Donald Trump and Republican members of Congress are calling for an extension and expansion of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. And they want to pay for it by making drastic reductions in federal spending for Medicaid, CHIP, and SNAP. Pennsylvania voters, like voters in other states, strongly support these programs and with good reason. Medicaid provides critical support for millions of Pennsylvanians.

 

In Pennsylvania, Medicaid provides health care to

 

– more than 2 million adults.

– more than 1.4 million children (including 200,000 served by CHIP).

– more than 1.4 million people who need mental or behavioral health care.

– more than 400,000 seniors who receive care in nursing homes, assisted living facilities or, in some cases, at home.

– more than 300,000 Pennsylvanians with substance use disorder.

 

And more than 2 million Pennsylvanians rely on SNAP to pay for their groceries.

 

Cuts in Medicaid and CHIP spending of the kind being talked about recently in Washington, DC, could reduce federal support for the Pennsylvania budget by 2 billion to 5 billion dollars each year. That would leave our state government with the difficult choice of trying to replace some federal dollars with money from Pennsylvania taxpayers or drastically reducing eligibility for Medicaid or coverage for medical care.

 

This is UNACCEPTABLE, and we need to stop it NOW! Please join us and sign the petition!