HWCLI Healthcare Action Alert:

Defend Medicaid Days of Action

Right now, Medicaid is a lifeline for coverage and a foundational source of economic and health security for nearly 80 million Americans, and a key funding pillar for the doctors and hospitals on which we all rely. The Medicaid program is under threat this Congress and it is critical that you tell your members of Congress NOW that they must protect Medicaid. House leadership has set Memorial Day as the deadline for this budget deal, meaning our voices are needed now more than ever to tell them: No Cuts to Medicaid!

HWCLI is proud to join our partners — Families USA and advocates across the country — in telling Congress: #HandsOffMedicaid. Learn more about how Families USA's efforts to defend Medicaid by clicking here.

We need your voice now more than ever. Here's how you can take action:

• Call Congress at 866-426-2631 and tell them Medicaid cuts are unacceptable.
• Send a message to your elected officials today: Click here to send a message.
• Post on social media using #HandsOffMedicaid and #HandsOffOurMedicaid
• Tell your Health Care Story: Click here

👉 Share these resources to spread the word:

• Community Catalyst’s Outreach Tools for Advocates
• Cost & Coverage Collaborative's Social Media Toolkit
• Families USA’s Social Media Toolkit
• Families USA's Defend Medicaid Day of Action Infographic
• SEIU’s Medicaid Saves Lives Toolkit

We must raise our collective voices to protect the care that so many in of our Long Island communities rely on. Thank you for standing with us.

In solidarity,

Health & Welfare Council of Long Island

Virtual Phone Bank: Make Calls to Stop Cuts!

Join SEIU Votes in making calls into districts to ask constituents to call their congressmember to send a loud and clear message: ANY cuts to Medicaid would take healthcare from millions and put our communities at risk.

We will make sure they understand the threat to Medicaid and ask them to reach out to their congressperson to deliver a simple message: NO cuts to Medicaid. If they agree, we will forward them to the congressional office.

NOTE: You will receive your link to make calls after you RSVP!

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Established in 1947, the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island (HWCLI) is a regional, nonprofit umbrella organization for health and human service providers dedicated to improving the lives of Long Island’s most vulnerable residents by responding to their needs through the promotion and development of public policies and direct services. To learn more, visit www.hwcli.org or call 516-483-1110.