[Colorado-Talk] Immediate Action Needed for Health Care

Tue Feb 25 01:33:45 UTC 2025

Hi all –

Hopefully this makes it simple to call.

Call the Capitol switchboard and ask for your member of the House of
Representatives:

U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

Sample of what to say:

My name is …  and I live in …

I am a member of the National Federation of the Blind, and I am calling to
urge the member (Congresswoman or or congressman) to vote “No” on the
resolution to make drastic 11 percent cuts to Medicaid.

Here are the members:

House District 1

Diana DeGette, Denver

HD 2

Joe Neguse, Boulder to Aspen

HD 3

Jeff Hurd, Grand Junction, Durango, Pueblo

HD4

Lauren Boebert, Fort Collins, Greeley, Sterling

HD5

Jeff Crank, Colorado Springs, Highland Ranch

HD 6

Jason Crow, Much of Aurora, Arapahoe County (Centennial and Littleton)

HD 7

Brittany Pettersen, Jeffco, western burbs into the mountains

HD 8

Gabe Evans, from the south of Greeley into the northern burbs

On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM Julie Reiskin via Colorado-Talk <
colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Here is our action alert
>
> Dear Community,
>
> There’s an urgent need for action today to protect Medicaid from federal
> cuts. We need you to send an email AND make a phone call TODAY!
>
> *What is happening:*
>
> The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a budget resolution
> tomorrow (4/25) that contains $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid. That is 11%
> of the federal Medicaid budget. A budget resolution is a blueprint that
> sets out spending and reductions in the federal budget. If this resolution
> passes, it is a very serious first step towards catastrophic cuts to
> Medicaid. If this budget resolution passes, the House will then start to
> lay out, in detail, how they will cut Medicaid.
>
> *BUT we still have an opportunity to stop this budget resolution from
> moving forward!* If we are able to do that, we will be dealing a HUGE
> setback to the people in Congress who want to make deep and harmful cuts to
> Medicaid. Stopping this budget resolution NOW is the best way to protect
> Medicaid.
>
> *What you can do:*
>
>    - *Email your Representative*. Even if you have already emailed,
>    please email again! We have made it easy to email your member of Congress
>    with this action form
>    <https://ccdc.nationbuilder.com/r?u=nR1H1uT49G-GSH0dzAY0EHKoZUnu-AaceeYl9tiY7MkWY7bQBNWgYE-SHGsaty-e3gzSjevMtVvGd4ayQKpp8Q&e=edba24540a72206d08ba7e58b36f6c44&utm_source=ccdc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=u_s_house_set_to_vote_on_cuts&n=1>
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>    - *Call your Representative*. Even if you have emailed, please also
>    make a call! *If you need to find who represents you, the number for
>    the Capitol switchboard and a phone script, you can find all of that in
>    our **Medicaid Defense Toolkit*
>    <https://ccdc.nationbuilder.com/r?u=tQoxkDmxYH8GK2Y1w23F3Irc5JlbWYbPF0qEztM8FqCoLy7V2OgezfmWmf7Zr6UbgSZWwCFjeI6y-EgEgPJ-nZuxglqwuw2fWfOOySGfhxgApinDUKRatIAm-KT5A96R&e=edba24540a72206d08ba7e58b36f6c44&utm_source=ccdc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=u_s_house_set_to_vote_on_cuts&n=2>
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>    community to share with members of Congress and, if you give us permission,
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> Julie Reiskin
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> On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM ReNae Anderson via Colorado-Talk <
> colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello fellow Federationists!
>>
>>
>>
>> Tomorrow, there will be a vote on cuts to Medicaid.  Please call Congress
>> and let them know what this would do to so many people that are on
>> Medicaid, hospitals, pharmacies and other community organizations that work
>> directly with Medicaid.  We need to make lots of noise!!!!
>>
>>
>>
>> If you are unaware of who to contact, download the 5 Calls ap.  It is
>> very accessible, easy to use and by putting in your zip code, it will bring
>> up all the issues and the senators and reps in your area.  Even if you have
>> already called, call again!  We need lots of noise…and NFB is great with
>> that! 😊
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> ReNae
>>
>>
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Dan Burke

National Federation of the Blind of Colorado Legislative Co-chair

"Blindness is not what holds you back.  You can live the life you want!"

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