<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Here is our action alert</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-spacing:0px;overflow:hidden;min-width:100%;width:664px;table-layout:fixed"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td width="560" style="padding:0.05px 2em;min-width:560px;width:560px"><p>Dear Community,</p><p>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!</p><p><b>What is happening:</b></p><p>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. </p><p><b>BUT we still have an opportunity to stop this budget resolution from moving forward!</b> 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. </p><p><b>What you can do:</b></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Email your Representative</b>. Even if you have already emailed, please email again! We have made it easy to email your member of Congress with <a href="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" target="_blank">this action form</a>. </li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Call your Representative</b>. Even if you have emailed, please also make a call! <b>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 </b><a href="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" target="_blank"><b>Medicaid Defense Toolkit</b></a><b>.</b> Tip: the document is very large with a lot of sections. We’ve created a table of contents to help make navigation easier. If you don’t see the table of contents when you open the document, hover your cursor over the dot and lines icon in the upper left corner of the document. When you see the words “Table of Contents” appear, click on that and the table of contents will appear on the left hand side of your screen.</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Share your Medicaid Story. We are collecting stories from our community to share with members of Congress and, if you give us permission, on social media to help highlight the people that will be hurt most by deep cuts to Medicaid. If you have a story to share with us, you can do that <a href="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=3" target="_blank">HERE.</a> </li></ul><p> </p><p>P.S. - If this email was forwarded to you and you'd like to receive alerts and information delivered to your own inbox, <a href="https://ccdc.nationbuilder.com/r?u=OCvZEikllqPIE0N4y6bNWybJZnBmt-6mjIvulAio5q3yoQN4mnaKp_5JxtA1mMIW0dxb6877H30qNFJ-BjlK3w&e=edba24540a72206d08ba7e58b36f6c44&utm_source=ccdc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=u_s_house_set_to_vote_on_cuts&n=4" target="_blank">become a membe</a>r! It's free!</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font-family:Helvetica,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-spacing:0px;overflow:hidden;min-width:100%;width:664px;table-layout:fixed"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td style="padding:1em 2em 0px;text-align:center;font-size:1em"><p>Colorado Cross Disability Coalition · CO 80011, United States<br>This email was sent to <a>hjorgensen@ccdconline.org</a> · <a href="https://ccdc.nationbuilder.com/unsubscribe?e=edba24540a72206d08ba7e58b36f6c44&utm_source=ccdc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=u_s_house_set_to_vote_on_cuts&n=5" target="_blank">Unsubscribe</a></p><p>Created with <a href="https://ccdc.nationbuilder.com/r?u=FbS6NmN7ZNu1pP0gruFNdiqhF5kW2O0PrCoylhM_iYQ&e=edba24540a72206d08ba7e58b36f6c44&utm_source=ccdc&utm_medium=email&utm_c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<div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-6452863574393147318WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hello fellow Federationists!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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!!!!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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! <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">ReNae<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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