TELL JOHN AND TED: PROTECT VULNERABLE TEXANS

Congress is threatening access to Medicaid for 4 million Texans and millions of Americans. Tell John and Ted: PROTECT MEDICAID.

Last week, the US House passed a federal budget bill that would gut Medicaid, "defund" Planned Parenthood, and threaten millions of people's access to care. The Trump administration and their allies in US Congress will do anything to attack vulnerable Americans and shut down Planned Parenthood, no matter how many people lose health care and even lives. As Texans, we know exactly how dire the situation can get when access to critical care is abruptly cut off. These politicians are willing to sacrifice patients to give tax cuts to billionaires and big corporations. The fight isn't over though: this bill still has to pass through the Senate.

Senator Cornyn has even previously acknowledged the critical role Medicaid plays for over 4 million Texans. In 2023, 48.8% of mothers were on Medicaid when they gave birth and the majority of Medicaid recipients are children. Gutting Medicaid will force health care providers to shut down and leaves patients with nowhere to go.

Across the country, millions of people rely on Planned Parenthood for birth control, life-saving cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, and more. The majority of Planned Parenthood health center patients — especially women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and people with low incomes, and people in rural areas — rely on publicly funded programs to get quality sexual and reproductive health care. Cuts to Medicaid don't just affect Medicaid patients: this bill will reduce the quality and accessibility of healthcare nationwide. The proposed cuts to Medicaid could result in 1 in 3 Planned Parenthood health centers closing nationally, leaving millions across the country without their trusted neighborhood provider.

Planned Parenthood health centers closing also means that abortion-seekers, especially those in states with total abortion bans, will have to travel even further and face more delays in care.

Tell John and Ted: we must protect vulnerable Texans and our neighbors nationwide.

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Dear (name and title inserted automatically),

I urge you to vote AGAINST gutting Medicaid, risking the lives and well-being of over 4 million Texans, shuttering hospitals, and risking defunding Planned Parenthood health centers nationwide. Planned Parenthood health centers are an important part of the social safety net - as a Texan, I know first-hand about the devastating impacts on the social safety net when Planned Parenthood is defunded.

These drastic cuts will not just affect the over 4 million Medicaid patients: hospitals will close in our already dire health care crisis and preventable health disparities will widen. 36% of Texans children are at risk of losing their healthcare. Medicaid covers nearly half of all births in Texas. The consequences of passing this budget are not just cruel: they're dangerous and deadly.

Before being removed from Texas’s Medicaid family planning program, Planned Parenthood health centers in Texas provided care to more than 40% of the program’s patients. Today, nearly 45,000 fewer women are getting essential health care services from the program. In just two years, 82 women’s health centers in Texas closed or eliminated family planning services. Of those, one in three was a Planned Parenthood health center. If this budget passes, 1 in 3 Planned Parenthood health centers may close ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

Right now, politicians who oppose Planned Parenthood are threatening our health care through targeted attacks and attempts to gut programs for sexual and reproductive health care. "Defunding" Planned Parenthood would mean constituents in the rest of the country won’t get the care they need, communities will suffer, and everyone’s costs will skyrocket. Communities already facing systemic discrimination, greater barriers to care, and disproportionately worse health outcomes will now also lose their freedom to choose the health care provider that best serves their needs. It won't save taxpayers a dime; in fact, it will cost us about $300 million.

I’m deeply concerned about these attacks on Medicaid and Planned Parenthood patients' health care.  As a Texan, I urge you to oppose these attacks and vote NO on gutting Medicaid. Do the right thing and protect your vulnerable constituents.