Action Alert #16: Senate Passes Historic Medicaid Cuts – Take Action Now

July 1, 2025

Millions Could Lose Healthcare – Speak Up Now!

How Medicaid Cuts Threaten People with Disabilities

Today, the U.S. Senate passed a budget plan that makes the biggest cuts ever to Medicaid.

• The plan would cut nearly $1 trillion over the next 10 years.
• That could mean about 12 million people lose their health coverage.
• Louisiana could be hit especially hard, losing around $4 billion in Medicaid funding.

Now the budget goes back to the House of Representatives. The House and Senate must agree on a final version before it goes to President Trump. Speaker Mike Johnson wants to send the budget to the President by July 4th.

You must speak up now to protect healthcare – before it’s too late!

How to Take Action
Help your Louisiana Representative understand how important Medicaid is by sharing your personal story.
What to say in your story:

• What kind of help do you get from Medicaid?
• How does Medicaid make your life better or easier?
• What would happen to you or your family if Medicaid was cut or taken away?

Your story can make a real difference. It helps lawmakers understand how their decisions affect real people like you.

Email your U.S. Representative as soon as possible, but no later than Thursday, July 3rd

• District 1 – Steve Scalise → Email Form
• District 2 – Troy Carter → Email Form
• District 3 – Clay Higgins → Email Form
• District 4 – Mike Johnson → Email Form
• District 5 – Julie Letlow → Email Form
• District 6 – Cleo Fields → Email Form

If you don’t know who your U.S. Representative is, click HERE.

• Enter your zip code (and address if asked)
• Your U. S. Representative’s picture will display on the left. Under the picture, click to send your message.

Contact your LaCAN Leader if you need help with this alert or would like more information.

Why This is Important
In Louisiana, Medicaid is a lifeline for over 1.6 million people. Across our country, more than 10 million people with disabilities use Medicaid to

• Go to the doctor,
• Get medicine,
• Go to therapy, and
• Have help at home.

Without Medicaid, many people might not get the care they need to stay healthy or even stay alive.

What’s Most at Risk: Help to Live at Home
One of the biggest problems is the cut to Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). HCBS helps people with disabilities live at home instead of going to a nursing home or other institution. It gives them help like home health aides / direct support workers and personal care.
But HCBS is considered optional, which means states don’t have to offer it. If Medicaid gets cut, this help might be taken away first.
That means many people with disabilities could lose their independence and be forced to live in a place they don’t want to be.
This isn’t just about money. It’s about treating people with respect and giving them the chance to live in their own homes and communities.

Confirm Your Action

• Email your LaCAN Leader after you take action
• Why confirm your action? This helps the Council know how effective we are reaching you with

important information and engaging members across our state in advocacy for systems change.

Tips & Tools for Advocacy
Looking for tips and tools to help you in your advocacy? Check out the Council’s Advocacy 101 page. You can also find tips for:

• Writing/emailing your legislators
• Calling your legislators
• Writing your story