Health Action Resources

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND ENHANCED TAX CREDITS

General Resources

• RESOURCE LIST: Why Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Should Be Made Permanent. Fact sheets and publications that describe the benefits of enhanced premium tax credits. Includes an action tool to send a letter to your member of Congress. Families USA.
• PRESS STATEMENT: CMS’s Decision Eviscerates Navigator Funding, Leaving Hundreds of Thousands Adrift on Health Care Decisions. Fact sheets and publications that describe the benefits of enhanced premium tax credits. Includes an action tool to send a letter to your member of Congress. Families USA.

State and District-Level Data and Research

• *NEW* RESOURCE LIST: March 2025 Recess Packet. Contains action tools, messaging guidance, and national/state fact sheets to address current threats to health care access. Protect Our Care.
• PUBLICATION: How Many People per District Are Benefiting From Tax Credits. Explores the proportion of non-elderly people who selected marketplace plans for the 2024 year, including how many would receive advanced premium tax credits in the 32 states that participated in the federally facilitated marketplace. Center for American Progress (CAP).
• PUBLICATION: The Cost of Eliminating the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits. Describes how ending enhanced tax credits will cost state jobs and harm state economies: health insurers will cut payments to providers, who will in turn cut jobs or close; individuals and families will lose income; employment will decline; and states will lose tax revenue. The Commonwealth Fund.
• PUBLICATION: Premium Tax Credit Improvements Must Be Extended to Prevent Steep Rise in Health Care Costs. How costs will rise for people if Congress fails to extend the premium tax credits, with state-level data. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).

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MEDICAID

Action Tools

• *NEW* SEND A LETTER: Tell Congress: Keep Medicaid Working. Write to your representatives and urge them to say NO to Medicaid cuts. Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP).
• SIGN ON LETTER: Urge Senate Leadership to Protect and Defend Medicaid! Send a clear message to Senate leadership to not take up the House-passed budget resolution. Closes March 20th. Families USA.
• SIGN ON LETTER: Tell Your Members of Congress: No Cuts to Medicaid! Action Alert to Congress. Families USA.
• SIGN ON LETTER: For Disability and Aging Community and Allies. Initial deadline has passed but sign-ons are being collected into the new year for a second round that will be sent. Disability and Aging Collaborative (DAC), the Health and Long-Term Services and Supports Task Forces of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD).
• RESOURCES & TEMPLATES: Protect & Defend Medicaid Advocacy Resource Page (Unbranded Resources). Congressional outreach tools for advocates to aid in federal Medicaid defense. Community Catalyst.
• SEND A LETTER: Contacting Your Member of Congress with No Cut Message. Direct message to Congress to reject cuts to Medicaid. Coalition on Human Needs.

State and District-Level Data and Research

• *NEW* PUBLICATION: Medicaid Funding by State. How Medicaid financing works, how funds are spent, the impact of Medicaid on federal and state budgets, as well the factors that influence Medicaid spending changes. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
• *NEW* PUBLICATION: Congressional Republicans Can’t Cut Medicaid by Hundreds of Billions Without Hurting People. Discusses the harms of various policies that cut Medicaid. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
• *NEW* BLOG: How Medicaid Supports Student Success. Reports data on Medicaid/CHIP coverage by school district. Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF).
• *NEW* PUBLICATION: How Potential Federal Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP Could Trigger the Loss of a Million-Plus Jobs, Reduced Economic Activity, and Less State Revenue. Estimates the impact of broad-based funding reductions in Medicaid and SNAP on state economies, employment, and taxes for all 50 states and D.C. in 2026. The Commonwealth Fund.
• PUBLICATION: Medicaid Per Capita Cap Would Harm Millions of People by Forcing Deep Cuts and Shifting Costs to States. How per capita caps would harm states, including some state data using case study illustrations (see table 1). Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
• PUBLICATION: Medicaid Threats in the Upcoming Congress. About the proposed federal Medicaid threats, including state data on how reducing the Medicaid expansion federal match rate or eliminating/lowering the floor on federal Medicaid match rates would drastically shift costs to states. Also includes state-level enrollment numbers by group – children, people with disabilities, seniors and adults. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
• PUBLICATION: State Efforts to Take Medicaid Health Coverage Away From People Likely to Resurface in 2025. An overview of state-level proposals, strategies and rhetoric used to push for Medicaid cuts at the state level. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
• PUBLICATION: Premium Tax Credit Improvements Must Be Extended to Prevent Steep Rise in Health Care Costs. How costs will rise for people if Congress fails to extend the premium tax credits, with state-level data. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
• PUBLICATION: Last 11 States Should Expand Medicaid to Maximize Coverage and Protect Against Funding Drop as Continuous Coverage Ends. Includes table with the amount of funding newly expanded states would get because of American Rescue Plan FMAP incentive. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
• FACT SHEET: Medicaid State Fact Sheets. A snapshot of key data for Medicaid in every state related to current coverage, access, and spending. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
• PUBLICATION: Medicaid Expansion is a Red and Blue State Issue. State data on Medicaid expansion enrollment and spending as a share of total Medicaid enrollment and spending. Includes a list of states that have some type of ‘trigger law’ that would end expansion or require its review should federal funding be reduced. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
• PUBLICATION: How Many People per District Are Benefiting From Tax Credits. Explores the proportion of non-elderly people who selected marketplace plans for the 2024 year, including how many would receive advanced premium tax credits in the 32 states that participated in the federally facilitated marketplace. Center for American Progress (CAP).
• FACT SHEET: Medicaid State Fact Sheets. 50-state fact sheets on Medicaid enrollment, Medicaid spending, medical debt, rural data, mental/behavioral health needs. Commonwealth Fund (CMWF).
• PUBLICATION: Yardstick for Medicaid Budget Targets: What Potential Numbers Mean. Translates potential federal Medicaid budget reduction targets $100 billion, $250 billion, and $500 billion over ten years—into various metrics for lawmakers, state officials, health care providers, and the public. The Century Foundation.
• PUBLICATION: Medicaid’s Role in Small Towns and Rural Areas. Describes importance of Medicaid to rural communities. Includes county-specific data on Medicaid coverage rates of children, non-elderly adults, and seniors. Also includes interactive maps. Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF).
• TABLE: How Much Federal Money Medicaid is Bringing Into Your State (FY 2023). Outlines Medicaid spending by state, category, and source of funds for FY 2023. MAPAC.
• FACT SHEET: Trump’s Plan to Slash Medicaid Will Harm Older Women – and the Economy. Describes how older women in every state would be disproportionately impacted by cuts to Medicaid. National Partnership for Women & Families.
• PUBLICATION: Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Mapped by 119th Congressional Districts. Contains an interactive map with tables outlining which districts and groups are impacted most by Medicaid cuts. Includes data on Medicaid/CHIP enrollment by age and sex. Center for American Progress.

Impacted Groups

• *NEW* PUBLICATION: How Medicaid Cuts Will Harm Students & Schools. Presents results of a nationwide survey of school district leaders on the value of Medicaid to schools and students. Healthy Schools Campaign.
• *NEW* PUBLICATION: Medicaid Cuts Would Rip Away Health Coverage From Millions of Americans, Disproportionately Harming People of Color. Reports the effects of Medicaid cuts on communities across the United States, including the disproportionate impact on people of color. Families USA and UnidosUS.
• *NEW* FACT SHEET: A Cut to Medicaid is a Cut to Medicare. Describe the harms of Medicaid cuts to Medicare enrollees. Justice in Aging.
• *NEW* BLOG: How Medicaid Supports Student Success. Reports data on Medicaid/CHIP coverage by school district. Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF).
• *NEW* BLOG: Cuts to Medicaid Would Hurt Rural & Safety-Net Hospitals. Highlights how Medicaid is an essential funding stream for rural and safety-net hospitals. Third Way.
• PUBLICATION: Who is Harmed by Medicaid Work Requirements? Reports the impact of work requirements on the lived experiences of individuals relying on Medicaid, with descriptions of the challenges faced by individuals in Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Tennessee. National Health Law Program (NHeLP).
• PUBLICATION: How Medicaid Work Requirements Hurt People with Disabilities. Examines impact of Medicaid work requirements for people with; discussion of how Medicaid services can help people with disabilities stay in the workforce. National Health Law Program (NHeLP).
• FACT SHEET: Protect Medicaid Funding Series. Outlines the importance of Medicaid to various populations, including children, older adults, people with disabilities, people with substance use disorders, and pregnant people. National Health Law Program (NHeLP).
• FACT SHEET: What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid? Explores the unique ways that the Medicaid program meets the health care needs of low-income individuals and communities. National Health Law Program (NHeLP).
• FACT SHEET: Medicaid Matters: To People, Our Economy and the Health Care System. Describes the importance and value of Medicaid, including the basics: a ‘Medicaid 101’ with graphics and tables depicting impacted groups. Families USA.
• WEBINAR: What’s At Stake for Children and Families Webinar. An overview of how states, faced with large cost-shifts, will have no choice but to make cuts to their Medicaid programs. The webinar also explains additional proposals that allow states to cut their Medicaid programs in the areas of enrollment, eligibility, and benefits. Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF).
• PUBLICATION: Medicaid’s Role in Small Towns and Rural Areas. Describes the importance of Medicaid to rural communities. Includes county-specific data on Medicaid coverage rates of children, non-elderly adults, and seniors. Also includes interactive maps. Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF).
• FACT SHEET: Medicaid is Vital for Women’s Lifelong Health. Reports the harms of Medicaid cuts on women’s health, including its impact on maternity care, chronic disease screenings, family planning, and long-term care for aging women and women with disabilities. National Partnership for Women & Families.
• FACT SHEET: Cutting Medicaid Harms Older Adults No Matter How It’s Sliced. Describes the importance of Medicaid for older adults and the impact of proposed cuts on this population. Justice in Aging.
• PUBLICATION: Yardstick for Medicaid Budget Targets: What Potential Numbers Mean. Translates potential federal Medicaid budget reduction targets $100 billion, $250 billion, and $500 billion over ten years—into various metrics for lawmakers, state officials, health care providers, and the public. The Century Foundation.
• PUBLICATION: Closing the Coverage Gap: Medicaid Expansion and the Direct Care Workforce. Describes the importance of Medicaid for the direct care workforce. Community Catalyst and Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI).
• FACT SHEET: Trump’s Plan to Slash Medicaid Will Harm Older Women – and the Economy. Describes how older women in every state would be disproportionately impacted by cuts to Medicaid. National Partnership for Women & Families.
• PUBLICATION: Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Mapped by 119th Congressional Districts. Contains an interactive map with tables outlining which districts and groups are impacted most by Medicaid cuts. Includes data on Medicaid/CHIP enrollment by age and sex. Center for American Progress.
• LANDING PAGE: What’s at Stake: Latest Updates on the Baby Agenda. Fact sheets, articles, and action tools to understand the impact of Medicaid cuts on children in families with low-income. Zero to Three.
• FACT SHEET: Medicaid: What’s at Stake. Details the value of Medicaid for babies and children, especially those with special health care needs, in the child welfare system, or those living in rural areas and small towns. Zero to Three.
• BLOG: Taking Away People’s Health Coverage and Food Assistance Will Increase Hardship, Not Employment. Discusses who will be impacted by work requirements and the failure of work requirements to improve employment rates. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
• PUBLICATION: Rural Communities Would Be Hurt by Proposed Policies and Cuts. Discusses the harms of Republican budget proposals on the critical assistance provided to people in rural communities. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
• PUBLICATION: 2025 Budget Stakes: Poverty and Hardship Could Rise for Millions. Provides data on how Republican cuts to vital support programs could push millions of people deeper into poverty. It also explains how these proposals would disproportionately harm low-income families, families with disabled children, and children whose parents lack a Social Security number. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).

Messaging

• SOCIAL MEDIA TEMPLATE: Work Requirements Digital Toolkit. Includes a social media template with an explainer video to raise awareness about work requirements and break down the issue into clear, actionable insights. Community Catalyst.
  *Note: You must be a registered member of the Collaborative to access these resources.
• MESSAGE GUIDE: Defending and Protecting Access to Affordable Healthcare. Core messages and themes in the fight to defend access to affordable care and coverage. Cost and Coverage Collaborative.
  *Note: You must be a registered member of the Collaborative to access these resources.
• MESSAGE GUIDE: Defending Medicaid and Expansion. Strategic guidance and messaging to protect and defend Medicaid and Medicaid expansion. Cost and Coverage Collaborative.
  *Note: You must be a registered member of the Collaborative to access these resources.
• GRAPHICS COLLECTION: Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Work. A collection of graphics defending Medicaid against potential work requirements and cuts. Cost and Coverage Collaborative.
  *Note: You must be a registered member of the Collaborative to access these resources.
• MESSAGE GUIDE: Defending Medicaid Against Federal Cuts. See the latest strategic communications guidance to protect Medicaid from devastating cuts. These messages meet the urgency of the moment and can be tailored to distinct audiences, whether with Trump voters or Medicaid supporters, in the coming weeks and months. Cost and Coverage Collaborative.
  *Note: You must be a registered member of the Collaborative to access these resources.
• GRAPHICS COLLECTION: Social Media Graphics for 2025 Policy Debates. Graphics highlighting how the House Republican budget proposal would prioritize tax cuts for the wealthy while reducing funding for critical services like health care, food assistance, and college affordability. Center on Budget and Policy Proposals.

Storytelling

• *NEW* STORY COLLECTION: Share Your Medicaid Experience. Discuss the impact of Medicaid cuts or Medicaid expansion on your ability to access and afford health care. Families USA.
• VIDEOS & STORIES: Medicaid Lived Experiences. Stories from Medicaid enrollees on the barriers they face to establish eligibility and access needed supports and services. National Health Law Program (NHeLP).
• VIDEO COLLECTION: Story Collection Portal. Join other Medicaid enrollees by uploading a video describing the impact of Medicaid on your life and explaining why Medicaid must be protected. Community Catalyst.

Threats to Medicaid: Federal Funding Changes

• *NEW* PRESENTATION: What are Provider Taxes and Why do they Matter for Medicaid Financing? Introduces provider taxes and describes the impact of legislative proposals to reduce or eliminate them. Families USA.
• *NEW* PUBLICATION: Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Improper Payments. Explains what is known about improper payments, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid and describes ongoing state and federal actions to address program integrity. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
• *NEW* PUBLICATION: Congressional Republicans Can’t Cut Medicaid by Hundreds of Billions Without Hurting People. Discusses the harms of various policies that cut Medicaid. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
• *NEW* PUBLICATION: Overview of Potential Medicaid Changes in 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill. An overview of Medicaid changes that could be proposed in a reconciliation bill and how those changes could impact states, Medicaid enrollees, and funders. Grantmakers in Health.
• *NEW* PUBLICATION: How Potential Federal Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP Could Trigger the Loss of a Million-Plus Jobs, Reduced Economic Activity, and Less State Revenue. Estimates the impact of broad-based funding reductions in Medicaid and SNAP on state economies, employment, and taxes for all 50 states and D.C. in 2026. The Commonwealth Fund.
• PUBLICATION: What is a Block Grant and How Would It Impact Medicaid? Explains the mechanism of the block grant and impact on coverage. National Health Law Program (NHeLP).
• PUBLICATION: What Is a Per Capita Cap and How Would It Impact Medicaid? Explains per capita caps and impact on coverage. National Health Law Program (NHeLP).
• FACT SHEET: Medicaid One Pagers (Medicaid 101, Per Capita Caps, Block Grants and Work Reporting Requirements). Explains various Medicaid-related issues and their impact on both states and individuals. Community Catalyst.
• FACT SHEET: Medicaid Block Grants and Per Capita Caps Jeopardize State Budgets, Health Care Access, and Public Health. Outlines the harms of implementing changes to Medicaid’s funding structure, in particular block grants and per capita caps. Center for American Progress (CAP).
• FACT SHEET: Americans Can’t Afford Deep Cuts To Medicaid. Includes graphics with fast facts on what the impact of cutting billions from Medicaid would mean for Americans. The Century Foundation.
• BLOG: House Budget Committee Circulates New Detailed List of Budget Reconciliation Options Including Draconian Medicaid Cuts Within House Republican Caucus. Describes Medicaid cut proposals included in a 50-page menu of House Budget Committee budget reconciliation proposals and discusses the impact of those proposed cuts. Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF).
• WEBINAR: How Medicaid Works. Provides an overview of current Medicaid financing and the impact of proposals to restructure Medicaid through block grants, per capita caps, etc. Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF).
• PUBLICATION: Medicaid Provider Taxes. Provides background regarding states’ use of provider taxes and a discussion of past and present proposals that would impact Medicaid provider taxes. Congressional Research Service.
• BLOG: Understanding the Medicaid Payment Error Rate Measure. Explains that improper payments in Medicaid, often labeled as fraud or abuse, are largely due to procedural errors. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
• PUBLICATION: 2025 Budget Stakes: Proposals Would Degrade Quality of Government Services. Discusses the harms of increasing administrative barriers to public services, such as Medicaid and SNAP, for eligible families and individuals. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).

Threats to Medicaid: Work Reporting Requirements

• *NEW* FACT SHEET: Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements. Details how nearly half of all Medicaid enrollees are at risk of losing their health care coverage under federal work reporting requirements. Families USA.
• *NEW* LANDING PAGE: Medicaid: Work Reporting Requirements. Explains the harms of work reporting requirements to people with mental health conditions and substance abuse disorders. National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
• *NEW* BLOG: Proposed Medicaid Work Requirements are Another Dangerous Attack on Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Access. Explains the impact of work requirements on lifesaving sexual and reproductive health care. National Health Law Program (NHeLP).
• *NEW* PRESENTATION: Why Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Work. Describes how Medicaid work reporting requirements result in massive coverage losses for working adults enrolled in Medicaid. National Health Law Program (NHeLP).
• *NEW* BLOG: Why Work Requirements in Medicaid Won’t Work. Explains how a Medicaid work requirement would make Americans poorer and sicker because it does not get more people to work, creates an invasive government bureaucracy, and hurts families’ health and budgets. Third Way.
• PUBLICATION: Top 10 Reasons Why Work Requirements Should Not Be Added to Medicaid. Explains how work requirements in Medicaid risk creating unnecessary administrative burdens and increases costs for states without achieving intended goals. National Health Law Program (NHeLP).
• PUBLICATION: Who is Harmed by Medicaid Work Requirements? Reports the impact of work requirements on the lived experiences of individuals relying on Medicaid, with descriptions of the challenges faced by individuals in Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Tennessee. National Health Law Program (NHeLP).
• PUBLICATION: How Medicaid Work Requirements Hurt People with Disabilities. Examines impact of Medicaid work requirements for people with; discussion of how Medicaid services can help people with disabilities stay in the workforce. National Health Law Program (NHeLP).
• PUBLICATION: Medicaid Work Requirements Could Put 36 Million People at Risk of Losing Health Coverage. Outlines the number of people per state at risk of losing their health coverage under work requirements. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
• BLOG: February 11 – Medicaid Work Requirements. Describes the administrative burden of work requirements and the groups most impacted by these policies. Includes an explainer video to learn more about why work requirements fail. Community Catalyst.
• FACT SHEET: Medicaid One Pagers (Medicaid 101, Per Capita Caps, Block Grants and Work Reporting Requirements). Explains various Medicaid-related issues and their impact on both states and individuals. Community Catalyst.
• FACT SHEET: Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: Bureaucratic Burdens that Threaten Working Families, Providers and Local Economies. Details how nearly half of all Medicaid enrollees are at risk of losing their health care coverage under work reporting requirements. Families USA.
• BLOG: Taking Away People’s Health Coverage and Food Assistance Will Increase Hardship, Not Employment. Discusses who will be impacted by work requirements and the failure of work requirements to improve employment rates. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).

Toolkits

• *NEW* RESOURCE LIST: March 2025 Recess Packet. Contains action tools, messaging guidance, and national/state fact sheets to address current threats to health care access. Protect Our Care.
• *NEW* RESOURCE LIST: Medicaid Resources. Includes fact sheets, publications, videos, advocacy guides, etc. for Medicaid defense. Families USA.
• *NEW* RESOURCES & TEMPLATES: State and National Medicaid Defense Folder. State and national sign-on letters, fact sheets, story collections, etc., for Medicaid Defense. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
• *NEW* LANDING PAGE: The Clock Is Ticking—Medicaid is Under Imminent Threat. Offers a list of resources to stay informed and mobilize advocates to protect Medicaid. Grantmakers in Health.
• *NEW* RESOURCE LIST: Medicaid Research Resource Collection. Bibliography of current studies, reports, and data analyses that examine the value of Medicaid and the impact of various proposals to scale it back. Families USA.
• LANDING PAGE: Medicaid Defense – Resources and Analysis. Includes articles, fact sheets, and analyses on the value of Medicaid. National Health Law Program (NHeLP).
• RESOURCE & TEMPLATES: Protect & Defend Medicaid Advocacy Resource Page (Unbranded Resources). Congressional outreach tools for advocates to aid in federal Medicaid defense. Community Catalyst.
• LANDING PAGE: Medicaid 2025 Web Page (Blogs, Reports, etc.). Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF).
• RESOURCE LIST: Protect Medicaid 2025 Toolkit. Resources for both individuals and organizations to take action to protect Medicaid. Includes messaging guidance, action tools, digital toolkit, and state-specific resources. Caring Across Generations.
• RESOURCE LIST: Medicaid Toolkit. Resources for Medicaid defense that include messaging guidance, fact sheets, and a digital toolkit. Protect Our Care.
• RESOURCES & TEMPLATES State and National Examples of Medicaid Defense Strategies. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
• LANDING PAGE: Protect Medicaid. Includes graphics, action tools, and fast facts to aid in federal Medicaid defense. Caring Across Generations.