Tell Them to Support H.R. 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008.
Call Senator Elizabeth Dole at 202.224.6342
Call Senator Richard Burr at 202.224.3154
Background:
As the economy worsens, the President is cutting public programs. The current target: Medicaid. The Administration proposed 7 Medicaid rule changes that would cut Medicaid funding by nearly $50 billion over 5 years at a time when people need it most.
The President has already threatened to veto this legislation. If we cannot get it passed in the Senate and override the President’s expected veto, a number of critical services will be lost, including case management, rehabilitation services, school-based transportation, and administrative services. These cuts will not only hurt many people with disabilities directly, but they will ripple through every state's economy - leading to losses in jobs, and drops in wages and business activity.
This legislation will postpone Center for Medicare and Medicaid Rules that negatively affect people with developmental and cognitive disabilities. H.R. 5613 will postpone enactment of these rules until April 2009. This important legislation passed the House of Representatives last week with overwhelming bi-partisan support.
Tell Them:
- Support HR 5613 Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008. We need to you to oppose all 7 harmful regulations.
- These harmful Medicaid regulations include a rehabilitation option, school-based administration/transportation and targeted case management regulations. These regulations will severely affect North Carolinians with developmental disabilities.
- Many of these rules go beyond the intent of the Deficit Reduction Act.
- These regulations will hurt the state of North Carolina financially. Our state see the elimination of 11,700 jobs costing the state $412.1 million in wages.
- North Carolina will lose $2.7 billion over the next five years in Medicaid reimbursements.
- These 7 harmful Medicaid regulations are bad for North Carolina.
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