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According to researchers from Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts plus other health care cuts—the largest in history—will result in the deaths of 51,000 people per year. Those deaths include 18,200 people who are eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare, 20,000 people who will lose health care coverage due to the elimination of the premium tax credit for the Affordable Care Act, and 13,000 deaths due to staffing cuts at nursing homes.

At a time when so many are struggling to afford the basic costs of living including groceries, new data from the Urban Institute shows that 5.3 million families will lose $25 or more per month in SNAP benefits, with the average such family losing $146 a month in help paying for food. Sixty-two percent of the families experiencing these very large SNAP losses include children.

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Hill Event on proposed Social Security Cuts 01/28/20 11:00am-12:00pm

January 28, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Please join The Arc of the United States, Center for American Progress, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, Little Lobbyists, Shriver Center for Poverty Law, and Social Security Works next Tuesday, January 28, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.. ET for briefing on the Proposed Rule on Continuing Disability Reviews.

January 28, 2020

11:00 am-12:00 pm

385 Russell Senate Office Building

The Trump administration is attacking Social Security and demanding that 2.6 million people with disabilities fill out complex and unnecessary paperwork and cutting benefits. If the administration’s rule is enacted, we’re facing a $2.6 billion cut by 2029 to Social Security benefits for people with disabilities and chronic conditions, including seniors, children, and people with cancer. The administration is increasing the number of onerous continuing disability reviews and resurrecting the playbook of the 1980s when a dramatic increase in random reviews lead to tens of thousands of people losing their lives. These cuts to the Social Security program resulted in a massive outcry from the public and both chambers of Congress and were repealed. As we did back then, we will fight back. Join us to tell the Administration that we will support NO SOCIAL SECURITY CUTS!

Participants: Members of Congress, People with Disabilities, Family Members, Experts on Social Security

The event will be livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/socialsecurityworks

Please contact rcokley@americanprogress.org  with any questions or accessibility needs or concerns.

Promote on Twitter using #NoSocialSecurityCuts

Note from CHN:

You can still comment in opposition to this proposed rule – Deadline: Friday, January 31 at midnight.

Background and simple links to submit comments are here.

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January 28, 2020
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Center for American Progress
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Rayburn HOB
2020 Rayburn House Office Building
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