John,

The Senate plans to vote as early as Thursday on a budget that would gut Medicaid, slash Medicare, and cut funding for the Affordable Care Act. With at least 16 million people losing their health insurance, the results of this budget will be deadly.

Over 51,000 people a year could die because they were cut off from the care they need, and the death toll tells only part of the story.[1] Behind those numbers is a healthcare system buckling under the weight of neglect, with hundreds of rural hospitals expected to close if this budget becomes law.[2]

That means entire towns will be left without an emergency room. No trauma care. No OB-GYN. No help when seconds matter. People will die because politicians want to hand another round of tax breaks to their billionaire donors.

This is a calculated decision to sacrifice lives so billionaires can get richer. Every Senator who votes for this is signing off on mass suffering to please their wealthy donors. If we don’t stop them now, they will get away with it.

Can you pick up the phone and make a call that could help stop this? Call your Senators right now at (202) 224‑3121 and tell them to vote NO on the billionaire budget that slashes healthcare for millions while handing another round of massive tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy.

Suggested Call Script:

Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I live in [CITY/STATE].

I'm calling to urge the Senator to vote NO on the budget reconciliation bill.

This plan cuts Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, putting over 50,000 lives at risk every year. It will shutter hospitals, especially in rural areas, and leave millions without care, all to fund permanent tax breaks for billionaires.

This is unacceptable. Please vote no.

Thank you.

After you make one call, please call back to speak with your other Senator.

If you can’t make a call today, make a donation right now so we can keep organizing, exposing the truth, and turning up the pressure on Senators before they vote this week to take away healthcare from millions to bankroll another round of tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy.

This budget is the billionaire agenda turned into law. Tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. Brutal cuts to healthcare, food assistance, and basic services for working people.

And the Senate Finance Committee knows it. Instead of fixing the crisis, they’re proposing half-measures and lip service. The so-called “rural fix” for hospitals doesn’t come close to what’s needed. Even Republicans like Josh Hawley and Susan Collins admit the budget’s impact on rural care would be devastating.[3]

This vote is a test. Senators can side with the billionaires bankrolling their campaigns or with the working families who sent them to Washington. They can stand with rural hospitals fighting to stay open or with Wall Street executives who’ll never step foot in one. They can vote for policies that save lives, or policies that end them.

But they won’t do the right thing unless we make our voices heard now. Every call puts pressure on the Senate to reject this shameful, deadly budget. Let’s make sure they hear us loud and clear.

So call your Senators right now at (202) 224‑3121 and tell them to vote NO on the billionaire budget that takes healthcare from families and hands windfalls to the ultra-rich.

Together, we can defeat this budget and tax scam and protect the healthcare every family needs and deserves.

David Kass
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund

[1] Research Memo: Projected Mortality Impacts of the Budget Reconciliation Bill
[2] Medicaid Cuts Would Threaten Rural Hospitals
[3] Republicans Threaten a Hospital Apocalypse