Medicaid Under Fire

Speak Up To Preserve Medicaid

The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (a.k.a. the "Super Committee") has been charged with cutting $1.2 to $1.5 trillion from the deficit over 10 years and must propose specific federal spending cuts by November 23, 2011 – next week. Entitlements, especially Medicaid, and other disability discretionary spending are marked with targets for the Super Committee to slash.

Let the Congress and the Super Committee hear from you now. Please let your representatives know that Medicaid funding provides a vital lifeline to millions of people with disabilities. Urge them not to authorize cuts that would threaten the quality of life for so thousands of individuals with disabilities.

Please let your representatives know that Medicaid funding provides a vital lifeline to millions of people with disabilities. Urge them not to authorize cuts that would threaten the quality of life for so many individuals with disabilities. Here’s how:

 • Email, write or call your representatives and let them know the importance of Medicaid funding. Visit the ancor.org action center and you can find your representatives by entering your zip code. Messages for are already written or can be modified.

 • Use facebook, Twitter and other social media to encourage friends to speak upProposals in Congress to replace the Medicaid system with a block grant to states would have a devastating impact on the scope, quality and availability of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).