “The Other America” achieved in the 1960s, arousing both the nation’s consciousness and conscience about the plight of a growing number of invisible citizens.”

Kathy and Luke will be joined by a panel of experts:  people who have lived in such deep poverty.  Their comments and questions,and yours, will be moderated by CHN’s executive director, Deborah Weinstein.

At a time when some are intent on feeding divisiveness and hatred, please join us in this call to conscience.

Special thanks to our co-sponsors:

Children’s Leadership Council

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

Food Research & Action Center (FRAC)

National Women’s Law Center

MomsRising

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December 15, 2015
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