Join a Sign-On Letter to Senate Finance Committee
2009 May 28
Congress is writing health reform legislation right now, and we’re concerned that measures to ensure coverage for low-income Americans need more emphasis in the discussion. We are inviting organizations to join Texas Voice for Health Reform in sending a letter to the Senate Finance Committee asking them to keep and strengthen Medicaid. Click here to see the full action alert. Sign-ons must be received no later than Tuesday, June 2nd to be included.
Signatories
- Center for Public Policy Priorities, Austin
- Creative Funding Solutions, Houston
- Community Dental Care, Dallas
- El Paso First Health Plans, El Paso
- Gateway to Care, Houston
- Handicapped Resource Association (dba Helping Restore Ability), Arlington
- Health Care for All Texas
- Health Care for America Now – Texas
- Insure•A•Kid, Austin
- La Fe Policy Research and Education Center, San Antonio
- Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc., San Antonio
- San Antonio Food Bank, San Antonio
- San Antonio Nonprofit Council, San Antonio
- Senior Community Outreach Services, Inc., Alamo
- Texans Care For Children, Austin
I’ve worked with Medicaid recipients for over 30 years, as a Medicaid Eligibility Specialist and Medicaid supervisor for 27 years at the Department of Human Services, and now as a Case Manager for the CLASS program. I know first-hand how important the Medicaid program is to those who depend on it for their healthcare needs. I also know that the current system has a lot of problems, to include low reimbursement rates to healthcare providers resulting in a shortages of providers who will accept Medicaid. There are also a number of non-covered items that, particularly for adult Medicaid recipients, make it difficult to be able to get necessary services. I urge the legislature to strengthen the Medicaid program for the many, many people who depend on Medicaid, and not to consider making cuts that would have disasterous consequences for so many people.