plan of action - june 29, 2017

Health Care - Hit ‘Em Harder

Mitch McConnell may try to sweeten the GOP health “care” bill. But beware - it is aspartame not honey he’s going to be offering!!

• McConnell may try to win us over by extending the Medicaid phase-out over a longer period of time. NO DEAL.
• He may offer to add a small amount of extra funding for opioid addiction - an amount which will certainly be exhausted and will not cover the losses left by Medicaid. NO DEAL.
• The bill sets per capita caps for Medicaid beneficiaries. This will disproportionately affect various vulnerable populations such as the elderly, the disabled, the addicted, special needs children, etc. McConnell may offer to exempt one or more of these groups, still leaving the rest exposed. NO DEAL.
• Rural and poor areas will suffer losses in health care, due to changes in tax credits and the loss of Medicaid. McConnell may try to offer special deals to states of hold-out senators, leaving the rest of the country under-protected. NO DEAL.
• Currently the bill changes the rate of inflation for Medicaid from the medical inflation rate to the milk-and-bread inflation rate (which is much lower) in 2025. McConnell may offer to pacify hold-outs by extending the medical inflation growth past 2025. NO DEAL.

Action:

Keep contacting your senators - emphasize that you will NOT be satisfied with any of McConnell’s lame pacifiers, which are only an offer to slow the train to Annihilation Station, not to turn it around. Ask your senators to stand up for all Americans, not just individual groups or areas. Contact www.senate.gov.

If you are from a state with one of the swing-vote senators, keep after them.
This page has good suggestions: http://www.trumpcareten.org/