Dear Health Advocates,

Congress is back from their recess and they are turning to marking up their reconciliation package. The House Energy and Commerce Committee is scheduled to meet next Wednesday, May 7, where they will lay out, for the first time, the specific cuts they will make to Medicaid to achieve their $880 billion goal. Speaker Johnson's goal remains to have the House vote on a reconciliation bill by Memorial Day. As of now, we do not expect there to be a parallel Senate process to the House process; according to staff, Congressional Republicans are working behind the scenes to agree on a package.

The past two weeks of recess activities were inspiring and effective! Thank you all for your continued efforts to call on Congress to reject cuts to Medicaid. As Congress returns and begins the march to cutting Medicaid and other critical safety net programs, we need to keep the pressure on and stay strong on our messages: Medicaid matters to millions, Medicaid supports state budgets and the economy, and Medicaid is popular across the board -- no cuts to Medicaid!

Families USA and our partners have numerous ways for you to engage, including this week as we mark the first 100 days of the Trump administration. This includes the 100 Voices, 100 Reasons campaign being hosted by the Center for Popular Democracy, and multiple webinars from our friends at Feeding America, Protecting Immigrant Families, NILC, Georgetown CCF, and CLASP, among others. You can find more details on these webinars below!

Health Action Resource List

- As a reminder, Families USA's Health Action Resources List can be found on our website, where we compile resources from our partners for all of you to access in one place. You can find that page here.

NEW! Day of Action hosted by May Day Strong: Trump and his billionaire profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom—on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself. This May Day we are fighting back. We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes—public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, prosperity over free market politics. More information can be found here.
Email Writing Campaign: Tell Your Member of Congress - No Cuts to Medicaid! Families USA.
Email Writing Campaign: Tell Congress: Reject Medicaid cuts that will pay for more tax cuts for the rich. Coalition on Human Needs.

NEW! Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet: Republicans Are Working to Gut Medicaid, a Lifeline for People With Mental Health Conditions and Opioid Addiction, Protect Our Care.
NEW! Fact Sheet: Medicaid & Family Planning, Power to Decide.
NEW! Article: ‘Limit Save Grow’ Medicaid Work Mandate Legislation: The Worst Way To Operationalize A Bad Policy, Health Affairs.
NEW! Resource: Article and State Data Table on Medicaid cuts to elderly and disabled Americans, Milken Institute.
NEW! Fact Sheet: Medicaid Matters to America. Modern Medicaid Alliance.
NEW! Article: How Federal Funding Cuts Could Unravel Medicaid Expansion in 12 States, Center for American Progress.
NEW! Webinar Recording: The Health Wonk Shop: Understanding Fraud and Abuse in Medicaid, KFF
NEW! Issue Brief: A Medicaid Per Capita Cap on the ACA Expansion Population: State by State Estimates, KFF
NEW! Issue Brief: 5 Key Facts About Medicaid Expansion, KFF
Video: 90 Seconds or Less Policy Explainers. Families USA.

TODAY! Big Tent Call: Biweekly Big Tent Meeting , Occurs every two weeks; Next week's call at 4:30 PM ET, Families USA (email to join).
Medicaid Defense Call: Please join Community Catalyst, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), Families USA, and NHeLP on Thursday, May 1 at 1-2 pm ET to share the latest developments around the budget reconciliation process, and to discuss activities and next steps for Medicaid defense advocacy, with a focus on the week of May 5th. Register here.
Webinar: Join Feeding America to talk about Polling- Voter Attitudes Towards Proposed Budget Cuts to Nutrition and Health Programs with Perry Undem, about recent polling regarding how to talk about proposed cuts to SNAP and Medicaid; Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET. Register here.
Webinar: Join the Center for Democracy & Technology and The Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil Rights and Technology for a webinar on DOGE and Government Data Privacy. Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM ET. Details here.
Webinar: Join Protecting Immigrant Families and their partners for a webinar on the Trump administrations war on immigrants, policy changes, and threats and help you to understand key themes of the administration’s actions; Thursday, May 1 at 2:30 PM ET. Register here.
Webinar: Join Georgetown Center for Children and Families and CLASP for a conversation about how Medicaid supports the child care workforce; Thursday, May 1 at 3:00pm ET. Register here.
Advocates Meeting: Wednesday Advocates Meeting Zoom call, Coalition on Human Needs hosting on Wednesday, April 23 at 9:30 AM ET.
Shared Advocacy Calendar: Coalition on Human Needs. Check out weeks of action and upcoming events!