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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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How Benefit Cuts Impact People with Disabilities: How to Fight Back

April 19, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

You can view an archive of this webinar with ASL and captioning here.

Webinar:  How Benefit Cuts Impact People with Disabilities; How to Fight Back

Learn about likely federal policy threats affecting people with disabilities, in programs such as Medicaid, nutrition assistance, SSI/SSDI, housing and legal protections.  Included in the webinar will be a discussion of effective messaging to combat these threats, and action steps you can take to get involved. Following the presentations, participants will have an opportunity to ask questions.

WHEN: Thursday, April 19th, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

PRESENTERS:

T.J. Sutcliffe, Director of Income and Housing Policy at The Arc

Lisa Ekman, Co-Chair, Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Fiscal Policy Task Force

Rebecca Cokley, Senior Fellow, Disability Policy, Center for American Progress

Rebecca Vallas, Vice President, Poverty to Prosperity Program, Center for American Progress

Moderator:  Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs

This webinar is co-sponsored by Center for American Progress, Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Fiscal Policy Task Force, and the Coalition on Human Needs. The webinar will be captioned and ASL interpreting will be provided; a transcript will be available, along with the recording and slides.

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April 19, 2018
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm