CWAers Mobilize to Save Children, Seniors from Medicaid Cuts

Last week, CWA members, retirees, and supporters mobilized across the country to hold legislators accountable for the federal budget bill, which is expected to reduce or cut Medicaid coverage from millions of working-class Americans. Those “savings” will be transferred to the wealthiest Americans in the form of tax breaks.

This disastrous bill would take healthcare from children and seniors, our most vulnerable populations. It is expected to raise healthcare and insurance costs for workers while forcing rural hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and home-health agencies to close or downsize.

The bill has passed out of the House and will go before the Senate for debate. Activists are calling on legislators to vote against the bill in the Senate and in the House when it returns for a final vote.

 
CWA members, retirees, and supporters mobilized to hold legislators accountable, visiting offices for (clockwise from upper left) Rep. Thomas Kean (N.J.), Rep. Maria Salazar (Fla.), Rep. Monica de la Cruz (Texas), Rep. Young Kim (Calif.), Rep. David Schweikert (Ariz.), and Rep. John James (Mich.).

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.