Republican governors are blocking 5 million people from access to health care through Medicaid. This is heartless and unnecessary.
By denying life-saving health care access to vulnerable citizens in 21 states, Republican governors have formed their own de facto death panel—and by one estimate, their negligence could kill as many as 17,000 people each year.2
But their heartless governing is backfiring politically.
Medicaid is becoming an increasingly important issue for this November’s election. Embattled Democrats are starting to use it to their advantage, and in places like Florida, Republican governors are finding it harder and harder to find support for their backward, anti-Obamacare rhetoric.3
We’ll talk about races to watch this fall that could be affected by the Medicaid Blockade, hear from a special guest whose work was instrumental in passing the Affordable Care Act (hint: she’s a nun), and we’ll announce a new program to help members running campaigns in their own states.
If you care about increasing access to health care, then this is one call not to miss.
Thanks for all you do.
–Mark, Nick, Stephen, Jo, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. “PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year: ‘Death panels,'” PolitiFact, December 18, 2009 http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/dec/18/politifact-lie-year-death-panels/
2. “Opting Out Of Medicaid Expansion: The Health And Financial Impacts,” Health Affairs Blog, January 30, 2014 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2014/01/30/opting-out-of-medicaid-expansion-the-health-and-financial-impacts/
3. “Ed calls on GOP Governors to take the Senior Challenge,” The Ed Show, May 1, 2014 http://www.msnbc.com/the-ed-show/watch/ed-calls-on-gop-governors-to-take-the-senior-challenge-243434051991
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