“If Medicaid is cut, what will happen to my granddaughter...My sister has sickle cell... Without Medicaid, whole families will suffer.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, April 8, 2025
CONTACT: Daniela Perez, [email protected]
WATCH HERE: “If Medicaid is cut, what will happen to my granddaughter…My sister has sickle cell… Without Medicaid, whole families will suffer.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congress debates slashing Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires, Care in Action is launching a new digital ad drawing from town halls across the United States in which workers and families urged politicians not to cut Medicaid.
The ad will air in DC as in-home health aides, parents, and caregivers come to DC from April 7th through April 14th to advocate for investments in care and against policies that undermine access to affordable care.
“The cuts the GOP wants to make to Medicaid would mean that millions of seniors, people with disabilities, and children with serious medical needs would become uninsured and unable to afford the care they desperately need,” said Jenn Stowe, Executive Director of Care in Action. “Our workers, who provide in-home care through Medicaid, could also lose their wages and the very Medicaid coverage they rely on for their health because their jobs don’t offer the same benefits afforded to other workers. They’ll be forced to leave a field that desperately needs more people, not less. We will be in DC to make clear that families and communities shouldn’t have to lose their health care so that billionaires can get more tax breaks.”
Over the past month, Care in Action organized town halls, office drop-ins, and rallies across Arizona, California, Georgia, Virginia, and New Jersey. See what people had to say:
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Care in Action is the policy and advocacy home for women who care, working on behalf of more than two million domestic workers and care workers across America. Among the fastest-growing sectors in our economy, domestic workers are also among the most vulnerable and undervalued. As a mostly women and majority women of color workforce, this growing constituency consistently and overwhelmingly supports progressive values in American political life. Learn more at www.careinaction.us.