We Need Your Help to Stop Them
Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal the health care bill known as the Affordable Care Act. In doing so, they voted to cut Medicaid and California’s in-home care program (IHSS) by hundreds of billions of dollars. Together, we successfully stopped the health care repeal bills and protected IHSS and Medicaid from cuts that would harm our clients and loved ones.
But now, Congress is working to pass a federal budget and new health care repeal legislation that would make even worse cuts to Medicaid and home care in California.
We must protect home care and the programs that our clients and loved ones rely on.
Our Stories
Cuts to Medicaid and in-home care will have a devastating impact on the most vulnerable Californians: seniors, children with disabilities like autism and cerebral palsy, veterans with traumatic brain injuries and PTSD, adults with mental health needs, and individuals with Alzheimer’s, MS, and other disorders and disabilities.
Read more stories or share your own.
Carolyn Haines – Roseville, CA
My name is Carolyn Haines and I am an in-home care provider in Roseville, CA. I care for my 45-year-old daughter Candy, who endured a catastrophic accident at a very early age. Medicaid funds California’s in-home care program… Read More
Wanda Quinones – Bakersfield, CA
My name is Wanda Quinones and I live in Bakersfield, CA where I care for my adult son, Josue, who lives with cerebral palsy. I chose home care for Josue because I wanted him to feel safe and… Read More
Lidia Rodriguez – Turlock, CA
My name is Lidia Rodriguez, and I first became a home care provider when my teenage son was the victim of a violent crime 14 years ago. A gunshot wound left him paralyzed and I needed to help… Read More
These Lawmakers Voted to Cut Care
The following members of Congress voted to cut Medicaid and California’s
in-home care program (IHSS) by hundreds of millions of dollars (learn more).
Click on a Lawmaker to read a story from their district.
Take Action
Call your federal representative today at 1-866-584-5792 and tell them to VOTE NO on any budget or legislation that cuts Medicaid.
How Medicaid Cuts and Caps Hurt California
Through a state-federal funding partnership, Medicaid has provided vital services to people with disabilities, the elderly, children, families, and pregnant people for the last 50 years. The health care repeal bill, otherwise known as the American Health Care Act (AHCA), would cut hundreds of billions of dollars of federal funding for Medicaid through drastic changes that have devastating impacts.
- Jeopardizing care for children, seniors, and adults with disabilities by cutting $45 billion of federal funding for California over a ten-year period. California would be forced to raise taxes or severely cut MediCal services and eligibility and programs like IHSS.
- $400 million in guaranteed cuts to IHSS, through the elimination of the Community First Choice Option. This would be a nearly 9% reduction in services and hours of care for seniors and people with disabilities.
- Per capita caps on Medicaid, which means the amount California can spend on a given person is capped at a certain amount, regardless of need. This also means California would not have the flexibility to meet demographic changes, like a rise in seniors’ Medicaid costs as they age, or other changing health care needs.
- Reduced funding for Medicare, an unfair age tax on the elderly, and premiums nine times higher than what seniors currently pay under Obamacare in order to give tax breaks to pharmaceutical companies.
- Eliminating protections for people with pre-existing health conditions, raising premiums and making health care inaccessible for many Californians.
- Cutting funding for California’s other priority health initiatives, like critical early childhood and education services, special education, school-based health care services, reproductive care and family planning services, treatment for people with mental illness and/or substance abuse disorders, special programs for delivering care to California’s rural residents, and more.
- Blowing a hole in California’s state budget, 5% of which is comprised of federal funding. This means less money for schools, transportation, workforce development, and public safety.
It’s simple: our lawmakers must VOTE NO on the American Health Care Act and protect California from harmful cuts.