Late Monday afternoon, the congressional Super-Committee announced their failure to put forward a proposal to cut $1.2 trillion from the U.S. budget over the next 10 years. Time and time again, the Super-Committee proved unable to reach an agreement on …
Medicaid
Tell Congress to Get Their Priorities Straight!
I wanted to share this email I just received from SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry. Dear Peter, Sometimes our representatives in Washington lose their way. It’s as simple as this: America needs good jobs, not more healthcare cuts. Democratic …
Human Service Jobs At Risk In Supercommittee States
In gloomy financial times when unemployment remains high in nearly every state, decisions that would lead to additional job losses make little sense. So why is the supercommittee considering massive cuts to healthcare funding that could cost millions of jobs …
CHART: How Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Harm State Economies
JPEG of chart here Medicaid doesn’t just provide lifesaving care to millions of seniors, people with disabilities and poor children – it also generates millions of good jobs. ← Find out more about how investments in Medicaid create jobs and …
How Proposed Cuts to Medicaid Would Cut Jobs
In the name of reducing our federal deficit, some members of the Congressional supercommittee would rather risk jobs and the lifesaving healthcare services millions of seniors, people with disabilities and children rely on than raise taxes on the richest individuals …