Hi all:
Great phone call and thanks to Donna and Cindy for the important info!

 

At the end, folks were asking about block grant talking points. Here are two resources that colleagues in WI have done that we are using and find very helpful:

 

Attached is a simple overview (for legislators and for the grassroots) developed by our P&A on what Medicaid is, what block grants do, and then talking points of how it hurts the disability community. It finishes with some ways policymakers could make Medicaid sustainable (save money) WITHOUT blockgranting and hurting people, and questions constituents can ask legislators about how block grants can impact them.

 

Below is a link to questions we are using for the grassroots that they can ask their Congressional and state legislators about how block grants will impact them. We want policymakers to realize (as they are beginning to with ACA repeal) that big global changes without detailed replacements have the impact to be very harmful at the local level:

 

http://media.wix.com/ugd/2aa64e_6acc1d34cfea4cab8805238e4b0f02a3.pdf?platform=hootsuite

 

Thanks to all of you. Always appreciate the network!
Beth

 

Beth Swedeen,

Executive Director

WI BPDD

(608) 266-1166

xxxxxx@wisconsin.gov

 

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