Defending Health Care Programs from Budget Cuts
12.01.2011
As the federal deficit grows, more politicians are targeting health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid for spending cuts. But this approach would hurt families, seniors, people with disabilities, and state economies.
This series highlights arguments against cutting health care programs, including:
- Cutting Medicaid raises health care costs for everyone else due to uncompensated care.
- Reduced federal funding for Medicaid means fewer dollars go to state economies.
- Medicaid improves enrollees’ access to health care, health outcomes, and financial security.
Use these fact sheets to refute claims that cutting health care programs is the best way to reduce the federal deficit.
Briefs:
Protecting Medicaid:
- Talking Points: The Republican Presidential Candidates Call for Medicaid Cuts
- To Build a Strong Affordable Care Act, Protect Medicaid
- Medicaid, the Budget, and Deficit Reduction: The Threat Continues
- Medicaid, the Budget, and Deficit Reduction: Keeping Score of the Threats | Medicaid Really Does Matter—And Here’s a Study Proving It
- Jobs at Risk: Federal Medicaid Cuts Would Harm State Economies
Messages for the Super Committee:
- A Message to Congress and the Super Committee: “Don’t Just Cut Programs-Raise Revenues”
- The Super Committee: Where They Stand on Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act
- Medicaid, Deficit Reduction, and the “Super Committee”
Protecting Medicare from the House Budget Proposal: